In the realm of luxury watches, certain watch brands reign supreme in craftsmanship, style and price. These brands follow classic watchmaking tradition, possess a rich history, pioneering, innovative features and the user the highest quality materials. Keep reading to discover the world’s most expensive watch brands and learn what sets them above other luxury timepieces.
Below are 4 most expensive watches
Richard Mille Luxury Watches
Richard Mille had been in the watch-making industry since 1974. It was his drive to create revolutionary luxury watches that brought him to launch his own brand in 1999. Mille created his first timepiece in 2001 where he utilized techniques and materials used when crating airplanes and F1 racing cars. One of the brand’s first slogan were, ‘racing machine on the wrist’. Mille combined his love of the Swiss watch making tradition with technologically innovative materials.
Patek Philippe Luxury Watches
Patek Philippe was founded in 1839 by Antonie Nobert De Patek and remains the last independent, family owned Genevan watch manufacturer. Patek was captivated by Geneva’s rich watchmaking history and the brand continues to pursue traditional Genevan watch making to this day. In 1845, Patek brought French watchmaker Jean Adrien Philippe into his company after learning of Philippe’s invention of a mechanism for winding a watch’s movement without a separate key. The invention of a keyless movement was so visionary that today’s watch winding mechanisms still follow this design concept.
Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet was created in 1875 by Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet. They were inspired by the natural beauty of Vallee de Joux in Switzerland. The brand unified the traditional foundations of watchmaking with the evolving technical skills of the time to create a timepiece that is anexceptional work of art. From 1882 to 1892, over 80% of their watches had at least one complication, and in many instances, numerous. When the Royal Oak Offshore was first unveiled in 1993 it was considered uncommonly large for the time at 42mm. This luxury watches convey durability and fortitude, eventually attracting the attention of celebrities like Jay-Z, thereby shifting watch trends
F.P Journe Luxury Watches
This luxury watch was founded in 1999 by Francois-Paul Journe, his watches follow the 18th century watchmaking tradition of exploration and craftsmanship. Journe stated, that a watch must respect the fundamental values of high horology. Journe is dedicated to combining watchmaking as an art form and as an industry. His watches are designed to last for centuries while retaining their reliable performance. F. P Journe timepieces meet the standards of the most critical watch collectors: annual production is fewer than 900 timepieces and their innovative movements and are crafted with intricate detail. This luxury watch features a blue dial, tantalum case, monopusher split-seconds chronograph and 80 hour power reserve, even with the chronograph running.
