If Watch brands were Cars...

[brotherharry]

who'd be Ford, Audi, Bentley, Porsche, Toyota, Peugeot etc etc....?

[andy_s]

Image? Technical capability? History? - so much in the mix it's difficult...

AP - Bentley
Sinn - Lotus
PP - Ferrari
Omega - BMW

Starter for ten, nothing more....

Edited by andy_s on Saturday 17th October 18:54

[TheEnd]

Ford would be something like a Casio, everyone has one,
Audi would be a Seiko maybe, common brand, better quality, and still accessible to anyone.
A Porsche would be getting into the Omegas, Rolexes, and Bentleys would be up there with Patek Phillipe and Vacheron Constantin.

[sneijder]

Seiko is VW

Omega is BMW

Swatch is Smart (I know, I know)

And this thing I bought from HK but have avoided admitting to on here, but I've had a drink so I don't care right now :



... is this :



Seiko Monster is a Landrover Defender. Tough and classless.

Sinn U1 on a bracelet is a Range Rover Sport.

[glazbagun]

Longines would probably be Daimler or perhaps Ford Era Jaguar- formerly magnificent manufacturer, now greatly reduced in splendor.

Tag Heuer could be Audi- once made rip-snorting racing clocks (and still do). Now make very fashionalble watches for the middle classes from a common parts bin.

Swatch- MX5?

I don't think there is a car equivelant of the real high-end stuff. Car's havent been so exclusive and painstakingly assembled in a long time. Perhaps ever.

[brotherharry]

hmm, interesting. Just been browsing this forum as I'm toying with the idea of a 'proper' watch after stumbling into the watch room at Harrods by mistake and spending rather too long there then I suspect was good for my wallet. Trying to build a picture of what a watch might say about the wearer but it's pretty hard as there's face value (pardon the pun) vs what those in the know, know. Ultimately neither matter as much as whether I felt the style was 'me', but useful to get a picture and you've got to learn taste from somewhere...
Rolex too 'obvious' somehow and not enough edge for me. Omega bit to common/brash, Breitling too 'busy', Most Tag's feel a bit too chunky. Raymond Weil or IWC or Jaeger seem more in the ball park.

[clarkmagpie]

what would a Raymond Weil and Bell&Ross be?!

[brotherharry]

glazbagun said:

I don't think there is a car equivelant of the real high-end stuff. Car's havent been so exclusive and painstakingly assembled in a long time. Perhaps ever.

Pagani?
McLaren?

[enioldjoe]

AP - Maybach

Breguet - Aston

Blancpain - Maserati

Glasshutte - Mclaren

Omega - BMW

Ebel - Audi

P P - Bristol

V C - Ferrari

Breitling - Cadillac

Seiko - Lexus

J & Co - Spyker

Jaguar - Longines

IWC - Mercedes

Rolex - Range Rover

Frank Muller - Lamborghini

Richard Mille - Pagani

Graham - Hummer

Cartier - Rolls Royce

Anonimo - Lotus

Porsche - Panerai


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Edited by enioldjoe on Saturday 17th October 21:15

[Pints]

G-Shock = Toyota Hilux

[TheEnd]

enioldjoe said:

Richard Mille - Pagani

I was thinking that to myself earlier!

Jacob and Co - Steven Ireland's car collection.

[tertius]

TheEnd said:

enioldjoe said:

Richard Mille - Pagani

I was thinking that to myself earlier!

Jacob and Co - Steven Ireland's car collection.

I thought Pagani made their own cars ...

Anyway I don't think this comparison can be made to work ... E.g. Is the engine equivalent to the movement? If so Pagani are 'Merc bodgers' and Ford are an in-house manufacture ...

And in any case Pagani=Greubel Forsey ...

[Pesty]

Greubel Forsey= Bugatti
Patek Phillipe = Bristol
Vacheron Constantin= Ferrari

Edited by Pesty on Saturday 17th October 23:29

[traffman]

Breitling - Cadillac





















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please noooo , ive an aerospace and i thought it would be in better company than that , maybe a corvette?

Edited by enioldjoe on Saturday 17th October 21:15

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[eccles]

Seiko monster = MX5

After all, they are both the default answer to just about any question on their respective subjects!

[Gompo]

eccles said:

Seiko monster = MX5

After all, they are both the default answer to just about any question on their respective subjects!

I see where you're coming from, but isnt the Monster a bit too masculine?

Seiko 5 = Mx5

[eccles]

Gompo said:

eccles said:

Seiko monster = MX5

After all, they are both the default answer to just about any question on their respective subjects!

I see where you're coming from, but isnt the Monster a bit too masculine?

Seiko 5 = Mx5

Ah, but Seiko 5 isn't the default answer whenever someone asks which watch to buy (irrespective of their original choice of style!)

Adds gratuitous shot of decidedly non feminine Seiko 5 recently picked up off ebay for £12!!! (the strap cost more than the watch!)

[cyberface]

Everyone's forgotten Jaeger LeCoultre? Tricky to classify, but I'd verge towards Lotus on the basis that JLC put all of their technical research into the movement and then offer up the finished pieces in steel cases so they're not hugely priced due to the additional cost of the gold / platinum / etc. JLC offer movement design and parts consultancy to other top firms (indeed Patek used JLC movements for 30 years at the beginning of the century), and Lotus likewise offer engineering services to other firms (including the very top marques, though they keep this *very* secret, whereas the lower brands like to advertise the association with Lotus).

For their type, both Lotus and JLC are relatively affordable and JLC are fairly short on frippery (discounting the 'joaillerie' range of course) and more about function.

That said, whereas you could stop a decent sample of Porsche drivers, record what watch they're wearing and get a statistically significant result (I bet Rolex come out on top - and I'm laughing at myself here as I used to wear an Explorer and a steel Daytona when I had my 993s)... I very much doubt that the same experiment performed on Lotus drivers would produce any significant watch bias. Lotus owners tend to be too individual for that, regardless of the level of groupthink on the Lotus forums / SELOC.

Can't think of any watch brand that goes better with Lotus though - the indie Germans just seem *wrong*

[Gompo]

eccles said:

Gompo said:

eccles said:

Seiko monster = MX5

After all, they are both the default answer to just about any question on their respective subjects!

I see where you're coming from, but isnt the Monster a bit too masculine?

Seiko 5 = Mx5

Ah, but Seiko 5 isn't the default answer whenever someone asks which watch to buy (irrespective of their original choice of style!)

Adds gratuitous shot of decidedly non feminine Seiko 5 recently picked up off ebay for £12!!! (the strap cost more than the watch!)

I'm well aware of where your method came from

..I just dont want to go along with it! Of course the Seiko 5 range has many watches that arent feminine. The Monster is the easy answer to the 'What watch?' threads as it appeals to many (it looks decent quality and as said quite masculine), and is obviously a good watch yet the '5' range does basically the same job for less money.

Admittedly I'm still a bit disappointed that somebody likened Seiko to VW. The Lexus connection isnt a bad one, although if you were to go with that it might have to be Seiko = Toyota, 'Grand' Seiko = Lexus; which I'd not be happy with!

Breitling = Corvette?? No, again I disagree. They're both perhaps a bit crude, but atleast Corvettes are quite cheap

Apologies for the overly Seiko orientated post.

[sneijder]

I likened Seiko to VW because in the grand scheme of things they are a slight tickle over affordable (affordable being what Joe Bloggs would spend on a watch), bombproof and classless.

I don't think the nationality of the the manufacturers should come into it.

Edited to add they both do a complete range, top to bottom too.

Edited by sneijder on Sunday 18th October 15:56