Swiss watch brand
1. Special watches
1. Patek Philipp
Patek Philipp was founded in 1839 as the last watch brand in Geneva. As an independent watchmaker, Patek Philippe enjoys complete freedom of innovation in the entire process of design, production and assembly, creating global watch masterpieces that are praised by experts around the world, and adheres to the excellence of the brand founders, Mr. Patek and Mr. Philippe. Foresight, relying on extraordinary professional skills and adhering to the tradition of high-quality innovation, Patek Philippe has more than 80 technical patents so far.
2. Vacheron Constantin
Vacheron Constantin, one of the world’s most famous watch brands, was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1755. It is the oldest and earliest watch manufacturer in the world. It is also one of the most famous watch factories in the world.
Vacheron Constantin has inherited the essence of traditional Swiss watchmaking without interruption. At the same time, it has also innovated many watchmaking technologies and made great contributions to the watchmaking industry. Vacheron Constantin launched many unforgettable designs throughout the twentieth century.
From simple and elegant styles to meticulously crafted complex designs, from daily wear styles to precious diamond watches, each one represents the pinnacle of Swiss high-end watchmaking craftsmanship and embodies the Vacheron Constantin's outstanding position in the world's watch industry and its pursuit of technology and aesthetics.
3. Parmigiani Fleurier PARMIGIANI
Parmigiani Fleurier (PARMIGIANI), the world-famous top Swiss watch brand. With the support of the Sandoz Family Foundation and its commitment to protecting high-quality Swiss craftsmanship, Parmigiani Fleurier has developed into one of the few independent watchmaking brands with its own full-line production network today.
Born in 1996 in the central city of Waldtravel. Michel Parmigiani's name represents sophisticated and complex watch restoration, classic and harmonious high-end watches, and innovation in watchmaking tradition.
2. First-Class and First-Class Watches
1. Rolex
Rolex is considered to be the most successful and highly respected Swiss watch. Founder Hans Wilsdorf registered the Rolex trademark in 1908 when he was 24 years old, and moved to Geneva from England.
In 1920, Rolex was awarded the first official quality appraisal certificate. Determined to make the most accurate watch, Wilsdorf set the goal of designing and manufacturing a waterproof watch. Finally, the famous Oyster watch was launched, which instantly became the top sales list of Swiss luxury watches. Rolex is one of the top ten famous watches in the world.
2. IWC International Watch Co.
IWC was founded in 1868 and has a history of 130 years of watchmaking. The place of establishment is called Schaffhausen, and the history of clocks there can be traced back to the early 15th century, a full 459 years earlier than IWC. But after IWC established the factory to make watches, the accuracy of time began to be firmly in people's hands.
The founder of IWC is Florentine A. Jones, a Boston engineer in the United States. He founded the earliest mechanical watchmaking factory in Switzerland in a factory on the Rhine River and realized his vision. A novel idea - using machinery to replace some manual labor to create more precise parts, which are then assembled by top watchmakers into watches of extraordinary quality.
3. Cartier
Cartier is a French watch and jewelry manufacturer founded in 1847 by Louis-Fran?ois Cartier at 31 Rue Montorgueil in Paris.
It is now a subsidiary company of Swiss Richemont Group (Compagnie Financière Richemont SA).
In 1874, his son Yafa Cartier inherited its management rights, and his grandsons Louis Cartier, Pierre Cartier and James Cartier developed it into a world-famous brand. In 1904, he designed the world's first wrist watch, Cartier Santos, for pilot Alberto Santos Domen.
Third, first class and second class table
1. DANIEL ROTH
Daniel Roth set up his own business in 1988 and created a brand with his own name ——DANIELROTH. He said that he has only one goal, which is to develop more precise timing products according to the usual way of making watches. This is also the reason why big brands can thrive for a long time.
In 1989, the first series of the DANIELROTH brand was produced with only 300 pieces. Now it is a precious collection and a target for watch collectors from all over the world. Ten years later, the production is only 2,000 pieces per year, in order to maintain the uniqueness and rarity of the brand. Daniel Ross stipulated that the annual output after 2000 will not exceed 3,000.
2. OMEGA
OMEGA is an internationally renowned watchmaking company and brand. Its English name is omega, which represents the symbol "Ω". Founded by Louis Brandt in 1848, Omega marks a glorious achievement in the history of watchmaking, stands out from its peers and is quite exquisite. Omega has been a pioneer in the watchmaking industry for 150 years with its advanced watchmaking technology.
3. DUBEY & SCHALDENBRAND
Dubey & Schaldenbrand was founded in 1946 by Georges, a professor at a watchmaking technical school in La Chaux de Fonds. Dubey was founded by George Dubey and Rene Schaldenbrand.
Like other brands that emerged after World War II, the birth of Dubey & Schaldenbrand originated from an insistence on innovation and progress in watchmaking skills.
First class watches of the fourth and second categories
1. REVUE THOMMEN
Jaden Ang, the founder of the Thommen opera company. Gedean Thommen founded the Gedean Thommen watch factory in the Swiss town of Wittenberg in 1853, and also created a watch legend that lasted for a century and a half. To this day, Soman is still one of the oldest independent watch manufacturers.
