1865
George Emile Eberhard, founder of Eberhard&Co., was born in 1865 at Saint-Imier in Switzerland. His father initiated him to all the secrets of the watchmaking.In 1887 George-Emile was only 22 when he founded his firm Eberhard&Co at La Chaux-de-Fonds, and having presented its first Pocket-Watch chronograph.

1919
The founder’s sons Georges and Maurice Eberhard take charge of the “Maison”. The same year sees the launching  of a wrist chronograph featuring a strap with mobile attachments and a hinged caseback. The 18 carat gold case becomes at once a must and a guarantee for product quality.

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 veritable innovation in its time. During the ’30s, chronographs by Eberhard & Co. are seen adorning the wrists of the commissioned officers in the royal Italian navy.

1935
The quest 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 the measuring of time.

1938
For the first time a wrist-watch chronograph with counter device is presented and the century of all records welcomes it with enthusiasm. Once again the creative contribution of Eberhard & Co. seals this invention.

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

1950
Towards the end of the ’50s, Eberhard & Co. present the “Extra-Fort” model with a push button for stopping
and starting  the chronograph. This is truly a splendid specimen of the art of making mechanical watches
and 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.
1968
Chronometers by Eberhard & Co. enter into a new era as movements performing 36,000 vibrations per hour now warrant an improved measure of precision. Along with them, the world witnesses the gradual advent
of the first electronic movements – a challenge of the zeitgeist to the future of the trade.

1970
The Sirio collection comes as Eberhard & Co.’s reaction to that very zeitgeist as the “frigid” style of these years is expressed in 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. take 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.

1987
As the Maison Suisse d’Horlogerie Eberhard & Co. celebrates its centenary, it takes the opportunity on this occasion to introduce its Navymaster chronographs collection, to wit an inscription on the dial commemorating these two important dates.

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

1996
The company now focuses on what you might call king-size wrist watches as it introduces such extremely successful models as the Traversetolo (43mm), the Tazio Nuvolari “Grande Taille” (43mm) and the Tazio Nuvolari Rattrapante “Géant” (51mm).

1997
Following its self-imposed commitment to ongoing research with due respect to strong tradition, Eberhard & Co. achieves another watchmaking feat in the form of a unique watch named the “8 Days”. It’s a manually winding mechanical watch that needs to be rewound every eight days only.
The company’s innovation here is a special winding device consisting of two overlapping springs, more than one metre and a half long altogether while a standard wrist watch has only one spring, about 30 cm long.

1999
Presentation of Extra-fort, a re-edition of a chronograph which in the ’50s was typical of a whole epoch.

2001
In the new millennium, Eberhard & Co. revolutionises 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-Vanderbilt 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.

2004
The Extra-fort Collection has been enriched by the new model Roue à Colonnes Grande Date, a chronograph
that typifies timeless elegance, in perfect harmony with tradition and innovation. It is characterised
by a technically innovative, precious movement, the chronograph’s functions being controlled
by the column-wheel by means of a modified mechanical movement with automatic winding that operates
in accordance with a new and exclusive process, namely a precise, accomplished mechanism.

2005
Following the revolutionary Chrono 4 Eberhard & Co. presents Temerario, a most daring and innovative interpretation of the chronograph, thanks to which the Maison invents a new way of measuring time. �
Chrono 4 Temerario presents itself in a completely original and unique way and boasts 3 exclusive patents developed by Eberhard & Co. One of these regards the movement, another concerns the access system to the crown, and the third relates to the safety clasp of the leather strap and the bracelet.

2006

“Scafodat” is the name of the diving-watch collection for professional use; it resumes the Eberhard & Co.’s tradition in sport watches with technical features.

2007
The Maison Suisse d’Horlogerie Eberhard & Co. celebrates its 120th anniversary.
120 years of passion for an old and fascinating art.
120 years of chronographs and watches featuring a timeless personality.
120 years telling of an illustrious past and, what is even more important, contributing to our coping
with the challenges of the future.
120 years of care and attention to every detail, all embodied in a very special chronograph: Chronographe 120ème Anniversaire.

