A Century and a Half of Tradition watchmaker in the service of the Navy.
Clockmaker of the State Navy, of the observatory of the bureau of longitudes, geographical service of the Army and the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. Since its origins in 1854, Auricoste has been closely linked to naval aviation French. Its history gives it a special status in the world of watchmaking or beauty and rigor of the mechanism are the key words.
Its chronographs are considered to be the measuring instruments of choice by specialists and enthusiasts of watchmaking mechanisms throughout the world.
These performances allow it to equip naval, air and ground forces in France and abroad. Our measuring tools; our different models are designed for robustness and readability to withstand the most extreme situations.
Chronology
1854
Creation of the house watchmaking
1900
J.Auricoste receives a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris
1905
World Fair of Liege
1910
World Exhibition of Brussels
1925
Commissioning of the heavy cruiser Tourville equipped by Auricoste
1926
Exhibition at the Decorative Arts
1935
Commissioning of the battleship Richelieu equipped by Auricoste
1946
Commissioning of the Auricoste equipped aircraft carrier Arromanches
Equipment of the aircraft carrier La Fayette
1951
1954
Creation and development of the type 20 model whose “flyback” function becomes a standard imposed by the French War Ministry. More than 2000 chronographs are delivered to the different French forces
1961
Equipment of the aircraft carrier Foch
1963
Commissioning of the aircraft carrier Clemenceau equipped by Auricoste
1964
Equipment of the helicopter carrier Jeanne d’Arc
1966
Collaboration with Patek Phillippe for the creation of electromechanical marine clocks and chronometers
1975
Equipment of the anti-submarine frigate marine Tourville
Equipment of numerous avisos and SNA submarines (such as the Rubis, the Perle…)
1980 – 2000
Auricoste equipped the Argentine pilots with the Type 20 model during the Falklands war.
1982
1982
Auricoste equips the combat swimmers and mine clearance divers of the French Navy with the Spirotechnique model.
2001
Commissioning of the aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle equipped with an Auricoste time network
2010
Auricoste revisits the type 20 and creates the type 52
2012
The Spirotechnique renews its confidence in the Auricoste company for the edition of its new diving watch Auricoste Spirotechnique
2019
Auricoste creates the type 26 via an old specification of the French Navy
2020
Auricoste revisits the model type 20 Flymaster
2021
Development of a watch for the French demining service and creation of the ScubaMaster 300, worthy heir to the spirotechnique
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Auricoste is a company that has never ceased to put its watchmaking expertise at the service of the French naval aviation industry. His expertise will be recognized worldwide by obtaining the gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900.
Now known for its reliability and expertise in the world, Auricoste was ordered more than 30,000 chronographs during the Great War. In 1954 the War Ministry will order more than 2000 Type 20 flyback models. Auricoste will also equip the combat swimmers and the mine clearance divers of the French Navy.
At the dawn of the 21st century, the aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle is adorned by the Maison Auricoste with the large clock on its flight deck. For 150 years now, the French Armed Forces have continued to place their trust in Auricoste and know that they can count on the reliability of the company, which has become a legend.
The aircraft carriers Foch and Clemenceau, the avisos, the frigates 2000, the nuclear submarines SNA are among the illustrious list of ships equipped with Auricoste time networks, crisscrossing the world in the heart of the French Navy.