Top Ten Watch Brand in the World
Patek Philippe
- Found in 1839
- The only Watch and Clock manufactor wholely owned by a family in Switzerland
Vacheron Constantin
- Found in 1775
- A watch brand with the longest history in the world, with 250 years history.
Audemars Piguet
- Found in 1875, by Jules-Louis Audemars and his friend, Edward-Auguste Piguet.
Breguet
- Found in 1775, by A. Louis Breguet
IWC
- Specialist of "Mechanical Watch", each IWC watch must have 28 different quality test.
Piaget
- Georges Edouard Piaget carved out watch and clock movement, his grandson developed international market for Piaget watch in 1940.
Cartier
- Cartier has more than one hundard and fifty years history, is a famous manufacturer of jewellery in France.
Jaeger LeCoultre
- Antoine LeCoutlre found a workshop in Switzerland. In 1844, he invented a micrometer with a high precision to 1/1000.
Rolex
- Registered as trademark in 1908, found by Hans Wilsdorf. Rolex Company produced a waterproof watch in 20 Century.
Girard-Perregaux
- Founder, J. F. Bautte, produced his first watch in 1791. Its brand, Girar-Perregaux is born in 1854.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
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