Today, I will talk about several world-recognized watch brands in two parts: high-end brands and people-friendly brands.
High-end brands:
Patek Philippe
Needless to say, Patek Philippe is a "noble aristocrat" in the watch industry, a world-recognized top watch brand and a model among independent watch brands.
Vacheron Constantin
The famous Geneva watch brand, each watch represents the peak of Swiss watchmaking technology, and its constant pursuit of technology and aesthetics has created one of the most prestigious brands in the watch industry. Besides, Vacheron Constantin is one of the first Swiss watch brands to enter the China market.
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Blancpain is not only the first registered watch brand in the world, but also marks the entry of Swiss watch industry from "artisan era" to "brand era". Founded in 1735, known as "the founder of classic timepieces", it is a rare watch brand in the industry that is completely independently researched, developed, designed and manufactured from A to Z, and the famous 50? X series is the first modern diving watch in the world.
Jaeger-lecoultre
Jaeger-LeCoultre is a pioneer in the top watchmaking industry. It not only combines accurate timing technology with exquisite artistic talent, but also makes outstanding contributions to the development of the whole watchmaking industry. Jaeger-LeCoultre invented 1, 23 1 movement and obtained 398 registered patents.
Rolex Watches
Not to mention Rolex, perhaps the most recognized watch brand, has a high rate of preservation and is a real "hard currency".
Audemars Piguet
On 1972, Airbnb launched the stunning Royal Oak series, which was a subversive innovation in the industry and broke the deep-rooted circular aesthetic thinking.
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Representative of German watchmaking industry.
Omega
Omega's popularity is also very high, most famous sports events have been contracted by it, and it is also the standard of 007.
Qin Min brand
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Longines
Du Mei
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The quality of Japan's "national watch" is also very good, and the GS series is not inferior to Swiss brands.
Tudor
Although it is Rolex's "little brother", it is not worse than big brother.
First of all, it is one of the top ten watches in the world. Although it is not an official ranking, it can basically represent men's watches. The top ten watches in the world are the following ten. Let's have a look.
Patek Philippe (Patek Philippe)
The well-deserved watch king, founded in 1839, has a history of nearly 200 years and is a "blue-blooded aristocrat" in watches. It is one of the only truly independent watchmakers in Switzerland, and it is produced by itself from beginning to end. Up to now, Patek Philippe has more than 80 technical patents. The most expensive watch in the world is Patek Philippe's "Henry Graves Super Complex Watch", and the auction price is 65.438+300 million yuan. In 2009, we launched the Patek Philippe Seal, which is higher than the Geneva Seal. The advertisement dares to say: "No one can own Patek Philippe, only reserved for the next generation".
Audemars Piguet
Patek Philippe's history is shorter than that of Patek Philippe founded in 1875. The famous and classic Royal Oak series has many fans, and Lu Han has worn many watches of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak series. Audemars Piguet has a watch school in Switzerland. Every apprentice must complete four years of courses in the watch school before he can become a watchmaker. In addition, it takes 1 to 2 years of training to manufacture ultra-thin movements, while it takes 10 years of training to start manufacturing complex movements.
Vacheron Constantin
Founded in 1755, it is the oldest watch factory in the world. It has the largest number of Geneva Seal certified brands in the world, and a brand-specific Geneva Seal Workshop has been set up in the watch factory. Logo is a famous Maltese cross, which is said to be a watch designed for Emperor China. Classic series includes inheritance series and harmony series.
Piaget
When it comes to the count, you usually think of jewelry watches and ultra-thin movements. Manage watches and jewelry, and be good at completely integrating the craftsmanship of watches and jewelry. Count's ultra-thin movement has broken many world records, and their ultra-thin mechanical watch design is very simple. Classic models include Altiplano ultra-thin series and POLO series, and the cheapest one starts from 10W. The Swiss government specially named La Cote-aux-Fees, the birthplace of Earl's watchmaking workshop, as Earl's Village, which shows its great contribution.
Jaeger-lecoultre
Jaeger-LeCoultre is a brand several years earlier than Patek Philippe. Jaeger-LeCoultre, founded in Jura Valley, Switzerland, is an important brand in watchmaking history. With 1249 self-made mechanical movements and 4 13 patents, he is known as a Swiss senior watchmaking inventor. The famous Reverso flip series has a history of more than 80 years and is still a classic.
Paopo
Founded in 1735, it has a history of nearly 300 years and is the earliest registered watch brand in the world. Every top-class complex mechanical watch of Blancpain is completely hand-made, which is personally checked by the watchmaker and engraved with numbers, signatures and numbers as independent numbers. This tradition has continued since its birth. In the Hurun Report from 2008 to 20 13, Blancpain won the "Most Favorable Complex Watch" award for six consecutive years.
Breguet
Breguet, the father of modern watchmaking, was founded in 1775, and invented more than 70% of the technology in the industry. The three most representative inventions with complex functions are tourbillon, perpetual calendar and minute repeater. It is said that every mechanical watch has the shadow of Breguet, which is the purest brand of senior watchmakers. Many famous historical figures are its fans, such as Napoleon, Churchill, French King Louis XVI and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette. Breguet also worked for Queen Marie Antoinette for 44 years, and made the most complicated pocket watch in the world with 823 parts.
Gillard-Peregao
Some people may not be familiar with it, but its history is not short. Founded in 179 1 years ago, 225 years ago. The name comes from the constants Gillard and Mary Perez Gao. 1867, Fonterra Girard-Perregaux exhibited a tourbillon watch at the Paris World Expo and won the prize. Later, GP Zippo watches applied for a patent in the United States Patent Office and were nicknamed "La Esmeralda".
Cartier
Different from the previous Swiss brands, Cartier is a French brand, mainly engaged in watches and jewelry, mainly focusing on the jewelry market, and has the reputation of "the jeweler of the emperor and the emperor of jewelers". /kloc-in 0/904, he designed the first wristwatch in the world-Cartier Sandoz wristwatch for pilot Alberto Sandoz. The watch is Cartier's blue balloon series.
Rolex Watches
Rolex is well-known in China, especially in Hong Kong movies, where rich people wear Rolex. Rolex's most classic is the "Oyster" watch, and the black water ghost and the green water ghost have very high visibility and recognition in the bezel. Rolex's gold watch is valuable, and it is the only watch that can be used as hard currency in Macau casinos.