Brief History of Zeno

Zeno Watches came about in 1868 with watchmaker Jules Godat, the founder of a small pocket watch manufacturing company (Godat & Co.) in La Chaux-de-Fonds, located in the heart of Swiss watch manufacture. They made  very small quantities, fine pocket watches featuring solid silver cases and lady pendant watches. The company was taken over in 1920 by the company, A. Eigeldinger & Fils.

The new company then began to specialize in wrist watches for the army. Watches were made in stainless steel, silver, gold and platinum, with mechanical movements up to 43mm. Registered as ZENO, the name was influenced by the Greek philosopher, Zeno, and comes from Zenodopolus, which means "Gift of Zeus."

The first ZENO watches were made in 1922. Each piece was marked with a Swiss cross on the back of the casing. The company has since continued to innovate watch manufacturing techniques. In 1949, the ZENO watches were exhibited for the first time at the Swiss Watch Fair in Basel.

The corner stone of ZENO is the famous "Pilot Classic" collection (40mm). A remake of the pilot watches from 1965 (37mm), today's model compares very favorably with the vintage ZENO Pilot Basic 1965 original. Their technical features, however, give them an undeniable advantage. Today Zeno watches are produced by one of the last independent Swiss watch manufacturers and traditional company, ZENO-WATCH BASEL.

The range of  Zeno products extends from mechanical to quartz technology wrist watches with analogue display for ladies or gents in every combination of materials: mechanical and quartz technology wrist watches with analogue display, collectors' wristwatches, pocket watches, military, scuba diving watches or sport chronographs in every combination of materials.