Glashü tte (German watch), Blancpain, Wanguo, Breguet and Zhibo are all at this price, and they go directly to Vacheron Constantin. You can also consider the simple model of Patek Philippe.
Here are the top ten watches in the world and related stories:
A Breguet: the father of modern watchmaking
In p>1747, Breguet was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland. He lived in Paris for most of his life and created countless great inventions. He was active in every field of watchmaking, and a series of breakthroughs made his career. And shock absorbers, etc.; And its neoclassical concise design is even more surprising. In 1823, Breguet died, and his descendants also had many masterpieces. In modern times, Breguet's fifth-generation grandson made a watch with the function of flying back and timing in the 195s. Scientist Einstein and writer Tchaikovsky were once loyal users of Breguet. Many people call Breguet "the king of watches" and it is appropriate to say that Breguet is "the father of modern watchmaking".
World famous historical figures such as Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Tsar Alexander I, Queen Victoria of England, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Prussian William I, and even Dulles, the United States Secretary of State, all have a * * * connection, that is, they are all lovers of Breguet.
second place
Patek Philippe: the symbol of nobility
The factory was established in 1839. The average retail price of watches ranges from 13, to 2, dollars. The company is one of the only truly independent watchmakers in Switzerland. It is produced by itself from beginning to end, and it takes 1 years to train a PATEK PHILIPPE watchmaker.
Who will accompany you for 24 hours? Noble, watch lovers, the symbol of nobility is to have a Patek Philippe watch, noble artistic realm and expensive production materials to shape Patek Philippe's enduring brand effect. Not long ago, Patek Philippe once again set a new world auction record for antique watches. A watch customized for an American banker in 1933 sold for as much as $11 million. This watch has 24 functions, and it took 3 years to design and 5 years to make it. A watch has been produced for 8 years. What a sense of quality. With this strong consciousness, the total output of the company has only been about 6 thousand since its establishment more than a century and a half ago. It is commendable that Patek Philippe will never build one indiscriminately because of its popularity in the market. The factory has a secret workshop, which has maintained a tradition for more than a hundred years, that is, only one product is manufactured by hand every year, and its price is about RMB 3 million. Whoever wants to get this watch must wait patiently for at least 8 to 1 years. May I ask, will such products fall in price?
the average retail price of p>PATEK PHILIPPE watches is $13, to $2,. The company is one of the only truly independent watchmakers in Switzerland. It is produced by itself from beginning to end, and it takes 1 years to train a PATEK PHILIPPE watchmaker. It takes two to three years to create a complicated PATEK PHILIPPE watch, and at least nine months to send a simple watch, just like the birth of a person.
third place
IWC: the quality of machinery manufacturing is extraordinary
IWC IWC IWC was founded in 1868, with a history of 13 years. The place where he started his career is called Shafo Hauser. The history of clocks and watches in this area can be traced back to the early 15th century, which is 459 years earlier than IWC. The founder of IWC is FlorentineA. Jones, an engineer in Boston, USA. He founded the earliest mechanical watchmaking factory in Switzerland in his factory on the Rhine, and realized his novel idea-replacing some manual parts with machinery to make more accurate parts, and then assembling them into watches with excellent quality by first-class watchmakers. In recent years, IWC's performance has increased by 5%, and the results are quite amazing.
IWC is the symbol of IWC, which is the abbreviation of The International. This world-recognized Swiss watch brand has led the local fashion in Tokyo, Japan: ROLEX watches for businessmen, OMEGA watches for doctors, and IWC for university professors and engineers.
fourth place
Cartire: pets of the upper class
The Cartier family was a famous French jewelry maker in the mid-19th century. Louis Cartier was a goldsmith who was appreciated by the royal family at that time. In 1888, Cartier tried to put a mechanical women's watch on a gold bracelet inlaid with diamonds. In 194, the gold watch made for my old friend SANTOS started to run. Since then, Cartier watches have always been the pets of the upper class, enduring for a long time.
apart from being manufactured by the main factory in Paris, a considerable number of Cartier watches have been specially made by signing contracts with famous companies such as "Audemars Piguet", "Jaeger-LeCoultre", "Patek Philippe", "Vacheron Constantin" and "European Watch Company". Its functional modeling technology can be described as absorbing the strengths of various schools and gathering the essence, thus the world is vast. Cartier, with the advantage of international famous brand group, produces and sells high-grade hand ornaments, especially women's handbags, which are favored by nobles and rich people. Li Mei, an international star, is the spokesperson of the company in Asia.
