Country that Makes Your Favorite Watches

I have voted for Germany, huge fan! 

Sorry can't decide

Domo-Arigato

Swiss for design, Japanese for technology. 🤷

Italian Company now based out of Switzerland 

Germany

I'll go with this brand from the U.S.A.  Surprise, surprise

Timex Group USA, Inc. (formerly known as Timex Corporation) is an American global watch manufacturing company founded in 1854 as the Waterbury Clock Company in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1944, the company became insolvent but was reformed into Timex Corporation.

Love em, hate em or just don't give them any credit in the world of horology at 167 years young, they must be doing something right.

While My favourite watches of all time are fliegers. hence Germany should be an obvious choice. I have to say Russia make some of my most worn watches. i just find they have good utility, price, comfort (depending on model), variety, and more. but that’s completely ignoring any political issues (depending on one’s prospective).

Hamilton is now in Switzerland. Bulova and Wittnauer are now in Japan. Elgin, Gruen and Waltham are just names put on watches made in China.

Timex is now....in the Netherlands.

Which leaves Nixon and microbrands to wave the flag.

You just completely ruined my life!  lol.   I did know that, not sure why I didn't remember it.  I guess I'm hung up on the history of Waterbury, Ingersoll, U.S. Time (sexy name) and finally Timex.   

The Timex Group itself is privately held by the Norwegian holding group Fred. Olsen & Co.

They are truly multinational, and have been for many years.  They may have the largest corporate presence of any watch manufacturer in the U.S. (Bulova, Invicta, and Rolex have a large ones too).

That's cool that it's one of the largest.  It reminds me of the late John Bogle's argument why don't need to invest in international funds because so many companies in the S&P are mutinational companies that give you indirect exposure to international anyway.

All make great watches. But it seems I actually wear Japanese watches more than any other.

I admire Japanese watches most and I have 6 in my collection. I aspire to get a Grand Seiko and who knows if my response will change upon getting one. But right now, my Omega is on my wrist about 45% of the time and my Oris is on my wrist 25% of the time, which in aggregate makes this a slam dunk for Switzerland. My four Seiko's and two G-Shocks combined are on my wrist about 30% of the time and yes, sad to say but I keep pretty detailed stats on this.

Yes I find that to be true and well said. My three Russian watches out of twenty odd  collection get the.most wrist time!

A lot like the British car industry, once so great. Rolls Royce , Jaguar , Land Rover , Mini...the list goes on and none of them are owned by British firms.

They've survived only by exploiting the race to the bottom.

Yeah, Man, that was their mission statement from the very beginning.  Nothing wrong with making watches affordable to everyone.  

Once upon a time they owned Laco and Waterman pens. The company today is not the “race to the bottom“ company of the ‘60’s.

My current favorites (Long Island Watches) designed by a company in Long Island, NY—using Japanese parts—manufactured in some undisclosed possibly SE Asian country—warehoused back in Long Island 🤷🏾

But if left unchecked I’d want one from virtually every single place they’re made, so long as they’re well made, and I like they way it looks.

Yeah, good point.  The new 40mm Marlins are close to $300.  Many argue and maybe they are right, you can get a much better watch once you start entering that price range.  The one good thing about them entering the mechanical arena, they are using movements that can be repaired or replaced, so in theory, you can hand down a Timex to someone and they can keep it going as long as they want to service it.  The old Timex watches were meant to be disposable.  Many of their quartz reissues are affordable, but not like their entry level models.  The Qs are around $179, but something like an Expedition can still be found at $34.  

I never heard of Laco and Waterman pens.  I have a big coffee table book on the history of Timex from the 1900s to the 80s and I don't recall seeing anything about that company.  Definitely have to check it out.  Thank God for Google!

Of my four luxury watches, three are Japanese, one is German, none are Swiss. I didn’t set out to buy Japanese, or avoid Swiss, but they were the watches that spoke to me at the time. I probably will eventually find a Swiss watch that compels me to buy, but I don’t find Swiss by itself compelling. I’m not sure I’m excited by japanese watches qua Japanese watches either. I just happen to have a fondness for Grand Seiko, and the Citizen Chronomaster excited me. Nomos spoke to me, so I bought one.