subject: Famous Watch Brands [print this page] With thousands of watch brands making excellent timepieces only a hand-full have reach the level of these famous watch brands. The most recognized brand in the world would have to be Swiss made Zodiac followed by other such top watch brands as Taghuer, Omega, Citizen, Fossil and Seiko. Each brand is unique in it's offering but each serves as benchmark for all watchmakers to strive for in name recognition, the ability to shift trends in the watch industry and customer loyalty.
Once a person is known by people all over the world, it is necessary for him or her to pay attention to all the behaviors and every detail in life. The superstars are focused by people all the time. What they say is important. What they wear is important. Where they go is important. People want to know almost everything about them! And they care about their images much. At this time, those famous accessories are necessary for them. Only these items can be matched with them well. And there are always something bad for them be reported if they just wear something ordinary.
Citizen are very well known brand within the watch industry with a good reputation for quality watches and designs. They produce high quality time pieces, with a simple yet sophisticated style and also offer good prices to maintain a competitive edge with the market. They also recently expanded buying the Japan based company called Bulova meaning that their productivity and size has increased significantly.
Timex has a reputation for making watches that take a licking and keep on ticking, or so says their clever ad campaign from many years ago. The brand has stood the test of time however and today offer consumers many choices in time keeping accessories. You can get a watch that tells you the time in standard or military time keeps track of your workout and watches that are even great for telling time under water!
You can also be sure to find sapphire crystals on Movado watches. This brand was started back in 1881 by Achilles Ditesheim, and has since become a classic brand with over 125 years of experience in watchmaking. Movado watches will rarely cost less than $100, but any brand producing watches costing over $1000 apiece should be something to look at. This company has consistently been making high-end watches that have very rarely flopped.
The material make up of these kind of watches are precious metals and stones, first class plastics and high grade steels and glasses to mention a few. Platinum and titanium makes them not just durable but expensive too. Platinum is a heavy metal and highly scratch resistant and titanium on the other hand is a light weight metal but its harder than any kind of metal.
There are a number of international and Hollywood super stars who wholeheartedly endorse and use this watch. Among those who are well known for their Omega watches are Cindy Crawford, Michael Schumacher, Nicole Kidman and so on. This year, Abhishek Bachchan, the famous son of the Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan, became the new Omega watch Ambassador.
However, owing to the sky-high prices of designer watches, most average buyers have to step back in front of them and just look at the celebrities or the rich flaunting their own brand timepieces with green eyes. But wise people try to do something about this. Actually here are something more suitable for these people -- the Replica brand watches, which get exactly the same appearances as the original counterparts but just cost a fraction of the original prices.
