5 brands that deserve higher popularity

[blueysmurfy]

1. Ulysse Nardin (my fav Freak Blue Phantom)
2. Van Cleef & Arpels (poetry in motion range is well... poetic!)
3. Urwerk (out of the box design)
4. MB&F (unique. if your wrist can carry them)
5. Raymond Weil (fashionable & well made)

[tsetse]

1- Alpina
2- Graham
3- Corum
4- Baume & mercier
5 -Maurice Lacroix

Stongly agreed on Maurice Lacroix, they make very fine timepieces and very rarely people discuss on Maurice Lacroix. So far I have never seen anyone wore a Maurice lacroix.

[blueysmurfy]

I used to like Maurice Lacroix.. but somehow the effect faded off

Stongly agreed on Maurice Lacroix, they make very fine timepieces and very rarely people discuss on Maurice Lacroix. So far I have never seen anyone wore a Maurice lacroix.

[dragonforce]

A. Lange & Sonhe, Glashutte, GP, Ulysse Nardin, Grand Seiko.

[exiger77]

Hublot??

[V2013]

Agree IWC is quite popular prob because its an easy price point for entry level. I love my Breguet and G-P, don't see too many of those around. Lange & Sohne should be more popular, again maybe a price issue?

Sorry but what's GO?

[infinitesadness]

GO? Glashütte Original

[wt_know]

zenith, zenith, zenith especially the el primero chronograh movement

[turboducky]

I would say it's

1. A Lange
2. Ulysee Nardin
3. Breguet
4. Blancpain
5. Glashutte Original
6. Moser

Actually, I am glad these brands arent too popular cos it needs to retain some uniqueness & rarity. I guess the other reason we dont see many of these is most of the owners dont really need to sell to buy another piece.

[S2000]

I would say it's

1. A Lange
2. Ulysee Nardin
3. Breguet
4. Blancpain
5. Glashutte Original
6. Moser

Actually, I am glad these brands arent too popular cos it needs to retain some uniqueness & rarity. I guess the other reason we dont see many of these is most of the owners dont really need to sell to buy another piece.

+1. Spot on there ducky. Grand Seiko for me =)

[time-traveller]

i would like to include longines in your list. they are extremely good watches- and they have a great history. they were up there with omega etc back in the day. however, remember that watches are not just time machines but also fashion items. yes, fashion items. it is all about marketing.

for me i love jlc. favourite brand- not cheap too but it offer the best value for money and i like the philosophy of the brand and the styling.

Ok, so it's Friday and I need to run down some time before I can leave office.

I have always thought that some brands of watches deserve to appear on more wrists (I am not saying I am sick of rolex). So here is my list of the 5 that I think deserve higher popularity than what they have now:

1. JLC
2. Zenith
3. Breguet
4. Vacheron Constantin
5. Glashütte Original

One of the criteria is that the candidate is not already popular, which is why AP and IWC is not on the list as in my opinion they are quite popular (well, relatively so).

I also think that the entry model(s) of the brand should not be overly expensive otherwise they basically price themselves into a niche market (ya I know a bit weak in arguement for no. 3-5 in this aspect).

Finally the brand should also have good prestige (again in my personal opinion) which usually mean inhouse movement though not necessary so.

What's your pick?

(Let's skip the debate of what is expensive or not, hehe)

[alexlobov]

Hublot seriously? It's already on enough wrists, it's like every time an analyst investment banker gets promoted to associate the first thing he buys is a Big Bang. Ugh. Hate Hublot.

I gotta vote for GP on this one, they really need to learn how to market.
Also I'm quite interested in Frederique Constant. A young brand trying to develop its own in-house movements.

If I had to pick another three then yeah Breguet, VC and Blancpain.

[pegasi]

Hublot seriously? It's already on enough wrists, it's like every time an analyst investment banker gets promoted to associate the first thing he buys is a Big Bang. Ugh. Hate Hublot.

I gotta vote for GP on this one, they really need to learn how to market.
Also I'm quite interested in Frederique Constant. A young brand trying to develop its own in-house movements.

If I had to pick another three then yeah Breguet, VC and Blancpain.

Frederique Constant is one of the companies that are hugely affected by the reduced supply of ETA movements/parts from the Swatch Group. In fact they are one of the nine companies that brought Swatch to court during 2011 but lost the case. There are some discussions in other forums on whether Frederique Constant actually develop their in-house movements entirely themselves and where those movements are produced.

Nonetheless I agree they have been quite successful in growing their brand, considering that they used to be sold in SG many years ago next to some China-made Micky Mouse watches in gift shops.

[V2013]

GO? Glashütte Original

Thanks!

[mickey88]

Franck muller
Chopard
Breguet
VC
JLC