Watch Brands by Founding Year
Founding year is one of the simplest ways to understand watchmaking history: old maisons, post-war specialists, quartz-era survivors, and the internet-age microbrand wave.
379 brands
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- Raketa — 1721 · Russia
- Blancpain — 1735 · Switzerland
- Favre Leuba — 1737 · Switzerland
- Jaquet Droz — 1738 · Switzerland
- Sotheby's — 1744 · United Kingdom
- Vacheron Constantin — 1755 · Switzerland
- Arnold & Son — 1764 · Switzerland
- Christie's — 1766 · United Kingdom
- Breguet — 1775 · Switzerland
- Perrelet — 1777 · Switzerland
- L. Leroy — 1785 · Switzerland
- Girard-Perregaux — 1791 · Switzerland
- Phillips — 1796 · USA
- Charles Girardier — 1809 · Switzerland
- Louis Moinet — 1816 · Switzerland
- Bovet — 1822 · Switzerland
- H. Moser & CIE. — 1828 · Switzerland
- Baume & Mercier — 1830 · Switzerland
- Longines — 1832 · Switzerland
- Jaeger-LeCoultre — 1833 · Switzerland
- Wolf — 1834 · USA
- Hermès — 1837 · France
- Invicta — 1837 · USA
- Tiffany & Co. — 1837 · USA
- L'Epée 1839 — 1839 · Switzerland
- Patek Philippe — 1839 · Switzerland
- Fabergé — 1842 · United Kingdom
- A. Lange & Söhne — 1845 · Germany
- Czapek & Cie — 1845 · Switzerland
- Glashütte Original — 1845 · Germany
- Fears — 1846 · United Kingdom
- Ulysse Nardin — 1846 · Switzerland
- Cartier — 1847 · France
- Omega — 1848 · Switzerland
- Tissot — 1853 · Switzerland
- Louis Vuitton — 1854 · France
- Moritz Grossmann — 1854 · Germany
- Timex — 1854 · USA
- Eterna — 1856 · Switzerland
- Vulcain — 1858 · Switzerland
- Chopard — 1860 · Switzerland
- Panerai — 1860 · Switzerland
- TAG Heuer — 1860 · Switzerland
- Junghans — 1861 · Germany
- Zenith — 1865 · Switzerland
- IWC — 1868 · Switzerland
- Leica — 1869 · Germany
- Mühle-Glashütte — 1869 · Germany
- Sandoz — 1870 · Switzerland
- Dennison — 1872 · Switzerland
- Piaget — 1874 · Switzerland
- Audemars Piguet — 1875 · Switzerland
- Bulova — 1875 · USA
- Wempe — 1878 · Germany
- Movado — 1881 · USA
- Seiko — 1881 · Japan
- Hanhart — 1882 · Germany
- Zodiac — 1882 · Switzerland
- Alpina — 1883 · Switzerland
- Breitling — 1884 · Switzerland
- Bvlgari — 1884 · Italy
- Edox — 1884 · Switzerland
- Victorinox — 1884 · Switzerland
- Mathey-Tissot — 1886 · Switzerland
- Eberhard & Co. — 1887 · Switzerland
- Atlantic Watches — 1888 · Switzerland
- Bucherer — 1888 · Switzerland
- Certina — 1888 · Switzerland
- Doxa — 1889 · Switzerland
- Angelus — 1891 · Switzerland
- BALL Watch — 1891 · Switzerland
- Hamilton — 1892 · Switzerland
- Union Glashütte — 1893 · Germany
- Gruen — 1894 · USA
- Universal Geneve — 1894 · Switzerland
- Schwartz Etienne — 1902 · Switzerland
- Oris — 1904 · Switzerland
- Rolex — 1905 · Switzerland
- Montblanc — 1906 · Germany
- Van Cleef & Arpels — 1906 · France
- Aristo — 1907 · Germany
- Aerowatch — 1910 · Switzerland
- Chanel — 1910 · France
- Fortis — 1912 · Switzerland
- Glycine — 1914 · Switzerland
- Vertex — 1916 · United Kingdom
- Rado — 1917 · Switzerland
- Citizen — 1918 · Japan
