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Hermès : History
Watches were the lcast concern of saddle-maker Thierry Hermès when he set up a small backyard workshop in 1837 to make saddles and bridles.
The following decades saw the horse-and-carriage heyday, and it was only after the invention of the automobile in 1885 that Hermès broadened its product range to include expensive accessories.
From modest beginnings, the Paris luxury empire gradually developed a major prêt-?-porter collection which, from around 1927, also featured watches.
The sources of these included Audemars Piguet, Haas Neuveux Co., LeCoultre, Mido and Movado.
To escape the image of a brand that never went beyond the name on the dial, Hermès started creating its own models from the 1930s- for the wrist, the pocket and the belt.
In 1978 the family company opened a watch factory in Bienne - La Montre Hermès - for the production of its own watch collection.
In 1999, new company premises were inaugurated. Some 140.000 timepieces are made there every year, which account for around 10% of Hermès' overall turnover.
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