Known watch brands: facts and figures for the 5 largest manufacturers

Especially in the case of luxury watches and high jewelry, the French company Cartier is one of the most famous and popular brands.

• Cartier was founded in 1847 and headquartered in Paris and is a subsidiary of the Swiss luxury goods group Richemont.
• Its the beginning of Cartier has had, as the Parisian Louis-Francois Cartier took over the jewelry Studio of his master.
• The success was so great that he supplied a few years later, the French Empress Eugenie with jewelry.
• In 1874, the son of Cartier's entry into the company, was built in the watches division, with specially-made watches.
• Today, Cartier stores has bracelets on many of the luxury this world of miles and the products range from rings, necklaces, and watches.

Not in the case of wrist watches in the higher price segment are also ignored in the Swiss watch manufacturer Omega is.

• The history of the company dates back to the year 1848. In the same year, Louis Brandt opened in Katon-new castle a plant for the manufacture of watches and clocks.
• In 1894, the Name Omega first appeared after the new watch was named. The Name Omega is designed to highlight the extraordinary quality. Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, and is intended to mean "completion".
• After the death of the founder, the descendants of drew, the company and celebrated great successes with clocks for special uses, such as divers and sports watches.
• Even today, Omega is a staple in the world of watches.

In fact, Omega and Tissot are related to each other, not only because they were founded in the same Swiss Canton, but because of the two watch brands in 1929, found for the so-called Société pour IIndustie Horlogère SA.

• The Tissot brand was born, when Charles Tissot, founded with his son Charles-Emile in the year 1835 a workshop where they produced watches with Parts of other manufacturer.
• In 1920, they began to produce their own Parts.
• In the 80s and 90s, Tissot made a name, that watches have been produced from unusual materials such as wood or granite.

The Swatch Group is actually the mother of countless watch brands such as Glashutte, Omega, Calvin Klein and Longines.

• It is also a brand new castle in Switzerland, founded in 1931.
• The turnover of the company amounts to 7,553 billion Swiss francs.
• The company also has its own brand of watches the name Swatch, founded in 1983.
• The company is not only because of its watches, but also because of the production of electronic devices that come across the industry to use.

No watch brand embodies luxury Swiss watch brand, Rolex.

• Rolex is the first watch brand in the world, wrote the brand name on the dial was.
• The strategy of Rolex heard that you don't value highly complicated watches, but more value on durability, precision and reliability sets.
• The cheapest model starts at about 4400€, up little boundaries are set.
• In addition, Rolex has a sub-brand with the name Tudor.