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1814

• Jakob Heinrich Köchert apprentices to a French goldsmith and enamellist.

1819

• Jakob becomes a master goldsmith for Emanuel Pioté.

1825

• Pioté et Köchert are very successful, receiving an Imperial order from the Turkish Ambassador.

1831

• Pioté et Köchert named Jeweller to the Imperial Court.

1849

• Jakob Heinrich Köchert appointed personal jeweler to Emperor Franz Joseph – K.u.K. Hof- und Kammerjuwelier €“ the Royal and Imperial Court Jeweler.
• Jakob was given care of the imperial treasury, overseeing the completion of the Austrian Imperial Crown.

1854

• Alexander Emmanuel Köchert, Jakob’s son, takes over the the firm.

1873

• Heinrich and Theodor Köchert, Alexander’s sons, take over the firm.

1925

• Theodor’s sons, Erich and Wilfried, take over the firm and bring in Erich’s half-brother painter/designer Erwin Lang.

1955

• Dietrich Köchert and his cousin, Gotfried Köchert (the racing jeweler) are running the firm.

1987

• Dieter Köchert brings back the tradition of working with artists for jewelry design.