1887
GEORGES EBERHARD FOUNDS
THE MANUFACTURE D’HORLOGERIE
EBERHARD & CO. IN LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS.
THE CONSTANT RESEARCH, THE INNOVATION AND THE CARE FOR DETAILS LIVE IN OUR CREATIONS.
ALWAYS.
About us
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Eberhard & Co. watches boast over a century of research and passion.
Since 1887 the Swiss brand has been synonymous with excellence and innovation, which are represented in precious timepieces with high technical content that have marked important stages: the pocket chronograph, the first wrist chronograph, right up to dual time watches.
Creations that stand out for their quality and style and that express the values of great Swiss tradition.
The history of Eberhard & Co.
The hours have become years and the years successes. The phases of a Maison that has left its mark on time.
1894
POCKET WATCH WITH
INNOVATIVE PATENTED
TIME-SETTING SYSTEM.
1905
MODEL WITH INNOVATIVE SYSTEM
FOR THE READING OF HOURS AND MINUTES.
– PATENTED –
1919
LAUNCH OF THE FIRST
WRIST CHRONOGRAPH.
1921
THE PATENTED
“CALOTTE PATROUILLE”
PROTECTS THE MOVEMENT
FROM DUST AND DAMPNESS.
1935
LAUNCH OF THE
DOUBLE-PUSHER CHRONOGRAPH,
FEATURING STOP AND START
FUNCTIONS WITHOUT RESET,
AS RESULT OF CONSTANT
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.
1938
INTRODUCTION
OF THE FIRST CHRONOGRAPH
WITH HOURS COUNTER.
1939
CREATION OF THE
TWO-PUSHERS CHRONOGRAPH
WITH SPLIT-SECOND FUNCTION
THAT ALLOWS TO REGISTER
TWO DIFFERENT TIMING SESSIONS.
1940
LAUNCH OF EXTRA-FORT
WITH SLIDING PUSH-BUTTON,
A SPLENDID EXAMPLE
OF THE ART OF MAKING
MECHANICAL WATCHES.
1942
THE “SISTEMA MAGINI”
SPLIT-SECOND CHRONOGRAPH BY EBERHARD & CO.
WAS THE PROTAGONIST OF THE FIRST
ROME-TOKYO VISUAL FLIGHT.
1950
THE EXTRA-FORT LINE
IS ONE OF THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE
COLLECTIONS OF THE MAISON
AND WINS THE HEART
OF FANS AND CONNOISSEURS.
1959
PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST
SPLIT-SECOND EXTRA-FORT
CHRONOGRAPH.
1960
BORN IN THE SIXTIES,
CONTOGRAF WAS DESTINED TO
BECOME AN EMBLEM OF ITS PERIOD
THANKS TO SOME VERY INNOVATIVE
CHARACTERISTICS, IN THE PURE STYLE
OF A WATCHMAKER THAT
WAS ALWAYS AHEAD OF ITS TIME.
1970
EBERHARD & CO. FACES THE
QUARTZ CHALLENGE BY PRESENTING
MODUL-O-QUARTZ, FOLLOWING
THE NEW TREND AND ENSURING
THE CONTINUITY OF ITS HISTORY.
1982
EBERHARD & CO. RE-LAUNCHES
THE MECHANICAL CHRONOGRAPH
WITH CHRONO MARINE.
1986
PRESENTATION
OF CHRONOMASTER
FRECCE TRICOLORI.
1987
THE MAISONS’S CENTENARY (1887-1987)
WAS CELEBRATED WITH THE
NAVYMASTER COLLECTION.
1992
IN THE YEAR MARKING
THE 100th BIRTHDAY OF THE
GREATEST CAR RACING MYTH
OF ALL TIMES, EBERHARD & CO.
PRESENTS THE “TAZIO NUVOLARI”
CHRONOGRAPH.
1996
THE MAISON ANTICIPATES
THE MARKET’S TREND AND
PRESENTS LARGE-SIZED MODELS:
43 MM DIAMETER CASE
TRAVERSETOLO IS INTRODUCED.
1997
A COMBINATION OF RESEARCH
AND TRADITION: THE 8 JOURS MODEL,
WITH 8-DAYS POWER RESERVE
AND A SPECIAL SPRING DRIVE SYSTEM (PATENTED)
WITH TWO OVERLAPPING SPRINGS
WITH A LENGTH OF 125 CM.
2000
PRESENTATION OF EXTRA-FORT,
A RE-EDITION OF THE
CHRONOGRAPH THAT IN
THE 1950s WAS TYPICAL
OF A WHOLE PERIOD.
2001
EBERHARD & CO. REVOLUTIONISES
CHRONOGRAPH READ-OFF WITH CHRONO 4:
THE FIRST AND ONLY CHRONOGRAPH
IN THE HISTORY OF WATCHMAKING
WHOSE COUNTERS ARE ARRANGED IN ONE ROW.
PATENTED – REGISTERED DESIGN.
2003
A NEW MODEL IS ADDED
TO THE “TAZIO NUVOLARI” COLLECTION,
THE TAZIO NUVOLARI VANDERBILT CUP,
TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE DRIVER’S
MOST FAMOUS VICTORIES.