fifth place
Audemars Pigeut: Adhering to the century-old tradition
In p>1875, JulesLouis Audemars and EdwardAuguste piguet, two young talents, joined hands to create a brilliant career in watch manufacturing in Switzerland, the birthplace of watch manufacturing art. In 1881, they were officially registered as "Audemars Biguet &: Cie "Audemars Piguet Factory" has since launched a classic legend in the international watch world.
Audemars and Piguet, the founders of Audemars Piguet, have been obsessed with the art of watchmaking. With infinite creativity and unique vision, they have focused on the development of ultra-thin mechanical parts, such as the ringing timer, the profit and loss of the sun, the moon and the stars, the chronograph, the time display between the two places, the temperature meter and the compass, and have created sophisticated mechanical watches, which have won numerous awards. In the 1th Paris Globe Watch Exhibition held in 1889, Audemars Piguet's Grand Complication watch has the functions of asking the watch, double-hand timer and perpetual calendar, and its exquisite design has attracted great repercussions and gained international fame, which has established a lofty position for Audemars Piguet in the watch altar. Today, under the leadership of the fourth generation of children of Audemars and Piguet family, Audemars Piguet has made remarkable achievements, won the admiration of watch connoisseurs and collectors, and become one of the top ten famous watches in the world.
All the diamonds used in Audemars Piguet have been carefully selected, and the color and clarity are of the highest level, which is truly perfect. Then it is carefully inlaid by experienced jewelry craftsmen, showing your extraordinary charm and elegant demeanor while accurately grasping the time.
Audemars piguet's predecessor was two watch factories founded in 1875, and its brilliant development began in 1881 with the founders Jules-LouisAudemars and Eduard-AugustePiguet.
Audemars Piguet engraves the name of the manufacturer on the back of each watch to show that it is responsible for the guarantee. In order to maintain Switzerland's reputation as a watch kingdom, a watch school is set up in Switzerland to train the watch talents needed by the watch industry. An apprentice must complete four years' courses in the watch school before he can qualify as a qualified watchmaker. However, if he wants to become a master of Audemars Piguet, it will take another two years before he can be sent to work in the ultra-thin machinery department. Audemars Piguet Factory insists on the tradition of making watches with "a pair of hands of an old master", which lasts for a hundred years. Audemars piguet's after-sales service is quite well-known among famous watch factories in the world. Even if the parts have been discontinued for 2 years, as long as the manufacturing data is inquired, Audemars piguet can still be repaired by customers, thus achieving the purpose of ensuring quality for generations.
sixth place
Rolex: the overlord in the field of watches
Rolex is perhaps the brand you are most familiar with.
""Rolex ""Company W& formerly known as ""W&; D ""company In 195 (the 31st year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty), Hans Wisdorf, a German, and Davis, an Englishman, jointly operated in Renton. In 198, Weisdorf registered the trademark ""Rolex "",""W&; D ""was changed to ""Rolex "". The original logo of Rolex watch is a palm with five fingers extended, which means that the watch of this brand is completely crafted by hand. Later, it gradually evolved into a registered trademark of Crown to show its dominance in the field of watches. It is the third and only watch brand among the top 1 most valuable brands in the world.
in the 192s, Rolex made every effort to develop the first waterproof watch. In 1926, Rolex's waterproof watch was officially registered. The design style of Rolex watches has always been "solemn, practical and not flashy", which has been loved by people from all walks of life, especially those in the Far East and the Middle East.
seventh place
Vacheron Constantin: a noble work of art
Vacheron Constantin, founded in 1775, has a long history. The founder of Vacheron Constantin Company is the philosopher Jean Marc Vacheron, who is knowledgeable and skilled. He is a master of the watch industry and also belongs to Rousseau and Voltaire. That is, he established the world's first watch factory, which is the predecessor of Vacheron Constantin. In 1819, Francois Constantin successfully promoted products overseas, and he also pushed the clock skills to perfection. "Feasibility is always there"-become the motto of enterprises. In 1891, Vacheron's grandson joined hands with FrancoisConstantin, and the name of the watch factory was changed to Vacheron Constantin-- the name of the watch factory today.
