1 Patek Philippe
(Patek Philippe)
Patek Philippe, founded in 1839, is the only existing watch manufacturer in Switzerland that is completely independently operated by the family. Patek Philippe watches always attach importance to shape design and manufacturing process, and all watchmaking processes are completed in the original factory in Geneva. It is the only brand in the world that all movements have won the "Geneva Seal".
2 Audemars piguet
(Audemars piguet)
1875, Jules-Louis Audemars piguet and his friend Edward-August Audemars piguet founded Audemars piguet. 1972, Audemars piguet launched the high-end sports watch series "Royal Oak" made of all fine steel materials, which became a classic in the watch industry. 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.
3 Vacheron Constantin
(Vacheron Constantin)
Vacheron Constantin, founded in 1755, has a history of 250 years and is one of the oldest and longest-lasting watches in the world. The founder Jean-Marc Vacheron is a profound humanist. Vacheron Constantin, known as a work of art among nobles, has always played a key role in the Swiss watchmaking industry. At present, it belongs to Richemont Group.
4 jaeger-lecoultre
(Jaeger-LeCoultre)
Antoine Lecoultre set up a studio in Switzerland on 1833. 1844, he invented a micrometer with measuring accuracy of11000 mm, which greatly improved the processing accuracy of clock parts. Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced the thinnest mechanical movement in the world in 1907 and the smallest mechanical movement in the world in 1929. Jaeger-lecoultre 193 1 is a rare classic for polo players. At present, it belongs to Richemont Group.
5 Earl
(Piaget)
1874, George Edward Piaget began to make movement. From 65438 to 0940, Piaget's grandson opened the international market for the development of Earl's watches. 1956 Earl launches ultra-thin movement. Since the 1960s, Earl has been devoted to the research of complex movements, and at the same time, he has developed the design of top jewelry. From designing and making wax models to setting gems, Earl watches always adhere to the purpose of Excellence. Its "cuff watch" and "coin watch" are outstanding designs and are treasures in the Earl's watch. At present, it belongs to Richemont Group.
6 blancpain
(Blancpain)
Blancpain Blancpain is the oldest existing watch brand. Blancpain has never produced quartz watches since the establishment of 1735, and will never produce them in the future. Blancpain has no assembly line factory, and the manufacturing process is all carried out in an old farmhouse, inlaid by individual watchmakers. Today, every Blancpain timepiece is personally checked, numbered and signed by the watchmaker, and its quality control is as strict as many years ago.
7 Breguet
(Breguet)
1775, A. Louis Breguet founded the breguet brand. This world-recognized classic in the history of clocks and watches first developed this brand in Paris and then in Switzerland. Breguet watches are favored by the royal family. French King Louis XVI and Queen Mary are both admirers of Breguet. Breguet watches are also mentioned in the works of Balzac, Pushkin, Dumas and Hugo. Celebrities such as Queen Victoria and British Prime Minister Churchill are all customers of Breguet. Today, Breguet belongs to the Swiss Swatch Group.
8 white matter
(Gillard Perego)
GP Zippo wristwatch, founded in LaSaud, Switzerland 179 1, is the second oldest real watchmaking factory in the world. Jean-Francois Bout and Constance Girard, two founders of GP Zippo Watch. At the end of 18, Bautte introduced an ultra-thin watch, which reduced the complicated parts combination and made the wonderful skills amazing. Hengze pays more attention to technology upgrading. He constantly designed more elaborate timing mechanism and studied more complicated movement, which made the famous "Three Golden Bridges tourbillon" come out and become the masterpiece of GP Zippo watch. In order to share the watchmaking history of GP Zippo Watch with the public, GP Zippo Watch established GP Zippo Watch Museum on 1999 to collect and display various antique watches, reflecting the technology and technological process of watch manufacturing.
9 Cartier
(Cartier)
Cartier has a history of 150 years and is a famous French jewelry manufacturer. 1888, Cartier tried to install a mechanical watch on a gold bracelet inlaid with diamonds. 1938, Cartier made the world's smallest watch and gave it to Princess Elizabeth of England. Cartier watches have always been the pets of the upper class, enduring. At present, it belongs to Richemont Group.
10 Rolex
(Rolex)
Rolex is a famous Swiss watch manufacturer, formerly known as Wilsdorf and Davis Company. It was jointly operated by Hans Wilsdorf, a German, and Alfred Davis, an Englishman, in London on 1905. 1908 was registered by Hans Wilsdorf in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and changed its name to Rolex.
Rolex was founded by Hans Wilsdorf, who registered it as a trademark in Switzerland on 1908. In the 1920s, Rolex developed waterproof watches. 1953, Rolex introduced a diving watch specially designed for divers. Rolex watches are loved by a large number of people with their solemn, practical and unpretentious style design.
