Any input what does CIBA stands for for the vintage Art Deco Clock?

[kpaxsg]

Quite curious what does the abbreviation C I B A stands for at the base of the clock? Thank you in advance! @OMTOM

 

[JimInOz]

Possibly CIBA


From Wikipedia (my bold text)

Ciba-Geigy
Ciba-Geigy was formed in 1970 by the merger of J. R. Geigy Ltd (founded in Basel in 1857) and CIBA (founded in Basel in 1859).[31]

Ciba began in 1859, when Alexander Clavel (1805–1873) took up the production of fuchsine in his factory for silk-dyeing works in Basel. By 1873, he sold his dye factory to the company Bindschedler and Busch. In 1884, Bindschedler and Busch was transformed into a joint-stock company named "Gesellschaft für Chemische Industrie Basel" (Company for Chemical Industry Basel). The acronym, CIBA, was adopted as the company's name in 1945.[32]

The foundation for Geigy was established in 1857, when Johann Rudolf Geigy-Merian (1830–1917) and Johann Muller-Pack acquired a site in Basel, where they built a dyewood mill and a dye extraction plant. Two years later, they began the production of synthetic fuchsine.[33] In 1901, they formed the public limited company Geigy, and the name of the company was changed to J. R. Geigy Ltd in 1914.[34]

CIBA and Geigy merged in 1970 to form Ciba‑Geigy Ltd.

 

[OMTOM]

It is explained in AJTT, p.439.

 

[kpaxsg]

👍Thank you both ! Wow almost a century old now!

 

[JimInOz]

kpaxsg

👍Thank you both ! Wow almost a century old now!

Tom's reference, in case you don't have a copy of AJTT.

 

[OMTOM]

These movements were the very first of the 59-8D calibre that Omega produced. Sadly not the best quality because they had only 6 jewels.

The following batch was improved to have 7 jewels – and later it was raised to 15 jewels (and those movements remained in production until the 1950s, becoming Calibre 110). The calibre was further developed with the 59-8D SCS (jump second) – which had 20 jewels (because of the introduction of the jump second mechanism) – and that became Calibre 120.