Sorna Watch AG was based in Grenchen, and had belonged to the Roskopf Association which eventually became part of the Fédération de l’Industrie Horlogère Suisse (FH) in 1982. Not much information is currently known about the brand. According to a WatchUSeek forum member, the original company went into liquidation on October 17, 1994 and was …
Scalfaro is based in Neuhausen, Germany and was founded in 2001 by brothers Alexander Kuhnle and Dominik Kuhnle. The company name comes from the Italian word for “lighthouse”, and their watches are primarily inspired by motorsport and yachting. Collaboration with John Surtees Scalfaro worked with John Surtees, the only person to have won Grand Prix …
Franck Muller was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1991 and named after its founder. Muller enrolled in watchmaking school at the age of 15, and eventually graduated from the Ecole d’Horlogerie de Genève. By 1984, Muller was designing tourbillon watches. This was during a time when the complication was beyond most watchmakers which laid the …
Omologato is a British watch brand founded in 2015 by designer Shami Kalra and is based in Windsor, England. Inspired by cars and motorsport, the brand also has direct involvement in racing via their partnerships with racing series, teams, and circuits from around the world. Early Omologato Models Early timepieces included Grand Prix nods right …
Christopher Ward is a British watch company that was founded in 2004 by Christopher Ward, Mike France, and Peter Ellis while on a boat. Christopher Ward was established as the “world’s first exclusively online luxury watch brand”, with a focus on selling affordable luxury watches directly to consumers. A decade after the company’s founding, Christopher …
Montres Journe SA, more commonly known as F.P. Journe, was founded on June 27th, 1999 by François-Paul Journe. Journe created his first watch in 1982 in Paris, and has previously worked for several high end watchmakers before starting his own brand. Based in Geneva, F.P. Journe not only designs and builds its own movements …
REC Watches was founded in 2014 by Danish duo Jonathan Kamstrup and Christian Mygh. The company focus is on luxury watches that celebrate classic motorsports, with its name derived from the three basic principles on which they operate: “recover, recycle, and reclaim”. The brand’s first watches came from local scrapyards in the form of Mini …
Technos Relógios S.A. has roots dating back to 1900 as M. Gunzinger-Hug Co. Founded in Welschenrohr by Melchior Gunzinger, the then-Swiss brand registered the trademark “Technos” in 1924. The founder’s son Josef Gunzinger sold the company to General Watch Co. in 1970, which saw Technos temporarily becoming stablemates with other notable watch brands like …
PETER RATCLIFFE LEGENDS IN TIME was established in 1988 by designer, entrepreneur, and motorsport enthusiast Peter Ratcliffe. Originally a signed prints business, Ratcliffe was the first to introduce signed Formula 1 collectibles to the market and has worked with drivers like Juan Manuel Fangio, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, and Michael Schumacher. Ratcliffe has …
Armand Nicolet is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer based in Tramelan, Switzerland. The company’s history stems back to 1875 when Armand Nicolet set up his first watchmaking shop. Nicolet had registered additional brands, with the Telda name mainly associated with chronographs. After the founder’s death in 1939, his sons continued the business under the …