In its long history of 150 years, Soman Watch has adhered to the elegant nature of watches and never followed the trend. It has not only created a unique brand character and spirit, which is respected. What’s even more commendable is that Soman Watch continues to be positioned as a mid-price mechanical watch, but it has the ability to make its own movements that only high-end complex watches can have. It has always been the mid-price brand with the highest P value among countless watch brands. It is not only appreciated by players, but also cherished by collectors.
2. PERRLET
PerRLET’s automatic watch appeared again in 1995. Its automatic rotor swings in a fan-shaped manner. Because it has a large mass, it generates a lot of gravity. This movement won the title of “Best Movement of the Year” that year.
Perrelet continued to improve itself and completed a new and improved automatic winding device. In the new device, the entire winding gear set is connected through the movement. The upper and lower automatic rotors must move coaxially synchronously to enhance mass and reduce friction.
15 delicate new parts need to be accurately installed on the movement. Therefore, the new Perrelet automatic movement has gained greater flexibility due to this improvement, making it easier to create new functions and new shapes.
3. LONGINES
LONGINES was founded in Soimia, Switzerland in 1832. It has a long history and exquisite craftsmanship of more than 180 years, and also has a long history in the field of sports timing. Prominent tradition and outstanding experience. Longines, with its flying wing hourglass as its symbol, is famous for its elegance. As a famous brand under the Swatch Group, the world's leading watch manufacturer, Longines has spread in more than 130 countries around the world.
As the timekeeper of the World Championships and a partner of the International Federation, the Longines brand is world-renowned for its elegant timepieces. It is also a member of Swatch Group S.A., the world's leading watch manufacturer.
Class 5 and 3 watches
1. ORIS
Oris is a Swiss watch brand. At the beginning of the 20th century, Cattin and Christian established the Oris watchmaking factory in France. During World War II, Oris designed large crown watches for the U.S. Air Force and navigators, thus becoming a famous brand.
Since 1904, Oris has insisted on using traditional Swiss craftsmanship to create truly perfect mechanical watches, which are deeply loved by the younger generation. Oris's mechanical timepiece series has a variety of special designs to meet the needs of different people, such as pointer calendar indicators, small seconds and alarm clocks, etc.
2. Tissot
Swiss Tissot has 160 years of exquisite watchmaking history. Since 1853, it has been continuously committed to precise and perfect watch manufacturing. The watches produced in the (Le Locle) factory are world-famous for their rich creativity, excellent quality and ingenious watchmaking technology.
3. MIDO
Mido was founded by George Schaeren in Zurich, Switzerland in 1918. Today, the headquarters of Mido Watch Company is located in the small town of Le Locle in the center of the Jura Mountains in Switzerland. The name of Mido comes from the Spanish "Yo mido", which means "I measure".
It aims to create a watch that can become your close friend. Mido’s watchmaking philosophy is to combine timeless design with practical functions rather than following trends. The aim is to create a watch with high-quality materials, a precise movement and excellent water resistance that can be worn for a long time.
Six and four categories of watches
1. Titoni
Titoni is a typical Swiss traditional watch factory that has been established in Greenen, Switzerland since 1919. Since its establishment, it has been passed down for three generations and is one of the few independent family watchmaking companies today. For many years it has been committed to the field of automatic mechanical watches. One of the company's most proud features is that 95% of its products are highly precise mechanical watches.
Meihua Watch has always adhered to the attitude of "quality first" and focused on producing exquisite, reliable and durable mechanical watches. It has established an image as a "symbol of mechanical craftsmanship" around the world.
2. ENICAR
ENICAR originated from an ancient Swiss watch hand-making workshop in 1854. ENICAR's name was derived from the RACINE family, who wrote their name upside down to represent the family's fine tradition of passing down exquisite craftsmanship from generation to generation for hundreds of years.
Inager is an important ancestor in the history of the Swiss watch industry. As early as 1910, the pocket watches produced by Inager were highly praised for their accuracy, even in France, Germany and other countries. Railway personnel in European countries have also begun to widely use Inager's timepieces.
3. ROAMER
In 1888, a watchmaker named Furzmeyer opened a watchmaker’s shop in Solothurn, Switzerland, a place with a unique medieval flavor. A studio with 6 employees producing clock gear pushers, thus starting the glorious history of Swiss Roman watches.
Renamed "Meyer Studley" in 1904, the company has developed into a comprehensive watch manufacturing company.
The products were accurate and reliable, and the 'MST' movement soon gave the company its own line of timepieces.
4. Cyma
Swiss Cyma watch (CYMA) originated in 1862. This brand with more than 150 years of watchmaking history has always adhered to the principle of "continuous research and development". With the spirit of "creation and striving for perfection", it has won many awards in different periods. The new series of Swiss CYMA watches are elegant and meticulous in both design and craftsmanship, combining century-old watchmaking technology.
Extended information
Everyone knows about Swiss watches, and they are all expensive. But the watchmaking industry is not native to Switzerland. At the end of the 16th century, religious struggles in France led to a massacre. The Huguenots who followed Calvin fled to Switzerland and brought clock-making technology with them.
The combination of this French technique and the local gold and silver jewelry industry gave rise to the Swiss watchmaking industry. It spreads from Geneva, near France, mainly to the northeast along the Jura Mountains, all the way to Schaffhausen in the northeast, and blooms all over the northern half of Switzerland.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia Swiss Watch