Held is a well known French designer, famous for his furniture, lighting, tableware, interior design and watches.
| 1932 | Born August 16th, in Paris. His father is a Hungarian and his mother Polish. |
| 1960-1962 | Makes his first wooden furniture, strongly influenced by Swedish and Danish designers like Arne Jacobsen, Poul Kjaerholm and Hans Wegner. |
| 1965 | Interior designs for the 'Station de Sports d'Hiver de Avoriaz', a modern ski resort in France. |
| 1966 | Opens a design shop 'L'Echoppe' in Paris. |
| 1967 | Designs his first chair for Knoll, France. |
| 1970 | Creates a range of pieces of furniture made of glassfibre for Candilis, France. |
| 1971 | Works for Knoll International. Designs a series of beds and a series of office desks. |
| 1973 | An exhibition opens at the 'Musée des Arts Décoratifs', Nantes, displaying ten years of Marc Held's designs. Creates a dinner-service for Coquet in Limoges. |
| 1974 | Designs five watches for Lip. |
Held designed the following watches with a Lip T13 movement for Lip, France:
'Skipper' is the name of this series of five watches.
| 1 | Ref.no. 43855. |
| 2 | The same with a flexible chromium plated steel strap. A rare and beautiful watch. (Ref.no. 43755) |
| 3 | Ref.no. 43300. Roman numbers. |
| 4 | Ref.no. 43319. |
| 5 | The same as no. 4, but rhodium plated and steel. (Ref.no. 43380) |
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