In 1865 Georges Favre-Jacot, at the age of only 22, created what was to later become the core concept of the watch-making term ‘Manufacture’, and give rise to Zenith watches.  Favre-Jacot brought vari...

What is today TAG Heuer Watches was originally founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer and his two sons Jules-Edouard and Charles-Auguste. Although they only introduced their first ‘wrist chronographs’ in 19...

Jaeger-LeCoultre is today widely regarded as one of the most innovative players in the watch making industry. Having played a prominent role in the history of watch making, and producing distinctiv...

In 1860 Giovanni Panerai (1825-1897) opened the first watchmaker’s shop in the Italian city of Florence on the Ponte alle Grazie. Giovanni was in contact with some of the most prestigious and establis...

Christian Dior was born in January 1905, in Normandy, France, but soon thereafter the family moved to Paris. It was here in Paris, the fashion capital of the world, that Dior opened his couture studio...