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The so-called top ten famous watches will always be in everyone's mind, but it is difficult to become a * * * knowledge, because different people have different feelings about various values, different views on things, and even different aesthetic cognition. But even so, there are still many truly advanced watch brands, which are generally recognized by the public and occupy a lofty position in the minds of many watch fans. This means that the brand has intangible value and rich connotation, and it also shows that although fans have their own subjective consciousness, they can still obtain most knowledge through objective analysis and arrange the top ten watches in their minds. Here, talk about my personal views on the top ten famous watches!
Objectively judging the value of a watch brand can roughly start from the following four directions. The first is a long and brilliant brand.
History, about more than a hundred years, is the so-called "long time". Watch factories have experienced more than a hundred years of manual watchmaking period, and manual watchmaking can produce mechanical watches with deep value and connotation. Patek Philippe, which ranks first, leads in this respect. The brand was founded in 1839 and entered the China market in about 2005. Throughout its history of 170 years, there are innovative, complex or representative masterpieces in each period, which naturally have the highest brand value and popularity. Count, founded in 1874, has been established for nearly 140 years. After 1957 Cal.9P and 1960 Cal. 12P respectively set the world records for the thinnest manual winding and automatic winding movements in the world, the count is still naturally rewriting many historical records.
White 1966 Golden Bridge tourbillon 220th Anniversary Edition
And Rolex, born in 1908, is famous for its first mass-produced automatic watch. Then, it sets the standard for making diving watches with oyster shells: its classic oyster shell is carved from a whole piece of metal, with a solid central part, a screw-in back and a double-buckle locking crown, which proves its firmness and reliability in extreme environments at any time, whether in the depths of the ocean or at the top of the world. So it is reasonable to rank tenth!
(Rolex oyster shell diving watch)
Secondly, the design should be unique, and it is best to have launched a series of meaningful classic styles, and the products have high recognition. Without a classic appearance, a high-profile brand can not show the brand value, nor can it show the taste, status and even wealth of the wearer.
And Cartier, ranked ninth. Since 1847 was founded, many classic watches have been introduced, such as Tank, Santos, Pasha, etc. This also adds a lot of color to the brand. Among them, the most typical tank series outlines the elegance of the watch with simple and smooth lines, which has achieved a classic masterpiece across the times and is favored by many royal nobles and celebrities.
(Cartier tank watch)
The second-ranked Airbnb was founded in 1875. It first introduced the Royal Oak, a luxury sports watch made in fine steel, in 1972. With its unique octagonal case, it has surpassed Patek Philippe Nautilus to become the first choice of advanced sports watches and the best example of design. Royal oak has also influenced the design style of clocks and watches all over the world, and it is still one of Audemars Piguet's masterpieces.
(Audemars piguet Royal Oak Series)
The third point focuses on the inner soul of the watch-the movement, judging the brand level from the ability to make a complete movement and the development and innovation of the movement. Zippo watch, ranked eighth, has a history of more than 200 years and is highly praised by many people. This is due to the brand heirloom-Sanjinqiao tourbillon, which was created by this brand at the end of19th century. The rose gold case sets off the beauty of tourbillon of Sanqin Bridge, shows the perfect integration of technology and watchmaking art, and brings the essence of mechanical timing technology into full play.
Analysis of Ten Famous Watches-White Matter
(White Sanjinqiao tourbillon Watch)
The characteristics of tourbillon with three golden bridges in white can be divided into two parts. The first part is decorative. In order to make this magical institution have unparalleled artistic beauty, the founder of White, Constant Girard, specially made the supporting splint in the movement into the Golden Arrow Bridge. Their shapes are of extraordinary significance. In the first patent application of Baizhi, the shape and layout of Sanjin Bridge were clearly explained. The second part is functional. Sanjinqiao is actually three supporting splints with a fairly large ruby bearing embedded in the middle.
The sixth ranked Breguet, formerly known as 1775, entered the China market in 2007. Its achievements in the research and development of movement are also remarkable. As we all know, Mr. Breguet was the first person to make tourbillon. In addition, the 3880ST movement of Breguet XXII series is the first and only mechanical chronograph movement in the world with silicon escapement and balance spring. The frequency is increased to 10 Hz, and it vibrates 72,000 times per hour. This extremely high frequency enables Type XXII to adjust, and its chronograph second hand completes a full circle in 30 seconds.
(Breguet XXII series watches)
Jaeger-LeCoultre, founded in 1833, has made great achievements from the spherical tourbillon in 2004, the crystal spring in 2005, the Reverso in 2006, and the 3D tilting tourbillon this year! It can be called the most dazzling brand in sports development in recent years.
(Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso three-sided watch, crystal spring three questions, spherical tourbillon)
In 2005, Patek Philippe pioneered the silicon escapement wheel, which has the advantages of high hardness, high precision and no lubrication, and is a major achievement of the brand in the research and development of movement materials.
(Patek Philippe pioneered the advanced research 5450P movement on the silicon escape wheel)
Let's look at Earl again. Since its establishment, it has been an authoritarian (advanced) movement. Based on this and excellent technology, Earl designers can fully display their creativity, create watches with meaningful style and become the first brand of jewelry watches. Today, the count is still creating a base area, Los Angeles? Te-aux-Fées, adhering to the manual tradition, all the movements are made by it, and its movements are of high quality. We can see from the latest Cal. 1200 that another model 1208P is represented by a small second hand. First of all, as far as the external decoration of the movement is concerned, even the layman of the watch should be able to feel the texture of 1200P, which is entirely due to delicate manual thinking. Look at the closely arranged radial annular ripple on the main splint, which is more detailed and unique than the Geneva ripple of 12P. Of course, as far as the construction difficulty is concerned, it is obvious that the annular ripple is several times higher than the linear ripple. In addition, the bottom plate is closely and regularly arranged with pearl dotted lines, guide corners of clamping plates and screw holes, blue steel screws and radial decorative gears. Even the special dynamic correction system (index-assembly) above the balance wheel is specially made with the word "P" representing the brand. These details can be seen everywhere in the exquisite manual processing of the highest specifications, which naturally enhances the texture and beauty. The Earl Factory in Geneva also undertakes design, watch case making, chain belt making, jewelry inlay, metalworking carving and various traditional crafts. The depth and completeness of professional production ability are beyond the reach of other brands.
(sports technology)
Audemars piguet has been highly recognized for its ultra-complex movements such as minute repeater and automatic timer, as well as the patented escapement device published on 20 10. In addition, although Rolex has no complicated movement, its newly developed paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring and Paraflex shock absorber show its solid and excellent production capacity.
Finally, the ability to innovate. General high-end brands are committed to the innovation of the function and structure of the movement. Born in 1735, Blancpain launched a sports watch X Fathoms in 20 1 1 year, which revolutionized many indicators of diving watches. This watch is 90 meters waterproof and has the function of recording the maximum dive depth; It uses a self-powered device and three energy storage units, and has a kinetic energy storage capacity of up to 5 days. A number of technological innovations make this watch unparalleled in the field of luxury sports watches.
(Blancpain X deep pupil watch)
And VacheronConstantin, founded in 1775, also has to be mentioned! Based on the mask series in 2007, the brand launched the Les Universe Infinis watch by going up a flight of stairs this year. With the unique plane mosaic chessboard mosaic technology, three themes of flying pigeon, fish and shell are drawn on the small square and then the whole panel is filled, leaving no gap in the middle. With a number of handicrafts and exquisite patterns, the Les Universe Infinis watch with artistic flavor and scientific and technological value was completed.
(Vacheron Constantin Cosmic Watch)
In addition, in 2006, Breguet introduced the first batch of silicon balance spring and escapement mechanism. As the advantages of this innovative material in earthquake resistance and wear resistance have been verified, Breguet has lost no time to promote and adopt it in other important watch styles. Many people regard "Sesame Chain", a traditional technology almost lost in modern times, as "a great invention with the same reputation as tourbillon institutions".
(Breguet Sesame Chain tourbillon Watch)
The fourth Earl is not only innovative in movement, but also creative in design and appearance. For example, the magic hour diamond-encrusted women's watch whose bezel can rotate at any angle, with the rotation of various angles, the appearance of the watch is ever-changing, which can be matched with clothing and mood to fully meet the needs of women.
Another example is limited Twice, a "double-sided watch", which won the "Best Women's Watch" award at the Geneva Watch Awards, breaking through the traditional double-sided matching method and showing two different personalities: dignified and lively. The latest masterpiece of the countess's watch belongs to a brand-new mysterious watch of Phoenix. This high-end jewelry watch has a unique shape, and the master's ingenuity is fully displayed. It is limited to one in the world.
(Count the magic for an hour, thunder, phoenix mysterious watch)
In terms of functional innovation of the movement, the movement that Earl most admired was Cal.608P, which is relative to tourbillon's movement. As we all know, it is not easy to make an ultra-thin flying tourbillon, not to mention the flying tourbillon mechanism is suspended at the end of the minute hand. Tourbillon not only rotates once every minute, but also rotates once every hour with the minute hand. Its scientific and technological value is above all tourbillon models. And this innovative function, and the unique feeling it brings, is also the rare value that fans are most eager to demand.