2004
THE COLLECTION IS ENHANCED WITH
EXTRA-FORT ROUE À COLONNES GRANDE DATE.
2005
CHRONO 4 TEMERARIO, THE
MOST DARING AND INNOVATIVE
INTERPRETATION OF CHRONO 4,
WITH 4 COUNTERS IN A VERTICAL
ROW AND 3 EXCLUSIVE PATENTS,
DEVELOPED BY EBERHARD & CO.
2006
PRESENTATION OF SCAFODAT,
THE DIVING-WATCH COLLECTION
EQUIPPED WITH AN
INNOVATIVE PATENT FOR
THE BRACELET’S LENGTH
ADJUSTMENT.
2007
EBERHARD & CO. CELEBRATES
ITS 120th ANNIVERSARY WITH
“CHRONOGRAPHE 120ème ANNIVERSAIRE”.
2008
CHRONO 4, THE CHRONOGRAPH
THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THE READING
OF TIME, IS INTRODUCED IN A
“GRANDE TAILLE” VERSION.
PATENTED – REGISTERED DESIGN.
2009
PRESENTATION OF “TAZIO NUVOLARI
GRAND PRIX TN” LIMITED EDITION,
THE ESSENCE OF SPORTING PASSION.
2010
THE MAISON’S EMBLEMATIC COLLECTION
REVEALS WITH CHRONO 4 GÉANT
THE UTMOST EXPRESSION
OF COMPACTNESS, STRENGTH
AND DYNAMISM.
2011
PRESENTATION OF
EXTRA-FORT GRANDE TAILLE VERSION
WITH A CASE DIAMETER OF 41 MM.
2012
EXTRA-FORT ROUE À COLONNES
GRANDE DATE 125ème ANNIVERSAIRE
CELEBRATES THE 125th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MAISON.
2013
TAZIO NUVOLARI VANDERBILT CUP
“NAKED” HAS A TRANSPARENT
CASEBACK IN SAPPHIRE GLASS
REVEALING A PARTICULARY
REFINED MECHANISM.
2014
CONTOGRAF IS A TRIBUTE TO THE
HOMONYMOUS CREATION FROM THE
1960s. MANY INNOVATIVE DETAILS:
THE CERAMIC BEZEL WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL
ROTATION, THE DEPLOYMENT CLASP DÉCLIC
(PATENTED) ON THE CHASSIS® STEEL BRACELET.
THE CASEBACK IS PERSONALIZED WITH
THE INSCRIPTION “TRIBUTE TO CONTOGRAF – 1960s″.
2015
THE TAZIO NUVOLARI COLLECTION
NOW BOATS A TIMEPIECE WITH DUAL TIME FUNCTION
– TAZIO NUVOLARI 336 – PRODUCED
IN A LIMITED EDITION OF 336 PIECES.
2016
EBERHARD & CO. REINTERPRETS
SCAFOGRAF 300 IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY,
A MODEL OF THE SCAFOGRAF COLLECTION,
LAUNCHED IN THE 1950s,
DESIGNED TO BE WORN BY THE
ADVENTUROUS AND SPORTY.
2017
EBERHARD & CO. HAS CHOSEN CHRONO 4
TO CELEBRATE ITS 130TH ANNIVERSARY.
PRODUCED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF130 PIECES,
CHRONO 4 130 EDITION LIMITÉE IS AN
EMBLEMATIC MODEL WHICH EMBODIES
THE ESSENCE OF THE MAISON
AND CONFIRMS ITS NATURAL
PROPENSITY FOR EVOLUTION.
2018
THE LEGEND CONTINUES
WITH A RETRO-FLAVOURED MODEL:
WITH NUVOLARI LEGEND EBERHARD & CO.
CELEBRATES THE SPORTY ESSENCE OF TAZIO NUVOLARI,
CONSECRATING HIM AMONG THOSE
WHO WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
2019
“1887″, the manual-winding model
enlivened by the EB 140 calibre,
pays tribute to the Maison’s founding date.
2020
Launch of the celebratory edition Scafograf “MCMLIX”,
expressing in Roman numerals the year of the collection’s birth,
a collection destined to cross two centuries.
2021
EBERHARD & CO. CELEBRATES THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY
OF CHRONO 4 WITH CHRONO 4 “21-42”.
2022
To celebrate its 135 years of uninterrupted history,
the Maison is offering a Special Edition of Scafograf200,
an iconic model from the historic collection
born between the 1950s and 1960s.
2023
Eberhard & Co.’s famous antimagnetic model is presented
in a chronograph version with Scientigraf Chrono
2024
A PERFECT BLEND OF TRADITION AND CONTEMPORANEITY:
THE CHRONOGRAPHE 1887 AUTOMATIC IS DRIVEN
BY THE EXCLUSIVE CALIBRE EB 380.
1887
1894
1905
1919
1921
1935
1938
1939
1940
1942
1950
1959
1960
1970
1982
1984
1987
1992
1996
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2000
2001
2003
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2005
2006
2007
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
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2024
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