Discover Ferdinand Berthoud, inventor of the marine chronometer and perpetual calendar. A legacy revived in luxury watchmaking.
1727
Birth of Ferdinand Berthoud in Plancemont-sur-Couvet, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
1753
Ferdinand Berthoud appointed Clockmaker-Mechanic to King Louis XV.
2006
Chopard Chief Executive Karl-Friedrich Scheufele acquires the Ferdinand Berthoud name.
2015
The Chopard group launches the Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud brand.