Eberhard & Co. Chrono 4 130

Two new models celebrate Eberhard & Co's 130th anniversary.

Eberhard & Co was founded in 1887 in La Chaux-de-Fonds by Georges-Lucien Eberhard. 130 years of special passion for an art made up of charm and precision, 130 years of uninterrupted history of taking up new challenges, 130 years of watches with timeless personality. Eberhard & Co. has always made these values the sole benchmark for the creation of its models, which are innovative yet at the same time able to inherit the richness of a renowned history.

The success of Eberhard & Co.’s creations spans the entire twentieth century, enabling it to file numerous patents which have consolidated its position among the aristocracy of luxury Swiss watchmaking. This innovative spirit has found expression in precious timepieces with high technical content which have marked important stages of development, particularly of the chronograph, among other timepieces.

For the new millennium the Maison revolutionised the way we tell the time with the Chrono 4 (patented - registered design), the first and only chronograph in the history of watchmaking with four aligned counters, a veritable icon of the brand today.
For these reasons Eberhard has chosen the Chrono 4 to celebrate its 130th anniversary, with two commemorative models: the CHRONO 4 130, in a steel version with an attractive, sporty look, and an extraordinary limited edition of 130 units.

Both watches feature a new 42 mm diameter case framed by a bezel with circular satin finish; the crown, personalised with the number “130”, is positioned between the two dropshaped chronograph buttons. Three dial variants are available. In all versions, the central soleil part of the dial is delimited by a diamantage-finished circle, while luminescent indices are applied on the outer azurée zone.

 

Waterproof to 50 m, the case-back of the Chrono 4 130 is secured by 8 screws and features a central medallion in bas-relief with sandblast finish, personalised with the CHRONO 4 130 logo, where the 4 is raised. The model comes with a grey-black carbon wear strap.

Consist of 130 pieces, the Chrono 4 130 limited edition isn a very refined version. The steel case has the same dimensions as the standard edition but it houses a skeleton dial, argenté or black, which reveals the main plate and the wheels with DLC® finishing, protected by an upper bridge in a special sapphire glass that is 3 tenths of a millimetre thick, an element of highly complex construction.

A rhodium plaque, secured to the main plate by two screws, shows the name of the model and the historic trademark of Eberhard & Co., as used for the first wrist chronograph in 1919. The sapphire glass case-back provides a view of the circular oscillating weight, finished with Côtes de Genève and customised with the number 130.
This edition also comes with a grey-black carbon-wear strap.

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