Eberhard & Co. History

1987
Georges-Emile was only 22 when he founded his Manufacture d'Horlogerie Eberhard & Co. in the Swiss town of La Chaux-de-Fonds, and having presented its first pocket-watch chronograph under its very name, the company was soon included in those venerable circles that were noted for making precision timepieces of the highest grade

1888 - 1926
It was in these years that the Maison Eberhard & Co. found and maintained its place in the world market for chronometers and chronographs, an achievement obviously owed to the pronounced entrepreneur spirit of its founder. The name of Eberhard & Co. became synonymous with that high measure of meticulous workmanship and progressiveness which attracted the special esteem of people to whom life is a matter of adventure and challenge. Typically enough, it was for explorers, sportsmen or pilots same as for businessmen and people with a flair for things special to discover in timepieces by Eberhard & Co. those special values and virtues which will at once distinguish the uniqueness of the object and its owner's personality.

1926
From this year onwards, Georges-Emile's heirs took full charge of the Maison, with a keen eye on the portents of the new age and its belief in progress and on upholding that tradition which was meanwhile being universally associated with the concept of "watches by Eberhard & Co".

1930
The innovative potential of the Maison Eberhard & Co. is convincingly expressed in the creation of a new chronograph with self-winding movement – a veriateble innovation in its time. During the ‘30s, chronographs by Eberhard & Co. are seen adorming the wrists of the commissioned officers in the royal Italian navy.

1935
The guest of this Swiss company for more novelties gives birth to a new chronograph that features two push buttons for stopping and starting again without setting to zero. An innovation that opened up a new possibility for measuring of time.

1939
Eberhard & Co. is one the first Swiss manufactures to once again contribute to a revolutionary invention in the field of chorography – with a wrist watch that doesn’t just count the hours but features a fly-back hand into the bargain – a device that enables double time keeping.

1947
After the tail-end World War II, the company resumes its activities. The Mason Eberhard & Co. is now venturing out also into the market for ladies’ watches. So the fair sex, too, are now qaining access to the quality and reliability of products bearing the Eberhard & Co.’s logo in the form of luxurious time-keeping pieces of jewellery.

1950
Towards the end of the ‘50s, Eberhard & Co. presents its ”Extra-Fort” model with a push button for stop ping and starting the chronograph. This specimen has retained its status of much-coveted collectors’ piece to this day.

1960
The ‘60s are primarily marked by the introduction of a simultaneous date setting device.

1970
The Sirio collection comes as Eberhard & Co.’s reaction to that very zeitgeist as the “frigid” style of these years is expressed to the elegantly refined contours of a watch, whose most characteristic feature is a newly conceived quartz-controlled calendar movement.

1980
In the early ‘80s, Eberhard & Co. takes pride in being the Swiss company that is launching once again a mechanical chronograph in the market.

1984
based on studies and research work conducted in cooperation with P.A.N. Frecce Tricolori, the company creates its “Chronomaster Frecce Tricolori’, a chronograph dedicated to the world’s most famous aerobatic squadron.

1992
This is another important year for Eberhard & Co. seeing that it marks 100th birthday of the greatest racetrack champion of all times to whom the Maison Suisse pays homage by introducing its unique chronograph named “Tazio Nuvolari”.

2001
In the new millennium, Eberhard & Co. revolutionizes chronograph read-off with the Chrono 4: the first chronograph in the history of watchmaking whose counters are arranged in one row.

2003
Eberhard & Co., always in search of innovation, remains nevertheless true to its own tradition. The most recent example is the “Tazio Nuvolari – Vanderbit Cup” chronograph. In this model, the company combines a dedication to technical progress and an exquisite nostalgia for historical details – as shown in the crown with its coaxial push button.

In the antigue time of its pocket watches, in the uniqueness of its sportive models and in the precious elegance of its dress watches, Eberhard & Co. has time and again reiterated the company pride in its traditional credo” the value of the human being and its possibilities to choose.