Watches are wrist worn devices that help people tell the time and date.
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Founded in 1904 by Paul Cattin and Georges Christian in Hölstein, Switzerland, Oris is one of the few fiercely independent Swiss watchmakers dedicated exclusively to mechanical timepieces. Operating under the guiding philosophy of “Go your own way,” the brand focuses on producing high-grade, functional watches that deliver exceptional engineering without inflated luxury pricing. Designed for aviation, diving, motorsport, and classic Read more…
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Christopher Ward is Britain’s biggest watch brand and the great disruptor of modern watchmaking. Founded in 2004 by Mike France, Peter Ellis and Chris Ward — the idea famously hatched on a boat on the Thames, the first watches assembled in a converted chicken shed in Cookham Dean — it became the world’s first online-only premium watch brand, cutting out Read more…
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F.P. Journe is the most coveted name in independent watchmaking — a Geneva manufacture whose watches collectors now mention in the same breath as Patek Philippe, and whose rarest pieces fetch millions at auction. Behind it stands one man: François-Paul Journe, born in Marseille in 1957, who graduated from the Paris watchmaking school in 1976 and learned his craft restoring Read more…
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Nezumi Studios is Stockholm’s coolest watch brand — a Swedish design house where vintage motorsport, heavy metal and Japanese folklore collide. It’s the creation of David Campo Cárdenes, a Spanish-Swedish designer and creative director who spent two decades in the international fashion industry before founding Nezumi in 2011 as an outlet for total creative freedom. The name comes from Nezumi Read more…
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Ulysse Nardin — Swiss Haute Horlogerie Since 1846 Founded in Le Locle, Switzerland in 1846, Ulysse Nardin built its name on the open sea. Its marine chronometers were once the trusted timekeepers of more than 50 of the world’s navies, earning the Maison over 4,300 chronometry awards and 18 international gold medals — making it the most awarded watch brand Read more…
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Stührling is an American watch brand founded in New York, taking its name from Max Stührling, a master watchmaker who worked in Switzerland in the late 18th century and specialised in elaborate complications such as perpetual calendars, chronographs and moon phases. The modern brand was built on the belief that premium watch design should be accessible rather than reserved for Read more…
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Detrash: Watches Made With Trash About Detrash Detrash is the British watch brand on a mission to “make trash desirable” — and it’s winning fans fast. Designed in Dorset and founded by entrepreneur Guy Blaskey (who previously built and sold the ethical pet food company Pooch & Mutt), Detrash makes seriously good-looking mechanical watches from recycled materials: cases in around Read more…