- Mido — 1918 · Switzerland
- Milus — 1919 · Switzerland
- Gucci — 1921 · Italy
- Nacar — 1921 · Turkey
- Optima — 1923 · Switzerland
- Cimier — 1924 · Switzerland
- Laco — 1925 · Germany
- Nivada Grenchen — 1926 · Switzerland
- Tudor — 1926 · Switzerland
- Stowa — 1927 · Germany
- Tutima — 1927 · Germany
- Louis Erard — 1929 · Switzerland
- Ruhla 1929 — 1929 · Germany
- Harry Winston — 1932 · USA
- Airain — 1934 · Netherlands
- Lebois & Co — 1934 · Netherlands
- Oisa 1937 — 1937 · Italy
- Marathon — 1939 · Canada
- Marathon Watch — 1939 · Canada
- Amida — 1940 · Switzerland
- Vostok — 1942 · Russia
- Casio — 1946 · Japan
- Herbelin — 1947 · France
- Yema — 1948 · France
- Elka Watch Co. — 1950 · Switzerland
- Nepro — 1950 · Switzerland
- Orient — 1950 · Japan
- Jowissa — 1951 · Switzerland
- Mondaine — 1951 · Switzerland
- Swiss Military Hanowa — 1954 · Switzerland
- Appella — 1955 · Switzerland
- Circula — 1955 · Germany
- Corum — 1955 · Switzerland
- Murex — 1955 · Switzerland
- Ollech & Wajs — 1955 · Switzerland
- Seagull — 1955 · China
- Shanghai Watch — 1955 · China
- Adriatica — 1956 · Switzerland
- Peacock — 1957 · China
- Beijing Watch Factory — 1958 · China
- Squale — 1959 · Switzerland
- Accutron — 1960 · USA
- Graff — 1960 · United Kingdom
- Grand Seiko — 1960 · Japan
- HMT — 1961 · India
- Sinn — 1961 · Germany
- Aquastar — 1962 · Switzerland
- RMS Zeitmeister Watches — 1964 · Germany
- Richelieu — 1966 · Switzerland
- Armin Strom — 1967 · Switzerland
- George Daniels — 1968 · United Kingdom
- Sinclair Harding — 1968 · United Kingdom
- Gerald Genta — 1969 · Switzerland
- Adina — 1971 · Australia
- Berney — 1972 · Switzerland
- Porsche Design — 1972 · Switzerland
- Pulsar — 1972 · Japan
- Claude Bernard — 1973 · Switzerland
- Pequignet — 1973 · France
- Antiquorum — 1974 · Switzerland
- Christiaan Van Der Klaauw — 1974 · Netherlands
- Credor — 1974 · Japan
- Dior — 1975 · France
- Maurice Lacroix — 1975 · Switzerland
- Raymond Weil — 1976 · Switzerland
- Braun Watches — 1977 · Germany
- Alba — 1979 · Japan
- Hublot — 1980 · Switzerland
- Jacques Bianchi — 1982 · France
- Zannetti Independent Watchmaker — 1982 · Italy
- Casio G-Shock — 1983 · Japan
- Charriol — 1983 · Switzerland
- Chronoswiss — 1983 · Switzerland
- Epos — 1983 · Switzerland
- Swatch — 1983 · Switzerland
- Adi Watches — 1984 · Israel
- Fossil — 1984 · USA
- Jochen Benzinger — 1984 · Germany
- Rossini — 1984 · China
- Titan — 1984 · India
- Bernhard Lederer — 1986 · Switzerland
- Fiyta — 1987 · China
- LVMH — 1987 · France
- Claude Meylan — 1988 · Switzerland
- Frederique Constant — 1988 · Switzerland
- Richemont — 1988 · Switzerland
- Tian Wang — 1988 · China
- Christophe Claret — 1989 · Switzerland
- Daniel Roth — 1989 · Switzerland
- Garmin — 1989 · USA
- Philippe Dufour — 1989 · Switzerland
- Alain Silberstein — 1990 · France
- Exaequo - Salvador Dalí — 1990 · Switzerland
- NOMOS Glashütte — 1990 · Germany
- Alexander Shorokhoff — 1991 · Germany
- EBOHR — 1991 · China
- Franck Muller — 1991 · Switzerland
- Bell & Ross — 1992 · France
