Designer Watch Brands and Reviews

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When purchasing a luxury watch, there’s a lot of information you need to process.

What features do you want? What price range suits your budget? What kind of movement do you want in your timepiece? Quartz? Pure mechanical? Automatic? A grand complication? T

here are many factors that go into a decision regarding what kind of designer watches to buy, and few of these decisions are easy ones.

Perhaps the most complicated choice would seem to be the easiest – what brand of watch? As it happens, there are hundred of designer watch brands on the market, in a dizzying range of prices and offering tens of thousands of different models.

Given that each brand has its own reputation among both watch collectors and fashion mavens, which brand you choose says as much about you as it does about the timepiece itself. You want to make a statement when you buy a designer watch, but what do you wan that statement to be?

Do you want it to be that you have good taste but are economical? Do you wan to show off your sense of style? Do you want a show-stopping piece of jewelry? These are all important decisions and not ones you can make lightly.

To help simplify your purchasing decisions, we have created a series of articles with extensive reviews of many of the major designer watch brands. In each review, you will find a general description of the company and its history, an overview of their products, and details regarding the following:

Build quality – How well are the watches made? Do they use quality materials? What materials do they use? Are they water resistant, and if so, how much?

Movements – What kind of internal workings do these watches have? Quartz? Mechanical? Semi-automatic? A hybrid mechanism of some sort? Swiss made? Japanese made? Chinese?

Innovation – Does this company develop new features for watches as a whole? Are they historic or modern innovators? Are they primarily style-oriented manufacturers who don’t come up with technology on their own?

Features and Styling – What features do the company’s models offer you? Analog display? Digital display? Both? What about bands? Precious metals or gemstones? Colors? Sports models? Models suitable for evening wear? Do they offer unusual features such as moon phases, atmospheric pressure, temperature or atomic clock synchronization? We’ll cover all of those topics in detail.

Warranty – What kind of warranty does the watch include? Is it a good one? Are better warranties available for purchase?

Pricing – What do this company’s watches cost? Are they expensive? What’s the overall price range? Are they likely to appreciate in value over time?

Where to Buy Them – Where are this company’s products sold? In stores only? Online? Both? We’ll show you where to find them at a good price.

Summary – An overview of our assessment of the company’s product line, including our opinion as to who should buy them and whether, on the whole, the company’s products represent a good value for the buyer.


Designer Watch Brand Reviews

Want information about particular designer watch brands? Click the appropriate link below to read our designer watch brand reviews:

Accutron Watches Review

Activa Watches Review

Adidas Watches Review – Affordable and stylish

Affliction Watches Review – Bold, not-for-the-timid styling

Akribos XXIV Watches Review

A. Lange & Söhne Watches Review – Luxury build and lots of complications

a_line Watches Review

Alpha Industries Watches Review – Affordable military styling

Alpina Watches Review

Alps Watches Review – Attractive and astonishingly affordable

Android Watches Review

Anne Klein Watches Review

Anonimo Watches Review – Swiss movements; Italian styling

Aposon Watches Review – Good quality and a very attractive price

Armand Nicolet Watches Review – Interesting designs and vintage movements

Armani Exchange Watches Review – Stylish and affordable watches for men and women

Armitron Watches Review – Sporty, affordable, and a great warranty

Audemars Piguet Watches Review

August Steiner Watches Review

Avalon Watches Review – Affordable watches with Japanese movements

Avi-8 Watches Review – Affordable aviation-style watches

Aviator Watches Review – Affordable, Swiss-made aviation watches

Badgley Mischka Watches Review – Beautiful, affordable fashion watches

Baldovino Watches Review – Lots and lots of diamonds!

