THE ENCOUNTER

Undeniably, watch-making has tended to be a male dominated area - but not so at Ebel, which was built on the twin pillars of masculine and feminine values and qualities.

The first Architects of Time, who laid the company foundations on July 15, 1911, were a man and a woman, partners in life and in business. Settled in La Chaux-de-Fonds, one of the major centers of Swiss watch-making, Eugène Blum and Alice Lévy decided to seal their destinies in an entirely novel way. The name of the watch- making firm they established symbolized ...