Watches
12 brands in the Ledger.
Wristwatches. Many old American and English names now sit on watches made in Switzerland or Asia.
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Watches · Wristwatches
Shinola
Status: AvoidDetroit-branded watch and leather-goods company launched in 2011 under the name of a shoe polish made in Rochester, New York, from 1907 until that company went out of business in 1960. Sold on the promise of bringing watchmaking jobs back to Detroit.
Bedrock Manufacturing
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Ball Watch
Status: WatchlistSwiss watch brand built on Webb C. Ball's American railroad-timekeeping standard. Sells rugged watches with self-powered tritium lighting.
BALL Watch Company SA (private investors)
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Waltham
Status: WatchlistSwiss watch brand selling the name of the Waltham Watch Company of Massachusetts. Prices in Swiss francs; Swiss movements.
Waltham Watch Company SA
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Daniel Wellington
Status: WatchlistMinimalist, low-priced fashion watches made famous by influencer marketing in the 2010s. People buy them as an affordable gift that looks classic.
Timex Group
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Invicta
Status: WatchlistLarge, inexpensive dive and fashion watches sold through mass retail, TV shopping and online. Buyers get Swiss-heritage branding and luxury-style looks at low prices.
Invicta Watch Group
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Thomas Earnshaw
Status: WatchlistFashion watches with exhibition backs, moon phases and nautical names, sold online and through department stores. The name borrows the prestige of a celebrated English marine chronometer maker.
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Hamilton
Status: WatchlistWatch brand founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, now a Swatch Group brand based in Biel, Switzerland. Known for field and aviation watches.
The Swatch Group
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Elgin
Status: WatchlistLow-priced fashion watches sold under the name of the Elgin National Watch Company of Illinois.
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Timex
Status: WatchlistMass-market watch brand descended from the Waterbury Clock Company of Connecticut. Sells inexpensive quartz and mechanical watches.
Timex Group (majority owned by Baupost Group)
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Bulova
Status: WatchlistMid-priced dress and chronograph watches sold on a New York heritage, including Accutron history and a "Proud New Yorkers" series.
Citizen Watch Co.
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Ingersoll
Status: WatchlistAffordable automatic and skeleton-dial watches sold through department stores and online. The dollar-watch story and the 1892 date come at a low price.
Zeon Ltd
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Benrus
Status: WatchlistRe-editions of Vietnam-era and 1970s US military watches at mid-range prices. Buyers pay for the military-issue story and the Steve McQueen association.