Comadur

Comadur is a Swiss industrial company and a subsidiary of the Swatch Group, the world's leading Swiss Made watchmaking group. It was created on 1 January 1984 through the merger of four companies — Seitz & Co, Méroz Pierres SA, Sadem SA and Watch Stones & Co SA — whose own histories reach back through successive mergers to 1880, when Méroz Pierres SA was founded as a maker of ruby watch stones. Comadur is therefore both a relatively young legal entity and the heir to more than a century of Swiss precision-component know-how. The company is based in Switzerland, with sites in Le Locle (two sites) and Zurzach. Until 2006 it also operated plants at Les Brenets, Marin and Courtepin; as part of a restructuring, those three sites and a major part of the Le Locle operation were consolidated at the Col des Roches site in Le Locle. Comadur manufactures watch stones (jewels), sapphire crystals — including touch-sensitive sapphire — decorative ceramics and micro-motors. The great majority of its production is destined for the watchmaking sector, where its components are used in the movements, cases and displays of Swiss watches. Beyond watchmaking, Comadur's "Industrial Products" line supplies components that can be used in many fields, including medical, aerospace, electronics, telephony and consumer goods. This diversification reflects the company's core competences in hard, wear-resistant materials such as ruby and sapphire, and in micro-mechanical manufacturing. As a Swatch Group company, Comadur sits inside the group's industrial supply chain, providing critical components to group brands and to the wider watch industry. Its products appear in well-known watches such as the Omega Seamaster Diver, Omega Speedmaster 38, Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean, Omega Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon, Rado Coupole High Tech Ceramic and Rado LaCoupole True Round Thinline X Great Gardens of the World, which are highlighted on its website. Comadur also trains apprentices and recruits skilled staff, presenting itself as an attractive employer in an unusual, high-precision sector. Comadur's technical reputation is long-standing: in 1992 it was awarded the 500,000th European patent, an event reported at the time as a distinction for a watchmaking firm. The company remains an active, Swiss-based industrial brand within the Swatch Group, combining traditional watch-jewel production with advanced sapphire, ceramic and micro-motor technologies.

Comadur's history begins in 1880 with the founding of Méroz Pierres SA, a company specialised in the manufacture of ruby watch stones. Over the following century, the Swiss watch-component industry consolidated through successive mergers, and on 1 January 1984 four companies — Seitz & Co, Méroz Pierres SA, Sadem SA and Watch Stones & Co SA — merged to form Comadur. The new entity thus combined several lineages of Swiss precision stone and component manufacturing under one name. For much of its modern history Comadur operated from several sites in the Swiss Jura region. Until 2006 it had plants at Les Brenets, Marin and Courtepin, in addition to its Le Locle operations. As part of a restructuring of its manufacturing footprint, those three plants and a major part of the Le Locle site were consolidated at the Col des Roches site in Le Locle. Today the company is based in Switzerland, with sites in Le Locle (two sites) and Zurzach. Comadur's technical achievements have been recognised publicly. In 1992 the company was awarded the 500,000th European patent, an event covered by the Swiss press as a distinction for a watchmaking firm. In 2005 the newspaper Le Temps described Comadur as "the sapphire glass specialist", reflecting its leading role in sapphire crystal production. Local press coverage in the 2000s and 2010s — including articles on its parking facilities and on an ultimatum from the canton — shows a company embedded in the economic and civic life of the Neuchâtel region. As a Swatch Group company, Comadur forms part of the group's industrial base, supplying components to watch brands and to external customers. Its product range has expanded beyond traditional ruby watch stones to include sapphire crystals (including touch-sensitive versions), decorative ceramics and micro-motors, with the majority of production going to the watchmaking sector. A separate "Industrial Products" line serves sectors such as medical, aerospace, electronics, telephony and consumer goods. The company also runs apprenticeship and career programmes, presenting itself as an employer in a specialised, high-precision field.

• 2006

  Plants at Les Brenets, Marin and Courtepin, plus a major part of the Le Locle site, consolidated at the Col des Roches site in Le Locle.

• 2005

  Le Temps describes Comadur as the sapphire glass specialist.

• 1992

  Comadur awarded the 500,000th European patent.

• 1984

  Comadur created on 1 January through the merger of Seitz & Co, Méroz Pierres SA, Sadem SA and Watch Stones & Co SA.

• 1880

  Méroz Pierres SA founded, specialising in ruby watch stones.

Swiss precision component manufacturer and Swatch Group industrial subsidiary, supplying watch stones, sapphire crystals, ceramics and micro-motors mainly to the watchmaking industry, with a diversified industrial products line.

• Ruby watch stones (jewels)

• Sapphire crystals, including touch-sensitive sapphire

• Decorative ceramics

• Micro-motors

• Industrial precision components for medical, aerospace, electronics, telephony and consumer goods

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