S.U.F Helsinki was founded in 2004 by Finnish watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva, who is also the founder of Sarpeneva Watches. While S.U.F (Sarpaneva’s UhrenFabrik) timepieces are made in relatively small batches, part of the company’s purpose is to produce watches in higher quantities and at more affordable prices than the far more exclusive Sarpaneva Watches models. …
Sector No Limits is an Italian watch brand that was founded in 1973 by Filippo Giardiello. By the late 1980s, the brand was distributed by the Artime Group, which would also go on to launch the Chronostar brand. Renamed as the Sector Group on January 1, 2000, the company would also acquire Invicta. Morellato Group …
TW Steel was founded in 2005 by the father and son team of Ton and Jordy Cobelens in the Netherlands. Ton has previously worked as a distributor for Maurice Lacroix and Raymond Weil starting in 1980, as well as a designer of private label watches. The elder Cobelens has also worked with the Swatch Group …
Bell & Ross was founded in 1992 as a university project by Bruno Belamich and Carlos A. Rosillo. Early Bell & Ross watches were produced by Sinn, with the partnership ending in 2002 after Chanel became a minority shareholder. The company is currently based in Paris, and manufacturing done in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Bell & …
IWC Schaffhausen is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer that was founded by American watchmaker and entrepreneur Florentine Ariosto Jones in 1868. Originally known as the International Watch Company, the company was transferred to the Rauschenbach family in 1880. Since 2000, IWC has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Group which also owns other high …
The Richard Mille brand was first developed in 1999 by Richard Mille in a partnership with Montres Valgine and Audemars Piguet, with the RM 001 Tourbillon introduced to the world at Baselworld in 2001. In addition to their distinctive design, lightweight construction, and shock resistance, the Swiss brand is well known for their nontraditional marketing. …
Hublot is a Swiss luxury watchmaker founded in 1980 by Carlo Crocco. The company was named after the French word for “porthole”, which serves as a visual design reference across many of their models. Hublot is notable for being the first to pair a rubber strap with precious metals in their luxury sports watch. Today, …
Montres Tudor SA was registered in 1926 by Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex. The recipient of a large spectrum of Rolex-themed nicknames that range from derogatory to borderline complimentary, Tudor has remained a sister company to Rolex to this day and continues to serve its original purpose: Offering watches at more accessible prices while …
TAG Heuer was originally founded in 1860 as Uhrenmanufaktur Heuer AG (Heuer Watchmaking Inc.) by Edouard Heuer in St-Imier, Switzerland. Heuer notably patented his first chronograph in 1882, and by 1911 also had a patent for the first dashboard chronograph for use in aircraft and automobiles. His first wrist chronograph was introduced in 1914. Project …
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. was founded in April of 1946 as Kashio Seisakujo by fabrication technology engineer Tadao Kashio. The Japanese company initially enjoyed early success with a cigarette-holding finger ring called the yubiwa pipe. The profits from this obscure non-electronic device allowed the Kashio brothers to develop calculators, and the Casio name first came …