Swiss watches are a symbol of financial solvency, fine taste and commitment to innovation, coupled with traditional quality. The number of buyers on a global scale is small, so it is not so easy to determine the place of a particular brand in top Swiss watches... The ranking of brands can be compiled based on the current situation in the luxury goods market and the list of companies whose products were successful in 2016.
10. Girard-Perregaux
The rating of Swiss watch brands is opened by the company Girard-Perregaux, founded in 1791. Since its inception, Girard-Perregaux have adhered to the highest quality standards and made several innovations in watchmaking - for example, they created the legendary tourbillon on three gold bridges in 1889. Nowadays the company's strong point is mechanical watches with extra-class precision.
9. Piaget
For more than fifty years, Piaget has been using only precious metals in the manufacture of watches. The recognized world leader in the manufacture of ultra-thin watch movements - one of the watchmakers' creations, only 2.3 mm thick, was even entered into the Guinness Book of Records!
8. Hublot
In 2005, the company introduced the Big Bang chronograph to the market, which has received several prestigious awards for design and outstanding quality. Buyers appreciated the novelty - during the year sales increased threefold. A distinctive feature of Hublot watches is a natural rubber strap, individually adjusted to the client's wrist.
7. Audemars Piguet
It can rightfully be called one of the most expensive luxury brands of Swiss watches. Customers who appreciated the excellent quality and innovative design included Michael Schumacher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson. The best timepieces from the company received their own separate exhibition at the British Museum.
6. Chopard
To this day, Chopard remains a family business - the co-presidents of the company are brother and sister, children of Karl Scheufele, heir to a dynasty of jewelers and watchmakers. Chopard was the first to create watches with movable diamonds that slide around the movement between sapphire crystals.
5. Ulysse Nardin
Historically, the Ulysse Nardin brand is known for producing marine chronometers with the highest precision and a good reputation among sailors. The company currently produces the most sophisticated luxury watches. In addition to local time, they show solar time, orbits of stars, eclipses and a perpetual calendar.
4. Blancpain
One of the oldest companies in the Swiss watch market was founded almost three hundred years ago, in 1735. He specializes in creating miniature self-winding watches that indicate dates, moon phases and days of the week. It was the Blancpain watch that Vladimir Putin presented to the son of a Tuvan shepherd during his vacation.
3. Jaeger-LeCoultre
Among the watch masterpieces of the company are miniature movements, sophisticated wristwatches and almost eternal watch movements. Jaeger-LeCoultre was the first in the world to use sapphire crystal. Some of the company's models are popular and are still being produced - for example, the Reverso model, created back in 1931.
2. Vacheron Constantin
Vacheron Constantin is in second place in the ranking of Swiss watches by brands. The watches of this company are made only individually, for a specific customer, taking into account his preferences and wishes. The cheapest models start at $ 10,000.In 1979, the company produced a Kallista watch, striking in its luxury and splendor - its case and strap were composed of 118 diamonds and 141 diamonds. The cost of the watch was $ 5 million.
1. Patek Philippe
It is considered one of the best manufacturers of Swiss luxury watches. The secret of the firm's success lies in two factors - striving for innovation and maintaining tradition. Until now, the Caliber 89 remains unsurpassed, the number of parts in which reaches 1728. The most expensive Patek Philippe watches were sold for 23.9 million dollars.
