List of Luxury Watch Brands A-Z [Extensive List]
The watch industry is full of an endless number of watch brands. From super affordable 5-dollar watches to super expensive million-dollar watches. In recent decades, there has also been an introduction of new types of watches such as smartwatches.
When it comes to luxury watches, Swiss watches tend to dominate this segment, and the country is home to the most iconic and recognized luxury watch brands in the world.
At the same time, a watch doesn’t need to be Swiss-made to classify as a “luxury watch”.
What is a luxury watch brand?
The fact is that there is no official definition for what classifies a luxury watch brand. In the watch industry, the term “luxury” is often thrown a lot and sometimes used for watches that definitely do not fit into the luxury category.
In general, however, a luxury watch brand is a company that makes wristwatches with a greater focus on quality, materials, craftsmanship, and attention to detail. They do not compromise and their goal is to make as qualitative and as exclusive timepieces as possible. As opposed to affordable, entry-level watches, luxury brands do not focus on mass production in firsthand.
Because making watches this way doesn’t come cheaply, luxury watches tend to come with a hefty price tag. Of course, the price span within the luxury watch segment is huge. And there’s no real definition for the least a watch should cost to constitute a luxury watch. But that’s because the price tag alone is not enough for making a watch “luxurious”.
But generally speaking, true luxury watches do not cost less than 1000 dollars. Some argue that luxury watches start at 5000 or even 10.000, but is something that will always be subject to debate.
Below, we have listed an extensive list of luxury watch brands. Some the ultra-premium segment to the slightly more accessible luxury watch segment. As you will be able to see, the luxury watch industry doesn’t just contain a handful of brands, which is easy to believe considering the dominating status of a few top brands like Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and others. Some of the brands in this list fall into the category of many would consider entry-level luxury brands, but because there’s no official definition we thought it would be a good idea to include them as well.
Different types of watch brands
There are many different types of watch brands that all do things differently. Some are exclusively dedicated to wristwatches and have been so for decades. Others have historically had another focus and have either shifted completely or added wristwatches to their mix. In this category are a lot of different luxury fashion brands such as Hermes or Montblanc.
Both of these brands are historically not primarily known for wristwatches, but they have used their iconic, recognized luxury status and started to make wristwatches as well. This is quite different from luxury watch brands like Patek Philippe who have always and exclusively made fine timepieces for centuries. This has naturally allowed them to achieve a completely different status in the watch industry and allowed them to perfect their craft and expertise within this area.
Before we dig in, we have created a list of the top 13 most iconic and rocognized luxury watch brands. The brands are listed in no particular order as how they are ranked depends on the criteria you look at. Perhaps you look at exclusibity, brand recognitiion, prestige, quality, craftsmanship, or other criteria.
Top 13 Luxury watch brands
- Patek Philippe
- Vacheron Constantin
- Rolex
- Jaeger-LeCoultre
- Cartier
- A. Lange & Söhne
- Richard Mille
- Omega
- Blancpain
- Breguet
- Breitling
- Hublot
- Panerai
List of Luxury watch brands
A
- A. Favre & Fils
- Arnold & Son
- A. Lange & Söhne
- Abraham-Louis Breguet
- A.L.B Atelier Le Brézéguet
- Andersen Geneve
- AKRIVIA
- Alpina
- Angelus
- Armand Nicolet
- Armin Strom
- Ateliers de Monaco
- Audemars Piguet
- Auguste Reymond
B
- Backes & Strauss
- Ball Watch
- Baume & Mercier
- Bell & Ross
- Bovet Fleurier
- Blancpain
- Bomberg
- Bovet
- Breguet
- Breitling
- Bremont
- Bvlgari
- Buccellati
C
- Carl F. Bucherer
- Carl Suchy & Söhne
- Cartier
- Chanel
- Chopard
- Christophe Claret
- Chronoswiss
- Corum
- Cuervo y Sobrinos
- Cvstos
- Czapek
D
- De Bethune
- Dewitt
- D. Dornblüth & Sohn
- Dietrich
E
- Ebel
- Eberhard & Co
- Edox
- EHF Horlogere
- EPOS
F
- F. P. Journe
- Fabergé
- Favre Leuba
- Ferdinand Berthoud
- Fortis
- Franck Muller
- Frédéric Jouvenot
- Frédérique Constant
G
- Gallet & Co
- Girard-Perregaux
- Glashütte Original
- George Daniels
- Graff
- Graham
- Greubel Forsey
- Grönefeld
- Grand Seiko
H
- Halda Watch Co
- H. Moser & Cie
- Hamilton
- Hanhart
- Harry Winston
- Hautlence
- Hermès
- Hublot
- Hysek
- HYT
I
- Ikepod
- IWC
J
- Jacob & Co
- Jaeger-LeCoultre
- Jaquet Droz
K
- Konstantin Chaykin
L
- Laurent Ferrier
- Linde Werdelin
- Leijona watch
- Lemania
- Longines
- Louis Erard
- Louis Moinet
- Louis Vuitton
- Ludovic Ballouard
M
- Manufacture Royale
- Maurice de Mauriac
- Maitres du Temps
- Maurice Lacroix
- MB&F
- Michel Herbelin
- Montblanc
- Moritz Grossmann
N
- Nomos Glashütte
O
- Omega
- Oris
P
- Panerai
- Parmigiani Fleurier
- Patek Philippe
- Perrelet
- Pequignet
- Philipp Plein
- Piaget
R
- Rado
- Ralph Lauren
- Raymond Weil
- Rebellion
- Ressence
- Roger W. Smith
- Richard Mille
- Roger Dubuis
- Rolex
- Romain Gauthier
S
- Sarpaneva
- Sjöö Sandström
- SevenFriday
- Singer Reimagined
- Sinn
T
- TAG Heuer
- Tiffany & Co.
- Tissot
- TUDOR
U
- U-Boat
- Ulysse Nardin
- Urwerk
- Universal Geneve
V
- Vacheron Constantin
- Van Cleef & Arpels
- Voutilainen
- Vulcain
W
- Wittnauer
Y
- Yema
Z
- Zenith
