Rabco Luxury Holdings, the largest U.S. distributor of independently owned Swiss watches, has added two more luxury brands. The New York City firm has signed long-term contracts with Eberhard S.A. and Goldpfeil S.A., both manufacturers of fine mechanical Swiss timepieces.
Eberhard & Co., founded in 1887, made the first automatic watch (1930), a chronograph with two pushbuttons (1935), and the Rattrapante chronograph (1939). It introduced simultaneous date-setting in the 1960s and the eight-day power reserve in 1997. At the 2001 Basel Fair, Eberhard unveiled Chrono 4, a patented mechanical chronograph whose counters are aligned horizontally across the dial face. The Eberhard Collection features a variety of automatic and manual timepieces.
Goldpfeil timepieces are a collection of seven limited series created for the luxury brand by members of Switzerland's famed Académie HorologÃ