Vacheron Constantin only produces more than 2, watches every year. This is just like OPEC's restriction on crude oil production to raise oil prices. Of course, there are differences between Vacheron Constantin and OPEC. Crude oil is a popular consumer product, and Vacheron Constantin is a noble work of art. It is worth appreciating that Vacheron Constantin has spent 24 years. Watchmaking is the most important industry in Switzerland. Vacheron Constantin has always played a key role in the history of Swiss watchmaking, no matter in the past or today.
eighth place
Piaget: the supreme treasure worthy of appreciation
Piaget is a rising star in the table. It was only in the late 194s that it became one of the first-class watches. This top watch, which has made countless wealthy families flock to it today, experienced a slow development for nearly a hundred years before it took off. The founder of the Earl Count, Qi odgers Piech, was originally a farmer in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland, named Lakao Oxfee village. In 1874, Piech established a watchmaker's workshop, organized his 14 children to produce movements for other watchmaking companies, and also produced the whole finished watch under the brand of "Earl Company" and sold it to the local market. After World War II, Pierre's two grandsons, Gillard and Valentin, reorganized the company and launched the first "Earl" watches. Due to the excellent quality of the earl grey watch, the brand was quickly made. Up to now, the Earl Count watches are permeated with the mainstream flavor of modernism in both shape and color. As Yves Piech, the current president of the company, said, "You are admiring a supreme treasure by looking at the time on the Earl Count's watch. ""
PIAGET, a Swiss watch, was founded in 1874. With its outstanding design talent and superb watchmaking technology, Piaget led the watch industry for a century, making the world watch industry shine brilliantly.
PIAGET's slim mechanical running device, with outstanding achievements, is a historical legend of the watch industry. Today, every part of PIAGET's products is made by PIAGET's studio, which is unique and meticulous, and even has its own gold casting workshop to make it perfect.
apart from the original and second-to-none mechanical operation device, PIAGET's design idea is admired by people. All watchcases and bracelets must be cast in 18K gold or platinum, and the surface design is more colorful and unique, with the surface decoration carved by precious stones such as lapis lazuli, coral stone, mother-of-pearl, tiger's eye stone and agate. The effect is gorgeous and amazing.
PIAGET also produces precious jewelry and watch jewelry with high artistic value. It takes hundreds of hours of painstaking creation by PIAGET craftsmen to complete a work, so as to live up to Piaget's
ninth place
OMEGA: the representative of achievement and perfection
Wear an omega watch, which represents achievement and perfection. Omega acts as a standard timekeeper in world-class events such as sailing, track and field, swimming, etc., and often sponsors European golf tournaments, winning the designated timekeeper of the Olympic Games for 31 times. Omega is the first and only watch that has been worn on the moon.
Omega also invited some celebrities as image ambassadors, such as the familiar Formula One champion Schumacher, figure skating champion Chen Lu, Swiss top tennis player Cindy, sailing player Sir Peter Blake, golfers Ernie Ais, Pierre Brosnan, cindy crawford, Yam Tat-wah, Sophia Kao and other top people from all walks of life.
1th place
Jaeger-Le Coulter: Creating ""Guinness Book of Records ""
Jaeger-le Coulter's predecessor was a watchmaking company founded by Charles Anthony Lacott in 1883, and its founder was a skillful craftsman. He invented the ""which can accurately measure to 1/1mm. Won the gold medal at the World Expo held in Renton in 1851. About 9 years later, Lacott's grandson, David Lacott, reached a cooperative relationship with Edmund Jaeger-Jaeger, a French manufacturer of precision navigation timepieces.
in p>1992, Jaeger-LeCoultre made a miniature movement 2-ream watch (1-ream =2.256 mm), which set a Guinness record, and shocked the watch industry. In 1953, Queen Elizabeth II of England wore a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch set with diamonds in all platinum. In the 192s and 193s, the shockproof and shock-resistant "flip table" designed by Jaeger-LeCoultre for polo players became a signature series of Jaeger-LeCoultre, which lasted for a long time. "ATMOS" developed by Jaeger-LeCoultre in 1982.