Polish microbrand watches

I assume polish watches are not very popular worldwide but as a good citizen I feel obliged to introduce to you a few polish brands which might interest you, some of them are worthwile ๐Ÿ˜‰

  1. Balticus. Founded in 2015 at the seaside ("Balticus" name is from the Baltic Sea). Watches are designed in Poland and made in Hong Kong. Most recognizable models are: Stardust and Wave.
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2. Bล‚onie. Founded in 1953, bancrupt in 2003. They came back in 2014 with a new line of watches. Design is rather classic, and I think that's the whole idea - to relate to their heritage. Recently they've made also a limited, futuristic watch - a homage to Cyberpunk 2077 video game.

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3. Gerlach. Mostly inspired by navy, aviation and polish history. Founded in 2012. Their mission is to support polish engineering and R&D projects. Watches are based on popular Seiko and Seagull movements.

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4. Vratislavia Conceptum. One of the most recognizable polish watches brand since 2012. Some of their watches are hard to get and that bids up their price on the second-hand market. Designed in Poland and using Miyota movements (quartz and automatic).

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5. Xicorr. Mostly associated with automobile design, thanks to homages to classic polish cars (Syrena, FSO) but you can find a few divers in their offer. They have also started their company in 2012.ย 

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Of course, there'a a few more companies (Polpora, Copernicus, Leon Prokop), which should be mentioned in this thread, but that's a story for later ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Oof, it took me some time to write this post, so I'd be very happy to read your thoughts on that ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Blonie put out some beautiful ceramic dials a while back. Every once and a while someone reminds us that Polish brands exist. I wish that we saw more of them.

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Loving that dial on the first one.ย 

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jonathanRstafford

Loving that dial on the first one.ย 

Stardust? Zelos Aventurine has a similar one.

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Thank you for the info-I was just now years old when I learned about Polish watches. There's some pretty stuff there!ย 

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thx for the info. i like most of them

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Thanks for the post, I would have never known otherwise.

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Cool to know thanks for the post.

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Thank you for posting that. Loving the Xicorr FSO M20ย 

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thanks for sharing. Some pretty good looking watches in there!

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Thanks for the great write up. Iโ€™ve looked for a few Polish representative brands over the past couple years. Really nice to see someone put the names out on a platform like this.

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Great info - I dig the gerlach!

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Thank you for this post. I have not heard of most of these brands so now to do some digging!

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Love um, cool case back

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IIRC a digital watch from Gerlach went to space on a Soyuz mission.

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Wow, there are some really nice looking watches there, and I had never heard of any of these brands before. The Balticus Stardust is particularly interesting - seems to be a combination of multiple different watches into a watch that really appeals to me. ย Thanks for posting.

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Really nice watches but unfortunately too large for me, preferring 36 mm.

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Man that Vratislavia Conceptum chronograph is absolutely gorgeous. Wow.

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Thanks for sharing these!ย 

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My wife was born in Poland (Gdansk). Getting her a Polish watch for Valentine's Day would be an awesome surprise! Where can I find these brands for sale? I looked on Amazon, no luck. Do you have the actual URLs for the company websites?

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The Cyberpunk is sweet!

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Richards

Man that Vratislavia Conceptum chronograph is absolutely gorgeous. Wow.

It's a homage to Tudor Heritage Chrono

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TwiceTollingClock

My wife was born in Poland (Gdansk). Getting her a Polish watch for Valentine's Day would be an awesome surprise! Where can I find these brands for sale? I looked on Amazon, no luck. Do you have the actual URLs for the company websites?

Sure:

Balticus: https://zegarownia.pl/; https://wkruk.pl/; https://www.zegarki.pl/pl/zegarki-balticus

Bล‚onie: https://zegarkiblonie.com/sklep/; https://zegarownia.pl/zegarki-blonie

Gerlach: https://www.gerlach.org.pl/en/g-gerlach/

VC: https://timeandpassion.pl/en/; http://www.zegarki.pl

Xicorr: https://shop.xicorr.com/

Some of these sites don't have an english version so you might want to try to contact them via email in english, I'm sure someone will respond :)

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They seem to like their crowns loud and proud in Poland.

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ghaigh

Thank you for posting that. Loving the Xicorr FSO M20ย 

Check out their Fan club Limited Eddition watch :) only 69 pieces produced

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