A Watch From as Many Countries as Possible
My son, on a trip with some friends, purchased a watch and that in turn sparked his interest with all things horological. I hadn't worn a watch in decades, but his budding enthusiasm with watches was infectious and soon found myself diving headlong into the world of wrist worn timepieces and am back to wearing a watch daily. I was window shopping on the web, looking up different brands and it occurred to me that it would be fun to build a collection of watches from as many countries as possible. Now the watches would not have to be completely (or at all) built in said country, but the brand would need to be a brand of that nation. So far I've got Japan, USA, China and Switzerland represented in my small herd of watches and look forward to adding more as this hobby (obsession?) continues. So what countries do you have a watch from and from which are you eyeballing the next purchase?
Japan - Namica, Seiko & Casio
China - Seizenn / Merkur
Next up is France - Baltic
Germany - Sinn, Damasko
England - Sherwood, CW
My current watch countries stand as follows:
Japan- Seiko, Casio
Swiss- Girard Perregaux, Swatch
England- Animal but it has a Seiko movement
I have others but they are not worth mentioning. They are a mishmash of parts and who knows where they are really from. I.e.: Invicta, Calvin Klein, Fossil, Oakley and Kisai. Maybe someone can help me classify them in their appropriate country?
My next stop is US of A with either Nodus, Lorier or Islander. One of each will be in my collection at some point.
Immona skip Canada for now. But maybe Helios or Marathon very far down the road.
The United States, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, France, Finland, China, and the former countries of Czechoslovakia and the U.S.S.R.
Germany (Glashutte Original Senator)
Switzerland (Vacheron Constantin 40s, Zenith 60s, Squale 1545, Swatch Irony)
UK (Scurfa Treasure Seeker, Christopher Ward C63 GMT, MrJones Beam me up)
China (Pagani Design 1701 and 1651)
USA (Gant 1945 chrono)
Good luck with collecting ‘the world’!
Japan: 🇯🇵 Casio, GShock, Citizen
Canada; 🇨🇦 Momentum, Frank Forta
Hong Kong, China:🇭🇰🇨🇳 Spinnaker, Pagani, couple of off market Homages
USA 🇺🇲: Bulova, Heritor, Torgoen
UK:🇬🇧: AVI-8
Germany🇩🇪: Zeppelin, Hanhart shortly
Swiss 🇨🇭: RADO, Tissot and coming soon Longines
Malaysia: 🇲🇾 Revelot, Aerotec, Ming (as a very, very late entry. You might even say a boss event of watch)
Indonesia- Lima
Mexico- f.ronzon (watch shots can be found on Instagram)
Current Collection:
Germany: Junghans, Montblanc
Switzerland: Tissot, Frederique Constant, Rado
Japan: Casio
Eyeballing:
Thailand: Wise
That's a great idea that I would love to try and follow.
Currently
USA: Bulova, Aragon
Japan: Casio G-Shock
I tried to define my Fossil, but apparently even goggle is confused
Who dafuq knows but I still like it 🤣
Japan: Casio, Seiko, Citizen
Switzerland: Certina
England: Smiths
Germany: Junghans
USA: Timex, Brew
Poland: Błonie
https://zegarkiblonie.com/en/store.html
Philippines designed and assembled watch from @Argoswatchesph
I also enjoy my Laco Ausburg Polar edition from Germany
Japan: Seiko, Casio, Bulova
Switzerland: Longines, Tissot
Canada: Marathon, Momentum
Five Swiss (Oris, Omega, Cartier and Rolex) and one Japanese watch (Casio). Sounds a lot fancier than it is lol
United States: Caravelle (Bulova)
Japan: Seiko, Casio, Citizen
Hoping to diversify in the future!
JAPAN - Seiko
U.S.A - Spinnaker, Bulova
ITALY - Dominatore Del Mare
SWITZERLAND - Longines, Tissot
NETHERLANDS - TW Steel
AUSTRALIA - Panzera
Looking into the Canadian brand called Whitby Watch Company... whitbywatchco.com.
The irony is i live in Whitby, Ontario. 😀
India: HMT, Titan, Jaipur Watch Company, ajwa.in
India: HMT, Titan, Jaipur Watch Company, ajwa.in
Was looking for this 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I've got Switzerland (Longines), Japan (Seiko), France (Herma), China (Seagull), and possibly USA (Bulova Accuquartz). Want Germany for sure.
Japan
Germany
Italy
Denmark
Russian
USA
France
UK
China
Swiss - rolex, omega, iwc, tudor, mad1, tag
Italy - bvlgari
France - bell&ross, baltic
Japan - seiko credor
Russia - raketa
Singapore - zelos
US - timex
Japan: Casio Outgear Fishing Gear watch WSC-1250H-2AVDF, Casio Edifice chronograph EFV-570D-1AVUDF, Seiko 5 SNKL81K1
Switzerland: Camy Club-Star, Camy Challenger, Edox Delfin, Nivada Grenchen Antarctic Spider, Lucerne Digital Jump Hour, Tissot PR 516 Quartz Pepsi, Eterna Matic 1000, Oris military watch
Hong-Kong/Germany: Rottery 17
Unknown: Lambda LCD Quartz vintage
I can't help but notice that the map has a picture of the pre-1994 South African flag. South Africa doesn't have any watch brands to my knowledge, but there was a series of Lemania chronographs issued to the SAAF in the 70s and 80s. These are as rare as chicken's teeth and can fetch quite some money. I would love to own one one day. They aren't exactly made in South Africa (they were still made in the same Lemania factory as their other watches) but were an exclusive for the SAAF.
To think that a while back they weren't selling for around 10k USD...
If only I was a little bit older back then.
Switzerland - Tudor, Omega
France - Yema
USA - Bulova
Japan - Pulsar, Casio
Sweden: E.C.A.
France: Lip
Japan: Seiko, Casio
Philippines designed and assembled watch from @Argoswatchesph
I also enjoy my Laco Ausburg Polar edition from Germany
I really like this
The Netherlands: Grönefeld, Van der Klaauw, Aevig, Batavi
Fossil (yes, I know) ... USA
Braun ... Germany
i love ugly ... NZ
VOID ... Sweden
A bit low-rent, but one new country for the list at least.
Singapore - Ratio, Richard Le Grand
China - Seizenn, Merkur, Spinnaker, Pagani Design, San Martin, Baltany
France - Baltic
Germany - Hanhart, Zeppelin
England - Accurist, Scurfa
Russia - Vostok
Swiss - Rado, Longines, Certina
US - Timex, Brew