15 French Watch Brands You Should Know

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  • čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
  • Despite the shy attempts from other countries like UK or US to revive their once flourishing watchmaking industries, France actually has what it takes to make a real impact in the world of modern watchmaking.
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    Our picks:
    15. ZRC
    14. Serica
    13. BRM
    12. Fugue
    11. L. Leroy
    10. Dodane
    9. Alain Silberstein
    8. Herbelin
    7. Merci
    6. Yema
    5. Pequignet
    4. Baltic
    3. Breguet
    2. Cartier
    1. Bell & Ross
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Komentáře • 65

  • @BarryDalton
    @BarryDalton Před 6 dny

    I stumbled upon Serica. And now the 6190 Commando gets a bunch of wrist time. Brilliant watch.

  • @zephyr60078
    @zephyr60078 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Jaeger lecoultre is half French and half Swiss, should’ve at least gotten a honorable mention but it is very well known in the watch community

  • @testet79
    @testet79 Před 11 měsíci +18

    You, forgot the lip brand! There are several other French brands.

  • @jokeassasin7733
    @jokeassasin7733 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Some of the Baltic watches use Swiss movements. My Aquascaphe GMT uses the Soprod C125 movement. But, I assume that the band and case are made in Asia.

  • @teongsengquek9695
    @teongsengquek9695 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Yema is very favourite !

  • @markjohnston7869
    @markjohnston7869 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Why do so many of these "French" brands insist on using the "Swiss Made" seal of approval. Surly they can just put French Made if they are confident in their product even if they decide they have to use a Swiss movement.

    • @Andromahlius
      @Andromahlius Před 10 měsíci +1

      The "Made in France" label is severely regulated and I'm pretty sure having a swiss movement inside (such as the ubiquitous 7750 etc) bars the brand from using it.

    • @khemchatr
      @khemchatr Před 4 měsíci

      Herbelin uses “made in France”

  • @kindface
    @kindface Před 11 měsíci

    This is a wonderful video; thanks so much for sharing.!
    I've always had a great admiration for French aesthetics while a collector of fine watches. So French watches would tick both those boxes in one fell swoop.
    Is there any watch shop or department store in Paris that retails most if not all of these French brands under one roof so I don't have to run all over France to buy/view these brands?

    • @phemdima8826
      @phemdima8826 Před 10 měsíci

      Galeries Printemps Haussmann, and Galeries Lafayette, not far from each other.

  • @bhubestakesoponsatien1143
    @bhubestakesoponsatien1143 Před 11 měsíci

    What is so good about Swiss Calibre, as long as it is standard beat

  • @kindface
    @kindface Před 11 měsíci

    Does F.P. Journe quality as a French watch?

  • @user-ti4gm7bl7z
    @user-ti4gm7bl7z Před 6 měsíci

    I spend all my time watching these videos it's so hard to choose watches that will suit me and my style

  • @elpatron762
    @elpatron762 Před 11 měsíci

    Funny how couple of these french watches read on the dial. Authentic french

    • @chrisenchemin7183
      @chrisenchemin7183 Před 7 měsíci

      And funny how "swiss brands" or "swiss made" ones are know owned buy the French group LVMH! Authentic Swiss. ;)

  • @MichaelMitchell-vk9lk
    @MichaelMitchell-vk9lk Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you

  • @VersedNJ
    @VersedNJ Před 11 měsíci +2

    Own, a Serica, Yema, Baltic and Cartier in quality order.

    • @williambuchanan1867
      @williambuchanan1867 Před 5 měsíci

      Which order of quality?
      Lowest to highest?
      Or highest to lowest?

  • @gillyharwood
    @gillyharwood Před 3 měsíci

    I have a limited numbered Yema Superman from 2017. Love the watch but there 1st Generation in house movement isn't the best.

  • @imranhusain1657
    @imranhusain1657 Před 11 měsíci

    Your opinion on Buci ?

    • @chrisenchemin7183
      @chrisenchemin7183 Před 7 měsíci

      One of the many french microbrands created during this 10 or last 15 years. Like Baltic, Serica or Fugue in this video but also S.Y.E., Apose, Hegid, Depancel, Neucarl, BeauBleu, Awake, Briston, Charlie Paris and so many more ...

  • @Teen-Conor
    @Teen-Conor Před 9 měsíci +1

    Great channel.

  • @richardnedbalek1968
    @richardnedbalek1968 Před 11 měsíci +3

    00:58 “Haute Horlogerie,” mon dieu! 😖

  • @felixstarega9964
    @felixstarega9964 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Hello there is also Boucheron, there watches from the fifties sixties and into the nineties are truly beautiful. Give them a look

  • @SalBC62
    @SalBC62 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Il me manque Beaubleu

  • @dmitryfishbeyn1455
    @dmitryfishbeyn1455 Před 2 měsíci

    You def should have included HERMES

  • @BarnOwl61
    @BarnOwl61 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Eh, how about Hermes Paris?