Ball Watches Review – Swiss made with lots of innovation

Ballast Watches Review – Rugged, submarine-inspired watches

Balmer Watches Review – Good build at a good price

Baogela Watches Review – Color and Chronographs, all at an affordable price

Barbour Watches Review – Classic style from an iconic fashion brand

Baron Watches Review – Lots of features at an affordable price

Baume & Mercier Watches Review

Bell & Ross Watches Review

Binzi Watches Review – Functional and affordable

Breguet Watches Review – Luxury and Innovation

Breil Watches Review

Breitling Watches Review

Bulova Watches Review

Burberry Watches Review

Burgi Watches Review

Bvlgari Watches Review

Cakcity Watches Review – Functional and affordable

Calvin Klein Watches Review – Style, Quality, and Price

Caravelle Watches Review

Carl F. Bucherer Watches Review

Carnival Watches Review – Lots of complications at affordable prices

Cartier Watches Review

Casio Watches Review

Chanel Watches Review

Charles Hubert Paris Watches Review – Hundreds of styles and affordable prices

Charriol Watches Review

Chopard Watches Review

Christian Bernard Watches Review

Christian Dior Watches Review – Stunning Beauty and Great Quality

Chronoswiss Watches Review – Great styling and Swiss quality

Citizen Watches Review

Claude Bernard Watches Review – Affordable Swiss-made timepieces

Cofuo Watches Review – Affordable basic watches

Concord Watches Review

Corum Watches Review

Croton Watches Review

CT Scuderia Watches Review – Big, Bold motorcycle-inspired styling

Daniel Steiger Watches Review – Tons of styles and a good warranty

Daniel Wellington Watches Review

Diesel Watches Review

Disney Watches Review – Fun, affordable and well made

DKNY Watches Review

Earth Wood Watches Review – Attractive, affordable watches with wooden cases

Ebel Watches Review

Edox Watches Review

Electric Watches Review – Affordable watches with great water resistance

Elini Barokas Watches Review

Ellen Tracy Watches Review – Attractive, affordable watches for women

Elysee Watches Review – Affordable and attractive German watches

Emporio Armani Watches Review

Eterna Watches Review

Fendi Watches Review

Fortis Watches Review – Swiss-made watches with a history of innovation

Fossil Watches Review

Frederique Constant Watches Review

French Connection Watches Review – Stylish and affordable

FCUK Watches Review – Stylish and affordable

Gant Watches Review – Big cases and nice features for the price

GeBO Watches Review

Geneva Watches Review – Affordable Japanese quartz

Gevril Watches Review – Affordable Swiss quality

Girard Perregaux Watches Review – Complications, beauty, and more

Glam Rock Watches Review

Glashutte Original Watches Review – Gold, gems, and complications

Glycine Watches Review

Graham Watches Review

Grovana Watches Review

Gucci Watches Review

Guess Watches Review

Hamilton Watches Review – Long history of quality continues

Harry Winston Watches Review – Luxury and loads of complications

Haurex Watches Review

Henry Jay Watches Review – A stylish, affordable diving watch

Hermes Watches Review

Hublot Watches Review

Hugo Boss Watches Review

Hush Puppies Watches Review – Surprising selection and quality for the price

Ingersoll watches review – Great styling and affordability

Invicta Watches Review

Issey Miyake Watches Review – Edgy, beautiful Japanese styling

IWC Watches Review

Jacques Lemans Watches Review

Jaeger-LeCoultre Watches Review – Ultra high quality timepieces with options and complications galore

Johan Eric Watches Review

Jorg Gray Watches Review

Joshua & Sons Watches Review

Juicy Couture Watches Review

Junghans Watches Review – Affordable German quality

Kate Spade New York Watches Review – Fun, colorful and affordable

Kenneth Cole Watches Review

Lacoste Watches Review

Lancaster Watches Review – Interesting Italian styling

Laura Ashley Watches Review – Affordable, stylish, and a great warranty

Lotus Watches Review – Motorcycle-inspired Spanish styling

Louis Erard Watches Review – Good Swiss watches at more affordable prices

Lucien Piccard Watches Review

Luminox Watches Review

Lum-Tec Watches Review – Bold, military styling and ultra-bright display

Mamona Watches Review – Attractive and Affordable

Marc Ecko Watches Review – Bold urban styling

Marc Jacobs Watches Review

Maserati Watches Review – Stylish, auto-racing-inspired watches

Maurice Lacroix Watches Review

Memorigin Watches Review – Every model has a tourbillon

Michael Kors Watches Review

Michele Watches Review

Mido Watches Review – A century of affordable Swiss quality

Momo Design Watches Review


Montblanc Watches Review

Movado Watches Review

Mulco Watches Review

Nautica Watches Review – Italian watches inspired by the sea

Nine West Watches Review – Fashionable and extremely affordable

Nixon Watches Review

Nooka Watches Review

Obaku Watches Review

Oceanaut Watches Review

Omega Watches Review

Orient Watches Review – A good, affordable mechanical watch

Oris Watches Review

Palada Watches Review – Rugged and affordable

Panerai Watches Review

Paris Hilton Watches Review

Parmigiani Fleurier Watches Review – Stunning quality and innovative design

Patek Philippe Watches Review

Perrelet Watches Review

Philip Stein Watches Review

Piaget Watches Review – Luxury and Innovation

Pierre Lannier Watches Review – Affordable French Styling

Police Watches Review – Outrageous styling and huge cases

Pono Woodworks Watches Review – Beautiful timepieces featuring Hawaiian Koa wood

Porsamo Bleu Watches Review – Affordable timepieces from a jewelry company

Projects Watches Review – Amazing, avant garde styling and great pricing

Quiksilver Watches Review – Affordable, stylish watches from a surfing accessories brand

Rado Watches Review

Raymond Weil Watches Review

Red Line Watches Review

Reef Tiger Watches Review – A wild array of styles at an affordable price

Renato Watches Review

Rip Curl Watches Review – Designed by surfers for surfers

Roger Dubuis Watches Review – Limited editions, features, and lots of bling.

Rolex Watches Overview

Rotary Watches Review

Rudiger Watches Review

Salvatore Ferragamo Watches Review

Seapro Watches Review

Seiko Watches Review

Skagen Watches Review

Stuhrling Original Watches

Suunto Watches Review

Swatch Watches Review

Swiss Army Watches Review

Swiss Legend Watches Review

Tag Heuer Watches Review

Tamlee Watches Review – Very affordable with interesting styling

Technomarine Watches Review

Ted Lapidus Watches Review

Thierry Mugler Watches Review

Timechant Watches Review – Atomic timekeeping, solar power, and talking watches

Timex Watches Review

Tissot Watches Review

Tommy Hilfiger Watches Review – Affordable and Reliable

Tonino Lamborghini Watches Review – Stylish racing-inspired watches

TW Steel Watches Review

U-Boat Watches Review

Ulysse Nardin Watches Review

US Polo Assn. Watches Review – Stylish and affordable

Vacheron Constantin Watches Review – History and Luxury

Versace Watches Review

Versus by Versace Watches Review

Vulcain Watches Review

Welder Watches Review

Whimsical Watches Review

Zenith Watches Review

Zeno Watches Review