Who owns EBEL?
EBEL is owned by Movado Group (the United States, NYSE: MOV), which has owned the brand since 2004.[1]
Evidence: Movado Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Movado Group, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Paramus
- Origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Founded
- 1911 by Eugène Blum, Alice Lévy
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Jewellery & watches
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: MOV
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About EBEL
EBEL is a Swiss luxury watch brand founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1911 by Eugène Blum and Alice Lévy, husband and wife. Movado Group completed its purchase of the brand in March 2004. EBEL is best known for the Sport Classic, whose bracelet of wave-shaped links dates from the late 1970s and which was relaunched in 2017. The watches are assembled in Switzerland and sit in the group's luxury tier alongside Concord.
What Movado Group's annual report says about EBEL
Sentences about EBEL from Movado Group's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
In March 2004, the Company completed its acquisition of EBEL, one of the world's premier luxury watch brands which was established in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in 1911.
EBEL EBEL's success has been built upon the fusion of technical excellence and a passion for aesthetically daring and timeless, distinctive design.
A passion for innovation and excellence in watch design has always been at the heart of the EBEL brand.
How often Movado Group names EBEL in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of EBEL
- 2004 – present Movado Group [1] verified
Where EBEL sits in Movado Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Movado Group
Movado Group controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Concord (1908)
- Movado (1881)
- MVMT (2013)
- Olivia Burton (2011)
Other brands in jewellery & watches, and who owns them
The 63 brands in jewellery & watches on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Richemont, with 8; Movado Group has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| A. Lange & Söhne | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| CaratLane | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blancpain | Swatch Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Bulgari | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Pandora | Pandora | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| ARTA by PNJ | PNJ | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| ATTESA | Citizen Watch | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Relic | Fossil Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Movado Group
Movado Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paramus, United States, founded in 1967. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: MOV.
Movado Group designs, sources and distributes watches, and to a lesser extent jewellery, under five brands it owns and five it holds under licence. It was incorporated in New York in 1967 as North American Watch Corporation to import Piaget and Corum watches, bought Concord in 1970 and the Movado brand in 1983, and took its present name in 1996. Licensed brands made up 58.3 per cent of net sales in the year to January 2026. It also runs 57 outlet stores in the United States and Canada.
Movado Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇭 EBEL and other Swiss brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 114 brands that began in Switzerland. 33 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, EBEL among them.
- Blancpain — Swatch Group 🇨🇭
- FREDERIQUE CONSTANT — Citizen Watch 🇯🇵
- Hublot — LVMH 🇫🇷
- IWC Schaffhausen — Richemont 🇨🇭
- Victorinox Swiss Army — Victorinox 🇨🇭
- Zodiac — Fossil Group 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of EBEL?
The parent company of EBEL is Movado Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is EBEL Swiss or American?
EBEL originated in Switzerland in 1911, but it is owned today by Movado Group, which is headquartered in the United States. So EBEL is a Swiss-origin brand under American ownership.
Since when has Movado Group owned EBEL?
Movado Group has owned EBEL since 2004.
Is EBEL still owned by Movado Group?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, EBEL is still owned by Movado Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Movado Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 March 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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