Mt. Rushmore of the Watch Community

1. Tank

2. Sub

3. Speedmaster

4. Royal Oak

In no particular order...I'm not into the Royal Oak but just based off of 1 million mentions

Spot on what I was going to say

the affordable Rushmore...

1. Gshock Square

2. Seiko Willard

3. Hamilton Field

4. Timex?

Tank

Fifty Fathoms

Speedmaster

Seiko Quartz

Tank, Sub/Daytona (flip a coin), Speedmaster, PP Perpetual Calendar

Casio F-91w

G-Shock Square

Casio Duro

Casio Royale

Speedmaster

Submariner

Probably the G-Shock square or f91w

The original Cartier Santos over the Tank

I’m gonna go make some more 🍿 I’ll be right back, this is gonna be fun.

By the way I agree with your 1,2,3,4🎯

Rolex for sure but in reality for the masses you have to put Timex, Bulova and maybe Benrus

I agree with the original poster's list except I'd replace the Royal Oak with the JLC reverso

Sub

Speedy

SKX

F91W

I think you need a quartz watch in there. It really shook up the industry.

Have to start with the first ever wrist watch made by breguet because its the og,and yes it was for a woman but its where it all started,then obviously first mens wrist watch which is god knows a trench watch of some form,then the first purpose built cartier Santos dumont,then the first seiko laurel because that's where the best most creative innovative watch brand ever started,no objections to that they just made a Bruce Lee watch 😂👌

Ok I'll go a different route and pick Timex, Waltham, Hamilton and RGM for fun. It's Mount Rushmore. It's all American.

1. Casio Duro full Blue

2. Casio Duro Green

3. Casio Duro Black

4. Casio Duro Pepsi

Realistically quartz was and perhaps still is such a huge deal that you have to put 4 quartz watches here.

Of historical meaning and tremendous importance and impact you say?

1. Swatch (1983)

2. Tissot Stone Watch

3. Casio G-Shock (1983)

4. Either Hamilton Pulsar from 1970 or Apple Watch

1. AP Royal Oak

2. Omega Speedmaster

3. Rolex Explorer

4. Seiko SKX

Should be (real) fifty fathoms rather than sub!

Everyone's just naming watches. Don't we need to map watches to their presidential analog? Which watch is Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln? They were chosen to mark America's birth, growth, development and preservation. On that basis, which watches make the cut?

1. Pomander Watch of 1505

2. HARWOOD Automatic

3. Astron 35SQ

4. Junghans 'Mega 1'

5. And for a bonus presidential bust, Casio PRT-1GPJ

1) Rolex Submariner because it has to

2) Omega SpeedMaster, (see item 1)

3) IWC Big Pilot 43 mm

4) Patek Philippe Calatrava 5196 R

Santos

Speedmaster

F91w

Seamaster

Not sure on the last one.. but the innovation is worth recognition

"Everyone's just naming watches"

You're absolutely right there.

Here's my take on the birth, growth, development and preservation angle.

1 A WW2 field watch, this was the first time in history millions of ordinary people (doing extraordinary things) wore a mass produced, affordable (issued) wrist watch.

2 A diver's watch, and for me it's probably going to have to be the submariner or 50 fathoms.

3 A (digital) quartz watch, in the realms of watch making history this was probably the most significant/ground breaking/controversial milestone.

4 A future proof/sustainable watch, and for that it's going to have to be solar powered.

Now you can start naming watches 😀

I'd rather like to see some of these dudes carved into a mountain in the pristine Swiss countryside.😜

Hans Wilsdorf

Rolex & Tudor founder

Louis Brandt

Omega founder

Charles Von Büren

Dive watch innovator and designer

John Harwood

Inventor of the first automatic movement

Charles Vermot

El Primero movement engineer and savior

1. Datejust

2. Sub

3. G-Shock DW5600

4. Swatch

Vacheron constantin 222

AP royal oak

Patek perpetual calendar

JLC reverso

1. FPJourne FFC

2. Patek Philippe ref 2499

3. APRO 5402

4. Paul Newman Daytona

This was tough! 🍻

I think you’re pretty spot on, OP. I think the datejust should be in there too, but I can’t decide on which watch from your list I would substitute for it.