The Story ...
Hebdomas started it's activities during the last decade of the past century, forseeing the practical need that would one day make wrist watches one of the most important sector of the watch industry.
In those days obtaining a long running capacity for watches was the goal of several watch-makers. It was through this challenge, which they conquered, that Hebdomas started it's production in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland).
The craftmanship of the Swiss watch-makers in La Chaux-de-Fonds is world renowned, and this small village situated near to the French border, is also the birth-place of many famous Swiss brands.
The work of these watch-maker has been re-discovered by a large public and connoisseurs, who appreciates the good craftmanship and models that time has preserved.
Since 1888, all Hebdomas watches has been entirely manufactured by hand, piece by piece. Hebdomas high standard of quality is rooted in the experience of it's highly skilled watch-maker, and also in the remembrance of olden customs linked to the cycle of seven, which is the key number that made it famous throughout the world.

The name Hebdomas recalls the festivities of Ebdomee, held in Sparta, Croton and Mileto, which celebrated the birth of Apollo on the seventh day of the month. In ancient Lesbos, sung by poets, such festivities were dedicated to Dionisio, holding many superstitious rituals and beliefs which were linked to the seventh day of the month.
A century of tradition has therefore helped Hebdomas to be well known and appreciated throughout the world.These famous time-pieces has been awarded several gold medals and distinctions.
The Hebdomas by Schild S.A. and  Graizely was started thanks to the patent that was deposited by Mr. Iréné Aubry of Saignelégier (Switzerland), on the 14th November 1888. At this particular period there was a considerable difference in the mechanism between table clocks and wrist watches, and several attempts were made to equalize the winding duration of the table clocks, which only needed winding once a week or every 15 days, to that of a wrist watch.
The watch-makers had several mechanical problems to solve, such as the size and the functions of the mouvements that would enable the watches to obtain a longer running capacity.
It was not always easy to find the perfect solution, but in spite of the difficulties, several projects were studied and realized. The watch museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds still exibits some of the earlier Hebdomas realizations. Hebdomas also developed several time-pieces that needed winding once every 15 days, every four months, even yearly, but only those with the 8 day mouvements with it's visible balance wheel was ever produced. At the time, wrist watches were slowly replaceing pocket watches, and Hebdomas presented itself as a forerunner to automatic watches.
With the new era of the 8 day mouvements one was not obliged to wind the watch everyday, but once a week instead. Hebdomas, which is taken from the word Hebdomandaire, Ebdomadario, signifies that the watch should be wound up once a week... on the seventh day.
The success of the Hebdomas watches in the 1900 was unbelievable, and several unique pieces are still to be found in private collections all over the world. Particular care has always been taken in the manufactureing of Hebdomas, each element is meticulously selected and tested, even down to the beautiful enamel dials that ornates each piece. These 8 day time-pieces are still capable of bringing back a certain nostalgy of olden times, and even though, through modern technologies improvements has been made, nothing has changed from the original concept and design.
Hebdomas has always kept it's creative spirit, and now gives a new start to other mechanical projects, such as an enterprising collaboration with Mr. Vincent Calabrese, the master watch-maker of international reputation, who received a gold medal in 1977 at the inventors exibition in Geneva. In april 1990, when his latest invention "BALADIN" was presented at the same exibition, a jury awarded him a prize for it's originality and unprecedented conception. Even today HEBDOMAS still offers quality, style and unique products to watch buyers all around the world. We now hope that you'll have the pleasure of owning these superb time-pieces and present them with pride.

Vintage remember

  Dated about 1905

                                                           Dated about 1910

Dated about 1940

Dated about 1930 complication day date

On the back side the engraving of the GOLD MEDAL win in the past at UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION

HEBDOMAS were the inventor of the visible wheel

Letter in the dial R - S means retard slow and A-F avance fast

Untill 1960 all decor on the dial was painted by hand with real gold paillets

Clock dated 1910

Engraving of the clock 1910 Grazely was the industrial founder with Mr.Schild of the factory with 1000 worker

Starting from 1965 all the dial have same flower on the dial

1980 limited series 8 days solid gold 15'' mov. and 19'' skeleton mov.

March 2007 the building dated 1918 founded by Mr Grazely and Mr Schild became UNESCO PROPRIETY like the biggest factory in Neuchatel area in 1918, 1000 worker