Heinrich Moser, founder and owner of the watch brand H. Moser & Co.

Heinrich Moser was a Swiss watchmaker, entrepreneur and art collector.

He was born on December 12 1805 in Schaffhausen. He founded 1828 in St. Petersburg the watch trading company H. Moser & Co. and 1829 in Le Locle a watch factory. 1868 he assisted Florentine Ariosto Jones in founding the International Watch Company (IWC) by providing space and motive power.