Revue Thommen traces its origin to 1853, when the municipality of Waldenburg established the Société d’Horlogerie à Waldenbourg. In 1859, Gédéon Thommen and Louis Tschopp took over the company. After Tschopp left in 1869, Gédéon Thommen became sole owner in 1870 and renamed it Gédéon Thommen Uhrenfabrik.
The brand’s history pages attribute several milestones to the company. In 1870, Gédéon Thommen patented a system for replacing individual components and applied for a remontoire patent. The site also states that the company became fully independent in watch production and developed its own parts, tools, and machines. In 1916, it delivered its first aircraft clock to the Swiss Air Force. In 1936, it developed altimeters as well as airspeed and vertical speed indicators for the Swiss Air Force’s C-35 biplane. In 1945, production of the pocket altimeter began.
Collections documented on the site include Revue Thommen Airspeed and Revue Thommen Diver. The site links Airspeed to the company’s long history of flight instruments and pilot watches. It presents Diver as the return of one of the brand’s most successful models of the last 30 years. The heritage material also highlights the Revue Sport, described there as a shock-resistant, waterproof, antimagnetic watch that remained in production until the turn of the millennium.
The website lists GT Thommen Watch AG at Rosenweg 3, 6340 Baar, Switzerland. It also states that the company has been co-owned and managed by the Thommen family, and identifies Andreas Thommen as a representative of the fifth generation of the family and a co-owner of GT Thommen Watch AG.
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