Eberhard & Co. Presents its New Retro-Inspired Contodat Collection

Whereas Eberhard & Co. is a family title amongst Italian watch collectors, its wealthy historical past and longstanding custom in producing chronographs have but to be found by a wider viewers. Based by Georges Eberhard in 1887 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the model’s pocket watch chronographs gave method to its first wristwatch chronograph in 1919. Fashions that may resonate with our readers embody the Chrono 4, a 2001 chronograph that includes 4 separate counters impressed by the dashboard of race automobiles, and the newer revival of the Scafograf dive watch. For its new Contodat assortment, Eberhard has drawn inspiration from its wealthy archive, referencing a Seventies mannequin. Though the title of the gathering dates to 1955, the fashion of the Contodat pays tribute to a sporty built-in Seventies Eberhard chronograph. Introduced throughout Watches & Wonders 2025, the Contodat is at the moment a two-piece assortment comprising a chronograph and a three-hand computerized, each with compact 39mm case sizes, built-in bracelets, and attribute Seventies aptitude.

Eberhard’s Italian connection was cast earlier than World Conflict II, when Italian Royal Navy officers wore Eberhard chronographs. The Italian connection was additional consolidated in 1969, when Palmiro Monti acquired the corporate from the Eberhard household, and Mario Peserico, the present normal supervisor, was appointed head of exterior relations in 1993. Following the arrival of quartz, Palmiro Monti crusaded within the title of mechanical actions along with his mid-Seventies design for a sporty chronograph watch with a manual-winding motion and daring orange accents – the inspiration for the brand new Contodat assortment. Though the model doesn’t specify the precise mannequin that impressed the brand new assortment, options of Monti’s Seventies chronograph, such because the daring orange accents, the trapezium-shaped date window, and the 30-minute sub-dial with its particular scale for studying as much as 45 minutes, are recreated on the Contodat.

The Contodat Chronograph and Contodat Computerized share compact 39mm stainless-steel tonneau-shaped instances with built-in metal bracelets and a 100m depth ranking. The thickness of the case varies from 13.9mm for the chronograph to 11.3mm for the automated. Completed with sporty vertical satin-brushed surfaces, the brightly polished bezel, the central hyperlink of the built-in bracelet, the exterior bevel operating alongside the case flanks and down the exterior a part of the bracelet and the screw-down crown and pushers spotlight the dynamic structure of the case. Fitted with a domed sapphire crystal over the dial, the screw-in caseback is engraved with the Latin phrase Ubi Tu Ibi Ego (wherever you’re, I will probably be). Each are powered by top-grade Sellita automatics. The built-in metal bracelet, shared by each Contodat fashions, has a 2CLICK folding clasp with pushers to stop unintentional openings.

Contodat Chronograph

The retro spirit of the Contodat Chronograph is consolidated with the lengthy piston-style pushers and the framed trapezium-shaped date window at 6 o’clock. The elapsed occasions of the chronograph are displayed on the dial with the 30-minute sub-dial at 3 o’clock and the central chronograph seconds hand alighting on the precision 1/fifth of a second subdivisions on the minute scale. As a sporty racetrack chronograph, there’s a peripheral 1000 km/h tachymeter scale with a snailed background. Paying tribute to the Monti’s Seventies chronograph, the central chronograph seconds hand, the world between midday and 240 on the tachymeter scale and three sections on the 30-minute chronograph counter are all highlighted in a brilliant orange color. Like Monti’s watch, the dimensions on this sub-dial signifies elapsed occasions as much as 45 minutes.

Accessible with blue, inexperienced and silver sunray dials, we photographed the silver dial with contrasting and snailed navy blue counters. For enhanced legibility, the utilized hour markers and the hour and minute arms are crammed with luminescent materials. The chronograph is powered by a Sellita SW510 BH, an computerized chronograph motion with a frequency of 28,800vph, an influence reserve of 58 hours, a quick-set date operate and hacking seconds.

Fast info: 39mm x 13.9mm stainless-steel case – piston pushers, screw-down crown, screw-in caseback – domed sapphire crystal – 100m water-resistance – blue, inexperienced or silver dials – snailed sub-dials at 3 o’clock for 30-min elapsed occasions (extends to 45min) and operating seconds at 9 o’clock – date at 6 o’clock – orange central chronograph seconds hand, orange space on tachymeter scale, orange sections inside 30-min counter – utilized indices and hour and minute arms with luminescence – Sellita SW510 BH computerized chronograph – 28,800vph – 58h energy reserve – built-in metal bracelet – ref. 31156.03  – EUR 3,970

Contodat Computerized

Sharing the identical case however with a slimmer top, the time-only Contodat arranges its operating seconds and date features horizontally, with the seconds at 9 o’clock and the trapezium-framed date window at 3 o’clock. We photographed the black dial, however the Contodat Computerized is out there with blue, inexperienced, silver and gray sunray-brushed dials.

The snailed peripheral observe has white Arabic numerals matching the small seconds counter with its snailed inside, white numerals and brilliant orange hand and numeral 60. Just like the chronograph, the baton hour and minute arms, in addition to the indices utilized to the dial, are handled with luminescent materials. The watch is powered by a Sellita SW290-1 with a frequency of 28,800vph, an influence reserve of 41 hours, a quick-set date mechanism and hacking seconds.

Fast info: 39mm x 11.3mm stainless-steel case – screw-down crown, screw-in caseback – domed sapphire crystal – 100m water-resistance – black, gray, silver, inexperienced and blue dials – snailed sub-dial at 9 o’clock for small seconds with orange hand and orange ‘60’ – trapezium-shaped date aperture at 3 o’clock – snailed peripheral observe – utilized indices and hour and minute arms with luminescence – Sellita SW290-1 computerized – 28,800vph – 41h energy reserve – built-in metal bracelet – ref. 41156.05 – EUR 2,940

Extra data at Eberhard-Co-Watches.ch.