Just like it is important to note the cufflinks people wear, you should be able to recognize luxury watch brands and have some knowledge to initiate conversations. This week’s guest post is the first we have pertaining to watches.
It can be safely assumed that the term ’watch’ is not uncommon for most people in the world. In essence, a watch is a time-keeping instrument either worn on the wrist or kept in the pocket with a chain attached to it. Wrist watches were introduced during World War 1 – worn by soldiers and fashioned for military strategists who needed to synchronize the movements of their troops. A lot has changed with its meteoric rise in popularity since those days. Today, the wrist watch is regarded as an essential accessory, while luxury watches are even considered a piece of jewellery as well as a collector’s item. So, which brands make our Top 5 list? Let’s find out.
Luxury Watch Brand 1: Rolex
Luxury Watch Brand 2: Patek Philippe
Often termed as the ‘King of Watches’, this brand is exemplary of the Swiss prowess in watch making standards. The company was founded in 1851 in Geneva by watchmaker Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe (inventor of the keyless winding mechanism). This brand is responsible for making one of the most expensive watches on the planet with as many as 24 functions. It is renown for manufacturing every component from scratch and producing only mechanical watches which can be either automatic or manual winded. The brand is also known as the choice of many members of the British, Danish and the Italian Royal families, who commonly sport this brand.
Luxury Watch Brand 3: Omega
Luxury Watch Brand 4: Tag Heuer
Luxury Watch Brand 5: IWC Schaffhausen
Founded in Switzerland, and now based in the United States, the IWC Schaffhausen or simply ‘IWC’ is among the top brands of luxury watches and popular for their mechanical watches. Soon after the introduction of quartz watches, the company suffered badly in terms of sales and the branding. The company has gone through many ownership structure changes as well but its fortunes have risen to new heights as the manufacturer of some of the finest luxury watches with innovative technical designs. The watches by this maker are known for their high worth as jewellery, rather than its functions, and are priced slightly lower (although still extremely expensive) than the other brands on this list. Their price point aided its rise in popularity, putting it amongst the top 3 luxury watch brands alongside Rolex and Omega.
There are numerous premium and luxury watch brands, both old and new, whose exclusion from this list of 5 may surprise some readers. However, the aforementioned brands have excelled in terms of their quality and their standards in keeping accurate time and helped in maintaining the market of good old mechanical luxury watches – which is why these made our list.
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