2008

Chrono 4, the well-known chronograph that revolutionised reading the time, is launched in a new version
as “Grande Taille”, which matches perfectly the most recent trend towards oversized watches.

Muni d’un dispositif spécial de remontage, breveté par Eberhard&Co., cette élégante proposition a un boitier en or rose dont le fond révèle une partie du précieux mouvement mécanique à remontage manuel. Du hublot sur le fond, il est possible d’admirer le pont du grand barillet, squelette, avec la silhouette “8″ dorée au travers de laquelle il est possible d’apercevoir le “déroulement” du second ressort de remontage, d’une longueur exceptionnelle d’un mètre et 25 centimètres.

8 Jours Grande Taille en or rose, montée sur un bracelet en crocodile, est une montre étanche jusqu’à une pression de 3 atmosphères, a un verre saphir et est proposée avec un cadran blanc et chiffres arabes ou romains.

• Référence: 20023
• Mouvement: calibre E&Co. 896.1 15″ – Base Peseux 7001. Montre mécanique à remontage manuel avec réserve de marche de 8 jours, dispositif exclusif Eberhard & Co, breveté; indicateur de la réserve de marche à 9 heures, petites secondes à 6 heures, deux ressorts superposés (0,30 m. + 1,25 m.), longueur totale 1,55 m.
• Boîtier: en or rose 18 carats
• Diamètre du boîtier: 41,00 mm.
• Epaisseur du boîtier: 11,25 mm.
• Fond du boîtier: poli, serré par 6 vis, avec incisions. Un hublot protégé par un verre saphir permet de voir le pont de grand barillet avec traitement black or, squelette avec silhouette “8″ en relief avec finition dorée.
• Entre-cornes: 19,00 mm.
• Etanchéité: 3 atm.
• Couronne: étanche, personnalisée “E”

The 8 Jours Grande Taille collection has been complemented by a new version in rosé gold.

It is presented to the public at the Watch and Jewellery show is Basel.

The 8 Jours Grande Taille was the first watch with an indicator for an eight-day power reserve. A technical feat that was made possible by a special patented device with two superimposed springs with a combined length of one and half meter.

The rosé-gold version of the 8 Jours Grande Taille has the same characteristics as the steel model. The generously dimensioned 42mm case has been retained. As especially refined special feature is the caseback that allows watch enthusiasts to catch  a glimpse of the precious mechanical movement with hand winding.

Through the bull’s eye on the caseback, made of sapphire glass, you can gaze at the bridge of the large barrel, adorned with a silhouetted “8″, and at the coil of the second spring with its extraordinary length of one meter and 25 cm.

Once again, Eberhard&Co. demonstrates with this new and prestigious rosé-gold version how much care the company devotes to even the smallest detail. One example of that care is the silhouetted “8″ in relief and its gold-plated finish, enhanced by the special “black-or” treatment  that makes the new model even more precious.

The 8 Jours Grande Taille is water-resistant to 3 atm. It is available with a white dial and Arabic or Roman numerals and has a crocodile strap with an 18ct gold clasp.

• Reference: 20023
• Movement: calibre E & Co. 896 10 ½ ” – Basis Peseux 7001. Mechanical watch, hand-winding, with 8 DAYS modulus, an exclusive Eberhard & Co. device – patented. Power-reserve indicator at 9 o’clock, small second hand at 6 o’clock, two overlapping springs (0,30 m. + 1,25 m.), for a total length of 1,55 m.
• Case: 18 ct pink gold
• Diameter of the case: 41,00 mm.
• Thickness of the case: 11,25 mm.
• Case-back: polished, secured by 6 screws, with engravings. A small window, protected by a sapphire glass, allows to see the skeleton bridge of the main barrel with a black or treatment, and a gilt silhouette “8″ in relief.
• Strap attachment: 19,00 mm.
• Water-resistance: 3 atm.
• Crown: water-resistant, personalised with “E”