Historedia
Person

Charles-Émile Tissot

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1853

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Charles-Émile Tissot, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Tissot watch company founded at Le Locle

    1853

    Role: Founder and Watchmaker

    1. 1853 · Le Locle, SwitzerlandFounding of Tissot

      Charles-Félicien and Charles-Émile Tissot established their watchmaking firm in Le Locle in 1853, dividing labor between casemaking and watchmaking.

    2. 1853 · Unspecified; associated with Tissot's founding yearIntroduction of Mass-Produced Pocket Watch

      In 1853, Tissot introduced the first mass-produced pocket watch and the first pocket watch with two time zones.

Sources

  1. Tissot Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04