Model History
With "Edmond" Mathey-Tissot dedicates an entire collection to its own founder, Charles-Edmond Mathey-Henry — known to history as Edmond Mathey-Tissot — who in 1886 brought the manufacture to life in Les Ponts-de-Martel. The link to the founding year is also made explicit in the reference codes of individual models, which almost always begin with "1886".
The line began as a classic three-hand automatic dress proposal, aimed at male customers looking for an elegant and affordable watch, before later expanding with the automatic chronograph execution "Edmond Chrono Auto" and with the sub-line "Edmond Automatic Handcrafted," which introduces hand-decorated dials — including figurative motifs such as the dragon and the tiger — made using traditional artisanal techniques and offered at a higher price point than the rest of the brand's catalog.
Within a commercial offering often oriented toward the more affordable segment, Edmond therefore represents Mathey-Tissot's most refined and "representative" register: an explicit tribute to the brand's origins rather than a reissue of a specific historical model, built around the very idea of family heritage rather than around a single watch from the past.
Technical Specifications
Main Executions
The line's reference codes (such as "AC1886PI" or "H1886CHATPI") almost always carry the number "1886" within them: a detail that, more than a simple catalog convention, works as a silent signature of the brand's founding year on every single watch in the collection dedicated to its founder.

