200 years of creations

For the past two hundred years, Chaumet has dedicated its jewellery excellence to the creation of exceptional timepieces. The House combines the best Swiss watchmaking know-how, tradition and complex movements with its Parisian refinement it masters so well. 

Since the creation of its first wristwatches under the Empire, the House has asserted itself through its talent for associating bold innovation- winding-mechanism, “à tact” watch, jumping hours, chronograph, mystery clock, metronome- with the purity of diamonds, rare precious stones, mother-of-pearl or enamel. 

Precise and precious, these timepiece creations have become true icons favored by the world's leading figures, from Empress Joséphine to Duke of Westminster, not to mention Napoleon III, Queen Victoria or Winston Churchill. Jewels of feeling and emotion, they measure time and defy it.

The Empire

A pair of wristwatches, 1811 François-Regnault Nitot Gold, emerald and pearlsThis is the first pair of wristwatches in Chaumet's history. A gift to Princess Augusta of Bavaria, daughter of the King of Bavaria, from her husband Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy, Prince of Venice and son of Empress Joséphine. One of the watches indicates the hours; the other is used as a calendar.






 

The Second Empire

Élise Dosne-Thiers' châtelaine watch, 1873-75

Gold, silver, sapphires and rubies
Breguet movementOrdered in 1869, this watch was delivered on March 17th, 1873 to Élise Dosne-Thiers, the wife of Adolphe Thiers, President of the IIIrd  Republic. Its three colours – blue, white, and red – symbolise the republican Spirit of she who was France's First Lady between 1871 and 1873. The miniature representation of the Vendôme column refers to the role played by Adolphe Thiers in the reconstruction of the column after its destruction on May 16th, 1871 during the Commune. This watch was left to the Louvre by Madame Thiers and then, following a ministerial decree, acquired through public auction in June 1924 by André Citroën.


 

The Belle Époque

Lady's watch
in dark blue enamel, 1910

Gold, rose-cut diamonds,
calibré and cabochon emeralds and enamelWith the Belle Époque period, watch-cases become flatter and rounder. This watch, enamelled on a guilloché background and framed by a band of calibré emeralds, is adorned with a central emerald, set with rose-cut diamonds.

The Art Déco period

Platinum and diamon
Jaeger movement

From the 70's to the 90's