Heinrich Moser (born December 12, 1805 in Schaffhausen) founded H. Moser & Co. in 1828 in St. Petersburg. He opened a watch factory in Le Locle the following year. Moser returned to Schaffhausen in 1848 and began industrializing the area over the next several decades. His wife, Charlotte, died in 1850, and Moser focused on his work ever since.

Moser designed and built the “Moser Dam” in Schaffhausen between 1863 and 1866, one of the first hydroelectric stations. This brought mechanical power to local watch factories. and established the city as a manufacturing center It remained in use until 1959. He was also influential in the creation of the Swiss railways. It established the second railway line in Switzerland. (between Schaffhausen and Winterthur) and founded a railway wagon manufacturing company. Another company, Moser, produced boats to transport goods on the Rhine River.

ในปี 1868 โมเซอร์สนับสนุน American Florentine Ariosto Jones ในการก่อตั้ง International Watch Company (IWC) ในเมืองชาฟฟ์เฮาเซิน ซึ่งเป็นหนึ่งในบริษัทนาฬิการายใหญ่ของสวิสในปัจจุบัน นาฬิกา IWC เดิมผลิตในโรงงาน Moser ในเมืองชาฟฟ์เฮาเซิน ก่อนที่จะมีการสร้างโรงงานเฉพาะในบริเวณใกล้เคียง

Moser died in 1874 and his fortune returned to Russia. before being expropriated by the government in 1918