- RGM — 1992 · USA
- Damasko — 1994 · Germany
- Ikepod — 1994 · Switzerland
- Vianney Halter — 1994 · Switzerland
- Graham — 1995 · Switzerland
- Roger Dubuis — 1995 · Switzerland
- LONGIO — 1996 · Hong Kong
- Parmigiani Fleurier — 1996 · Switzerland
- Ralf Tech — 1996 · France
- Cédric Johner — 1997 · Switzerland
- HAOFA — 1997 · China
- Urwerk — 1997 · Switzerland
- Zeppelin — 1997 · Germany
- Junkers — 1998 · Germany
- KOBOLD — 1998 · USA
- Dornblüth & Sohn — 1999 · Germany
- F.P. Journe — 1999 · Switzerland
- Formex — 1999 · Switzerland
- Bruno Söhnle — 2000 · Germany
- Champs-Élysées — 2000 · Switzerland
- Gerald Charles — 2000 · Switzerland
- U-BOAT — 2000 · Italy
- Lang & Heyne — 2001 · Germany
- MeisterSinger — 2001 · Germany
- Raidillon — 2001 · Belgium
- Richard Mille — 2001 · Switzerland
- Roger W. Smith Ltd. — 2001 · United Kingdom
- Steinhart — 2001 · Germany
- Bremont — 2002 · United Kingdom
- De Bethune — 2002 · Switzerland
- Jacob & Co. — 2002 · USA
- Kari Voutilainen — 2002 · Switzerland
- Linde Werdelin — 2002 · Denmark
- RSW — 2002 · Switzerland
- Speake Marin — 2002 · Switzerland
- Archimede — 2003 · Germany
- B.R.M Chronographes — 2003 · France
- Geovani — 2003 · Switzerland
- Konstantin Chaykin — 2003 · Russia
- Bamford Watch Department — 2004 · United Kingdom
- Bauhaus Watches — 2004 · Germany
- Christopher Ward — 2004 · United Kingdom
- Fratello — 2004 · Netherlands
- GaGà Milano — 2004 · Italy
- Greubel Forsey — 2004 · Switzerland
- Habring² — 2004 · Austria
- Hautlence — 2004 · Switzerland
- MB&F — 2005 · Switzerland
- Minase — 2005 · Japan
- Revolution — 2005 · Singapore
- Romain Gauthier — 2005 · Switzerland
- Concepto — 2006 · Switzerland
- Rudis Sylva — 2006 · Switzerland
- Purnell — 2007 · Switzerland
- Qian Guobiao — 2007 · China
- GOS Watches — 2008 · Sweden
- Grönefeld — 2008 · Netherlands
- Kudoke — 2008 · Germany
- Ralph Lauren — 2008 · Switzerland
- Abingdon Watch Co. — 2009 · USA
- ArtyA Genève — 2009 · Switzerland
- Blackout — 2009 · Switzerland
- Halios — 2009 · Canada
- Laurent Ferrier — 2009 · Switzerland
- Ludovic Ballouard — 2009 · France
- March LA.B — 2009 · France
- B360 — 2010 · United Arab Emirates
- Cyrus Genève — 2010 · Switzerland
- Ressence — 2010 · Belgium
- Autodromo — 2011 · USA
- Bausele — 2011 · Australia
- Daniel Wellington — 2011 · Sweden
- Dwiss — 2011 · Switzerland
- Kerbedanz — 2011 · Switzerland
- Memorigin — 2011 · Hong Kong
- SHINOLA — 2011 · USA
- 5280 Watch Company — 2012 · USA
- Akrivia — 2012 · Switzerland
- Behrens — 2012 · China
- David Candaux — 2012 · Switzerland
- Emmanuel Bouchet — 2012 · Switzerland
- HYT — 2012 · Switzerland
- Rexhep Rexhepi — 2012 · Switzerland
- Briston — 2013 · France
- D1 Milano — 2013 · Italy
- Jaipur Watch Company — 2013 · India
- Mauron Musy — 2013 · Switzerland
- MVMT — 2013 · USA
- Lederer — 2014 · Switzerland
- UNDONE — 2014 · Hong Kong
- White Star Watch — 2014 · Switzerland
- Zelos — 2014 · Singapore
- Apple Watch — 2015 · USA
- Boldr — 2015 · Singapore
- Farer — 2015 · United Kingdom
