Despite their founder's death, the C.H. Meylan Watch Co. soldiered on, adapting to the art deco period with new offices in Geneva. link By the 1920s, the company was known for making small baguette movements, ultra-thin movements, and chronographs.The firm's famed innovation, however, seemed to decline shortly after Meylan's death. While beautiful, their pieces from the art deco period – cocktail, purse, and thin pocket watches – looked like other manufacturers'.