Watch Industry Overview

One of the first things I noticed about the watch industry is how many brands there where, which makes since as initially each watch maker was his own company, but today many of the companies are owned by larger groups. What is below is my attempt to describe the consolidation and mapping the most important/iconic watches to each brand.

Brands

The Swatch Group

  • Fifty Fathoms
  • Khaki Field
  • Conquest
  • Hydroconquest
  • Speedmaster
  • “Moon Watch”
  • Seamaster
  • PRX
  • Gentleman

Rolex

  • Daytona
  • Submainer
  • Explorer
  • Oyster Perpetual
  • Black Bay
  • Pelagos
  • 1926
  • Ranger

Seiko

  • “Cherry Blossom”
  • “Snowflake”
  • “White Birch”
  • “Arnie”
  • “Tuna”
  • SKX Series

Richemont

  • Santos
  • Tank
  • Ingenier
  • Aquitimer
  • Reverso
  • Luminor

LVMH

  • Aquaracer
  • Carrera
  • Monaco
  • Chronomaster

Sowind Group

Citizen Watch Group

Independent

  • Royal Oak
  • Navitimer
  • G-Shock (5610,
    2100, 8900)
  • F91W
  • CA53W
  • Twelve
  • C63 Trident
  • Bel Canto
  • GSAR
  • Nautilus
  • Cubitus
  • 556 i
  • 103
  • 104
  • 1521