manufacturing founded 1918 founder cecil purnell headquarters geneva switzerland key people cecil purnell founder jonathan purnell co founder chairman st phane valsamides horologist products watches website cecilpurnell.com cecil purnell is a swiss luxury watch company based in geneva switzerland that specialises in the production of high end tourbillon watches . history edit in 1918 the company s founder and namesake cecil purnell 1 began his fascination with intricate mechanical horological mechanisms with the tourbillon of abraham louis br guet . his interest was transmitted to his grandson jonathan purnell . 2 in 2006 jonathan purnell formed an association with watch industry professional st phane valsamides and together they launched cecil purnell sa in the swiss jura mountains . after years of development in 2009 cecil purnell launched its first caliber that was developed fully in house the cp3000 and transferred the company s operations to geneva switzerland . 3 in 2010 cecil purnell became a micro manufacturer that produces all of its components internally . the watchmaker launched its second complication the big date caliber in 2011 . 4 references edit cecil purnell cecil purnell and the art of collecting the history of the timepiece cecil purnell la grande date external links edit official website distributor for india distributor for africa distributor for uk & eire retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cecil purnell & oldid 647235866 categories watch brandsluxury brandswatch manufacturing companies of switzerlandcompanies established in 1911 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 12 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view