1887 la chaux de fonds founder georges eberhard headquarters bienne switzerland key people barbara monti ceo products watches website eberhard co watches.ch eberhard & co is a swiss luxury watch company founded in 1887 in la chaux de fonds neuch tel switzerland by swiss watch making industrialist georges eberhard . contents 1 history 1.1 georges eberhard the founder 1.2 1900 1947 1.3 1947 1987 1.4 1987 present 2 sources and references history edit georges eberhard the founder edit the eberhard & co manufacture was founded in la chaux de fonds the historic birthplace of the swiss watch making industry 1 by georges eberhard . eberhard was the son of a prominent bernese family tracing its origins back to the 10th century 2 which was involved in the development of the swiss watchmaking industry . his father early initiated him to the art of watch making and eberhard was only 22 when he founded the company . 1900 1947 edit in 1907 the company has become one of the largest swiss watch manufacture and inaugurated its new headquarters which takes an entire block at the very center of rue leopold robert la chaux de fonds s main avenue . the parisian like five stories building was designed in distinctive beaux arts style with a round tower topped by a large eagle sculpture 3 has become one of the city s well known landmark and its highest construction until the 1960s . in 1919 eberhard s sons georges and maurice took over the company . 4 1947 1987 edit after the end of world war ii the manufacture resumed its activities and in 1947 made its first woman s watch 5 starting its jewelery collections . 1987 present edit since 1996 the manufacture has decided to focus on luxury king size wrist watches and launched a new grande taille super size collection . 6 true to its history of technical challenges eberhard & co launched in 1997 the 8 days a manually winding mechanical watch that needs to be rewound every eight days only 7 thanks to a special winding device and in 2001 it launched the chrono 4 the first chronograph in the history of watchmaking whose counters are arranged in one row . 8 sources and references edit official website requires adobe flash player 8 eberhard & co collections eberhardwatches 9 eberhard & co profile swisstime profile of la chaux de fonds switzerland tourism 1 history of eberhard & co 1865 eberhard official website 2 image of eberhard & co 1907 s hq 3 history of eberhard & co 1919 eberhard official website 4 history of eberhard & co 1947 eberhard official website 5 history of eberhard & co 1996 eberhard official website 6 quote from history of the brand 1997 eberhard official website 7 quote from history of the brand 2001 eberhard official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eberhard % 26 co. & oldid 675845167 categories watch manufacturing companies of switzerlandcompanies established in 1907 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisitalianopolski edit links this page was last modified on 13 august 2015 at 01 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view