Kyboe

KYBOE
Company typeWholly Owned Subsidiary
IndustryWatchmaking
Founded2007
HeadquartersThe Hague, The Netherlands
Key people
Dick Sijmons (founder,creator and owner)
ProductsWristwatches and Silver Bracelets.
ParentSymons & Panchenko

KYBOE is a Dutch upscale fashion brand founded in 2007 by Dutchman Dick Sijmons, which sells watches with oversized dials and bright colors.[1] In 2015, the company set up a U.S. based office in Boca Raton, Florida,[citation needed] when American investors Bell and Roos acquired a stake in the company.[2]

Unless efforts and investments it was not successful.

In 2017 Dick Sijmons went back to The Hague and started his New Compagny : Symons & Panchenko and added his brand KYBOE in 2019, after recovering his brandname and designs.

History

Dick Sijmons began making bright, colorful and fashionable plastic watches in 2007, under the name Kyboe.[3] After seeing a positive response within the Netherlands, they expanded the offerings to include more durable stainless steel cases.[4] By 2008 the plastic watches were phased out entirely.[5]

KYBOE started selling in the US in 2016.[6]

New partnership

American M. Bell joined KYBOE in 2014 as a distributor, and in 2015 became a partner. Bell brought business partner Joseph Roos, an expert in retail and finance, in to the partnership.

KYBOE ´s new Headoffice back where it started, The Hague, The Netherlands.

References

  1. ^ "Item of the Day: KYBOE". Accessories Magazine. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Dutch Fashion Watch brand KYBOE! Makes US Debut". Master Horologer. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. ^ George, Gary. "Color Me Dutch". About Time. No. 12. p. 16. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Opening Lines, Dutch Treat". InStore Magazine. April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. ^ KYBOE Story, www.kyboe.store, Accessed 28 April 2016
  6. ^ "KYBOE Watches Set for U.S. Growth". WWD Magazine. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.