Courtesy Wikipedia:
Ebel was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the historic birthplace of the watch-making industry by Swiss industrialist and watchmaker Eugene Blum and his wife Alice Levy. The brand was named after the initials of: Eugene Blum et Levy. In 1971, their grandson Pierre-Alain Blum assumed leadership of the company and renewed its collections and kept the company growing.
The company’s slogan is: Ebel, the Architects of Time.
In 1999, the Ebel luxury watch company was sold to the French luxury brands group LVMH; then in 2004, the company was resold to the American group Movado.