- Ferdinand Berthoud — 2015 · Switzerland
- Lorier — 2015 · USA
- Lorige — 2015 · France
- Petermann Bédat — 2015 · Switzerland
- Unimatic — 2015 · Italy
- anOrdain — 2016 · United Kingdom
- Arcanaut — 2016 · Denmark
- Beda'a — 2016 · Qatar
- Brew — 2016 · USA
- Dan Henry — 2016 · Brazil
- Done Watches — 2016 · Switzerland
- Holthinrichs — 2016 · Netherlands
- Isotope — 2016 · United Kingdom
- Maison Alcée — 2016 · France
- Max Twelve — 2016 · Switzerland
- Reservoir — 2016 · France
- SERICA — 2016 · France
- Sternglas — 2016 · Germany
- Sylvain Pinaud — 2016 · Switzerland
- Vaer — 2016 · USA
- Atelier Wen — 2017 · Hong Kong
- Baltic — 2017 · France
- Bianchet — 2017 · Switzerland
- Ciga Design — 2017 · China
- Eza — 2017 · Switzerland
- Horpa — 2017 · India
- Jean-Marc Fleury — 2017 · Switzerland
- Krayon — 2017 · Switzerland
- Laine — 2017 · Finland
- Ming — 2017 · Malaysia
- Monta — 2017 · USA
- NODUS — 2017 · USA
- Remy Cools — 2017 · Belgium
- Sartory Billard — 2017 · France
- Seconde Seconde — 2017 · France
- Singer Reimagined — 2017 · Switzerland
- VENEZIANICO — 2017 · Italy
- William Wood — 2017 · United Kingdom
- Bangalore Watch Company — 2018 · India
- Dominique Renaud — 2018 · Switzerland
- Dumoreau — 2018 · Switzerland
- Felipe Pikullik — 2018 · Germany
- Haute-Rive — 2018 · Switzerland
- Kikuchi Nakagawa — 2018 · Japan
- Massena LAB — 2018 · USA
- MHP Maison Horlogère Palmer — 2018 · France
- Norqain — 2018 · Switzerland
- Simon Brette — 2018 · France
- Traska — 2018 · USA
- Trilobe — 2018 · France
- Wilbur — 2018 · USA
- BA111OD — 2019 · Switzerland
- DE RIJKE & CO. — 2019 · Netherlands
- Genus — 2019 · Switzerland
- Grail Watch — 2019 · Hong Kong
- Henoti — 2019 · China
- Islander — 2019 · USA
- Kurono Tokyo — 2019 · Japan
- Löbner — 2019 · Germany
- Micromilspec — 2019 · Norway
- Naoya Hida & Co. — 2019 · Japan
- Al-Time — 2020 · Switzerland
- Beauregard — 2020 · Switzerland
- Berneron — 2020 · Switzerland
- Bimbu — 2020 · Switzerland
- Delhi Watch Company — 2020 · India
- Egeiro — 2020 · United Kingdom
- Fleming — 2020 · United Kingdom
- Gurkha — 2020 · United Kingdom
- H992 Architecte Horloger — 2020 · Switzerland
- ID Genève — 2020 · Switzerland
- KUOE — 2020 · Japan
- Maghnam — 2020 · Qatar
- Montres KF — 2020 · Switzerland
- Pragma — 2020 · Switzerland
- Studio Underd0g — 2020 · United Kingdom
- Taos — 2020 · Switzerland
- Torsti — 2020 · Switzerland
- Youhr — 2020 · Switzerland
- Furlan Marri — 2021 · Switzerland
- Toledano & Chan — 2021 · USA
- Vyntage Horology — 2021 · United Arab Emirates
- ALTO — 2022 · France
- Argos Watches — 2022 · India
- Franklord — 2022 · India
- JC Biver — 2022 · Switzerland
- Chronora — 2023 · United Arab Emirates
- Renaud Tixier — 2023 · France
- Shaw Watches — 2023 · India
- Wren — 2023 · USA
- Coromandel Watch Co. — 2024 · India
- Gagà Laboratorio — 2024 · Italy
- Magellan — 2024 · Switzerland
- Nalla Neram — 2024 · India
- AKHOR — 2025 · Switzerland
- Kala Watch Co. — 2025 · India
- Stollenwurm — 2025 · Switzerland
- Rotoris — 2026 · India