# Maurice de Mauriac

> Daniel Dreifuss, who had worked in banks from Kreuzlingen to New York and sold promotional company watches from 1989, founded Maurice de Mauriac in Zurich in 1997 with a mechanical automatic chronograph. His sons Massimo and Leonard had taken over the running of the brand by 2022, and after his death in 2023 they led it with their sister Masha.

Canonical page: https://www.watchanchor.com/brand/maurice-de-mauriac

## About

- **Founded:** 1997
- **Founded in:** Zurich, Switzerland
- **Based in:** Zurich, Switzerland
- **Founder:** Daniel Dreifuss

## In this catalogue

- **References listed:** 19
- **Case sizes:** 39–45 mm
- **Case materials:** 5
- **Movement types:** Automatic, Manual

## Note

The brand's own history page (Wayback, December 2013) says Dreifuss founded 'MAURICE DE MAURIAC – ZURICH' in 1997 and presented his first mechanical automatic chronograph, and a 2019 brand article says he 'registered the brand' in 1997. SilverKris also gives 1997. aBlogtoWatch (June 2023) says the brand 'turns 25' in 2023, which implies 1998, and Hello Zurich says only 'the mid-nineties'. The box uses 1997 from the brand's own dated history. The operating company is Maurice de Mauriac SA (CHE-110.554.594, Zurich). Its incorporation date could not be read because the Zurich cantonal excerpt is behind a captcha, so 1997 is the brand's date, not a confirmed registration date for the SA. Zefix shows Daniel S. Dreifuss leaving as board chairman in July 2025, with Massimo Dreifuss as chairman and Leonard Dreifuss as board member, and the registered address moving to Rämistrasse 5 in June 2026. Hello Zurich calls Dreifuss a native of Zurich, while the brand's 2013 history says he grew up in eastern Switzerland; the lede avoids the point. The brand says the name was built on the initials of Michel de Montaigne (MDM).

## Sources

- [Maurice de Mauriac - Geschichte (Wayback, December 2013)](https://web.archive.org/web/20131206081315/http://www.mauricedemauriac.ch/de/geschichte.php)
- [Maurice de Mauriac - Different times, different fortunes (Wayback, August 2019)](https://web.archive.org/web/20190824073919/https://mauricedemauriac.ch/en/about-us/maurice-de-mauriac-different-times-different-fortunes/)
- [aBlogtoWatch - Maurice de Mauriac Chrono Modern Blue PVD 'Big Date' for the brand's 25th anniversary (June 2023)](https://www.ablogtowatch.com/watch-review-maurice-de-mauriac-chrono-modern-blue-pvd-big-date-for-brands-25th-anniversary/)
- [Zefix - Maurice de Mauriac SA (CHE-110.554.594)](https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/739105)
- [Maurice de Mauriac - Family](https://mdm-uhren.ch/portrait/family)
- [Hello Zurich - Maurice de Mauriac](https://www.hellozurich.ch/en/news/maurice-de-mauriac.html)
- [SilverKris - Maurice de Mauriac, Zurich](https://silverkris.singaporeair.com/guide/switzerland/zrh/shop-zurich/maurice-de-mauriac/)
- [Bilanz - Uhrenkunst trifft Tennis: Maurice de Mauriac Sonderedition (21 July 2026)](https://www.bilanz.ch/watches/uhrenkunst-trifft-tennis-maurice-de-mauriac-sonderedition/7p73sww)
- [Bilanz - Zürcher Uhrenlabel Maurice de Mauriac ist in Partylaune (1 July 2022)](https://www.bilanz.ch/watches/zuercher-uhrenlabal-maurice-de-mauriac-ist-in-partylaune/qynnyfw)
- [Bilanz - Russell Crowe überrascht Zürcher Uhrenmarke Maurice de Mauriac (3 October 2025)](https://www.bilanz.ch/watches/russell-crowe-ueberrascht-zuercher-uhrenmarke-maurice-de-mauriac/2cnc2qq)
- [Bilanz - Maurice de Mauriac zeigt Mut zur Grösse (15 February 2024)](https://www.bilanz.ch/watches/uhren-maurice-de-mauriac-zeigt-mut-zur-groesse/yrd8w6q)
- [Maurice de Mauriac - Jubilee FCZ 130 Years](https://mdm-uhren.ch/stories/jubilee-fcz-130-years/)
- [Maurice de Mauriac - Kontakt](https://mdm-uhren.ch/kontakt)
- [Moneyhouse - Maurice de Mauriac SA (Handelsregister entry 02.03.2004)](https://www.moneyhouse.ch/de/company/maurice-de-mauriac-sa-11984009081)
- [Zurich cantonal register excerpt (captcha, not readable)](https://zh.chregister.ch/cr-portal/auszug/auszug.xhtml?uid=CHE-110.554.594)
- [SHAB search 'Mauriac' (only 2025 and 2026 notices online)](https://www.shab.ch/)

## Links

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