  • @bhubestakesoponsatien1143
    @bhubestakesoponsatien1143 Před 11 měsíci

    All caliber are made from brass, case stainless or titanium 🎉 , just how it was polished. Standard beat 18000 21000 28800 etc what is what . Looks like or as the Swiss say Copy , but all brand copy each other’s anyway . It all works fine, the volume is the say

  • @bigbrown6126
    @bigbrown6126 Před 11 měsíci +1

    You forgot Ralf tech

  • @tonygloster3483
    @tonygloster3483 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Longines all day everyday for me 👍

    • @kindface
      @kindface Před 11 měsíci

      Why?

    • @tonygloster3483
      @tonygloster3483 Před 11 měsíci

      @@kindface after a bad experience in two authorised dealers of Rolex I bought a Longines hydroconquest a lovely watch and a Casio g shock to wear for work and saved a lot of money now looking for more Longines watches

  • @diegopillinini
    @diegopillinini Před 11 měsíci

    Tutti basati sui brevetti di Naka Gata

  • @lapomazza5635
    @lapomazza5635 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Pronounciations are mostly WRONG: french is french, not a frenchglish version 🤣😇🤣

  • @charlesmorse1901
    @charlesmorse1901 Před 11 měsíci

    Every one of these watches has "Swiss Made" on the dial

  • @PanSearedRibeye68
    @PanSearedRibeye68 Před 11 měsíci

    What? No Baltic? Sheesh!

  • @bhubestakesoponsatien1143
    @bhubestakesoponsatien1143 Před 11 měsíci

    Leave the Branded to the millionaires

  • @rvbadland
    @rvbadland Před 10 měsíci

    LIP ???!!! : The « Churchill », The Mach 2 , The « De Gaulle » …

  • @henkgaas9446
    @henkgaas9446 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Iip

  • @robworthington7431
    @robworthington7431 Před 11 měsíci

    Louis vuitton make high end watches, too

  • @saab_baas4333
    @saab_baas4333 Před 11 měsíci

    0 French brands we should know. Ok. Maybe Alain Silberstein.

    • @chrisenchemin7183
      @chrisenchemin7183 Před 7 měsíci

      You can't be serious! Breguet just created the first wristwatch in the world in 1810 and, a century later, Cartier created the first pilot's wristwatch (for his friend Santos Dumont).

  • @mumustrasu11
    @mumustrasu11 Před 6 měsíci

    What about Gavox Longitude ? Much better than these models …

  • @wesward1130
    @wesward1130 Před 11 měsíci

    none

  • @RegNarnoc21
    @RegNarnoc21 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Your Chanel is called watches you can afford,some of these watches are well beyond affordable…

  • @markjohnston7869
    @markjohnston7869 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Do the watches that are made for the French military come with a free white flag?

    • @gustavemathews8368
      @gustavemathews8368 Před 11 měsíci +1

      The French troops were good. The WW ll French senior military were seriously compromised.

    • @christophelacorre1577
      @christophelacorre1577 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yes, the same you used in vietnam and Afghanistan for exemple

    • @chrisenchemin7183
      @chrisenchemin7183 Před 7 měsíci

      @@christophelacorre1577 And in Coréa also ...

  • @ultimatedouchebag6760
    @ultimatedouchebag6760 Před 11 měsíci

    French watches made in Swiss.......might as well buy a GM car made in China

  • @markjohnston7869
    @markjohnston7869 Před 11 měsíci

    I thought this channel was about "watches you can afford" Cartier watches? Really? Another elitist channel for the rich only. So sad.

  • @jamesblonde2271
    @jamesblonde2271 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Breguet is Swiss and the tourbillon was invented in England and only improved by Jean Louis😂 This is a nonsense vid

    • @jamesblonde2271
      @jamesblonde2271 Před 11 měsíci

      @@Alex-mc4fh soooooo, Swiss then?

    • @classalle689
      @classalle689 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@jamesblonde2271 do you do it on purpose ? it has been bought in 1999 by Swatch Group so more than 2 centuries after and the brand has been founded in 1775 in Paris by Breguet who was French. When LVMH buy many luxurious brands from Germany (Rimowa) Italy (Bulgari, Loro Piana) USA (Tiffany...), Switzerland ( Tag Heuer) nobody consider all these brands to be French even if LVMH is French

    • @Treviscoe
      @Treviscoe Před 11 měsíci +1

      Apart from which , you couldn't really call Breguet "affordable."

    • @jamesblonde2271
      @jamesblonde2271 Před 11 měsíci

      @@classalle689 I do, and they have " Swiss" on the dial.

    • @kindface
      @kindface Před 11 měsíci +1

      You sure tourbillon was invented in England? (If so, that gives England bragging rights to two of the most significants innovations in the last 2-3 centuries: the tourbillon and the co-axial movement.)

  • @rawgab4439
    @rawgab4439 Před 11 měsíci

    No Ralf Tech ?