15 French Watch Brands You Should Know

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  • Опубліковано 5 сер 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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  • @philhounam523
    @philhounam523 Місяць тому

    Very watchable, great presentation and beautiful calm clear voice. I do own a Bell and Ross 02 but after watching this video I would like more.

  • @testet79
    @testet79 Рік тому +18

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

  • @BarryDalton
    @BarryDalton 2 місяці тому

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

  • @zephyr60078
    @zephyr60078 Рік тому +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

  • @jokeassasin7733
    @jokeassasin7733 Рік тому +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.

  • @kindface
    @kindface Рік тому

    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 Рік тому

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

  • @user-ti4gm7bl7z
    @user-ti4gm7bl7z 8 місяців тому

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

  • @teongsengquek9695
    @teongsengquek9695 Рік тому +2

    Yema is very favourite !

  • @bhubestakesoponsatien1143
    @bhubestakesoponsatien1143 Рік тому

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

  • @markjohnston7869
    @markjohnston7869 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 7 місяців тому

      Herbelin uses “made in France”

  • @MichaelMitchell-vk9lk
    @MichaelMitchell-vk9lk Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @Teen-Conor
    @Teen-Conor Рік тому +1

    Great channel.

  • @elpatron762
    @elpatron762 Рік тому

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

    • @chrisenchemin7183
      @chrisenchemin7183 9 місяців тому

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

  • @kindface
    @kindface Рік тому

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

  • @VersedNJ
    @VersedNJ Рік тому +2

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

    • @williambuchanan1867
      @williambuchanan1867 8 місяців тому

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

  • @felixstarega9964
    @felixstarega9964 Рік тому +1

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

  • @gillyharwood
    @gillyharwood 5 місяців тому

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

  • @dmitryfishbeyn1455
    @dmitryfishbeyn1455 4 місяці тому

    You def should have included HERMES

  • @imranhusain1657
    @imranhusain1657 Рік тому

    Your opinion on Buci ?

    • @chrisenchemin7183
      @chrisenchemin7183 9 місяців тому

      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 ...

  • @SalBC62
    @SalBC62 Рік тому +2

    Il me manque Beaubleu

  • @richardnedbalek1968
    @richardnedbalek1968 Рік тому +3

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

  • @bhubestakesoponsatien1143
    @bhubestakesoponsatien1143 Рік тому

    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

  • @bogscab2
    @bogscab2 12 днів тому

    Isn't LIP a French watch brand?

  • @BarnOwl61
    @BarnOwl61 Рік тому +3

    Eh, how about Hermes Paris?

  • @bigbrown6126
    @bigbrown6126 Рік тому +1

    You forgot Ralf tech

  • @diegopillinini
    @diegopillinini Рік тому

    Tutti basati sui brevetti di Naka Gata

  • @tonygloster3483
    @tonygloster3483 Рік тому +4

    Longines all day everyday for me 👍

    • @kindface
      @kindface Рік тому

      Why?

    • @tonygloster3483
      @tonygloster3483 Рік тому

      @@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

  • @charlesmorse1901
    @charlesmorse1901 Рік тому

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

  • @joostkiefte7683
    @joostkiefte7683 27 днів тому

    Lip? Le Forban? Wolbrook?

  • @PanSearedRibeye68
    @PanSearedRibeye68 Рік тому

    What? No Baltic? Sheesh!

  • @bhubestakesoponsatien1143
    @bhubestakesoponsatien1143 Рік тому

    Leave the Branded to the millionaires

  • @lapomazza5635
    @lapomazza5635 Рік тому +5

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

  • @henkgaas9446
    @henkgaas9446 Рік тому +1

    Iip

  • @robworthington7431
    @robworthington7431 Рік тому

    Louis vuitton make high end watches, too

  • @rvbadland
    @rvbadland Рік тому

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

  • @mumustrasu11
    @mumustrasu11 8 місяців тому

    What about Gavox Longitude ? Much better than these models …

  • @wesward1130
    @wesward1130 Рік тому

    none

  • @saab_baas4333
    @saab_baas4333 Рік тому

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

    • @chrisenchemin7183
      @chrisenchemin7183 9 місяців тому

      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).

  • @Yaketyyak21
    @Yaketyyak21 Рік тому +1

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

  • @ultimatedouchebag6760
    @ultimatedouchebag6760 Рік тому

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

  • @markjohnston7869
    @markjohnston7869 Рік тому

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

  • @markjohnston7869
    @markjohnston7869 Рік тому +2

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

    • @gustavemathews8368
      @gustavemathews8368 Рік тому +1

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

    • @christophelacorre1577
      @christophelacorre1577 Рік тому +2

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

    • @chrisenchemin7183
      @chrisenchemin7183 9 місяців тому

      @@christophelacorre1577 And in Coréa also ...

  • @jamesblonde2271
    @jamesblonde2271 Рік тому +1

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

    • @jamesblonde2271
      @jamesblonde2271 Рік тому

      @@Alex-mc4fh soooooo, Swiss then?

    • @classalle689
      @classalle689 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

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

    • @jamesblonde2271
      @jamesblonde2271 Рік тому

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

    • @kindface
      @kindface Рік тому +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 Рік тому

    No Ralf Tech ?