Guide to American Watch Companies

It is a fact that most of the famous watch making companies are from Switzerland. But, America is a homeland to some great watch companies also. American watch companies are known for producing high quality watches with very unique designs. Most American watch companies manufacture their watches with either quartz (battery powered) watch movements or automatic (self-winding) watch movements. Some American watch companies are manufacturing luxury watches that have the same status as high-end Swiss watch companies like Omega, Breitling, IWC, Girard Perregaux or Piaget. American watch companies like Tiffany & Co, RGM and Ball Watch Co have extreme popularity amongst watch collectors and watch enthusiasts. Especially RGM watches, that are extremely scarce and very collectible due to the very small production rate.

Lets start with the most prestigious and luxury American watch companies. They are Ball Watch Co, Kobold, RGM, Jacob & Co, David Yurman and Tiffany & Co. Some of the watches that are manufactured by those watch companies are hand made and are individually numbered. The production rate is very low and the exclusivity makes their watches cost more than their competition in America and even Switzerland. Watches from Ball Watch Co, Kobold, RGM, Jacob & Co, David Yurman and Tiffany & Co are very expensive with prices starting over one thousand dollars for stainless steel watches with basic watch movements and can go up to over ten thousand dollars for gold and platinum watches that have watch movements with various complications like chronograph, power reserve indicator, moon phase calendar and tourbillon. Ball Watch Co, Kobold, RGM, Jacob & Co, David Yurman and Tiffany & Co all manufacture watches with unique designs. RGM watch company is manufacturing watches that are famous for their great complications like power reserve indicator, moon phase calendar and tourbillon. And Ball Watch Co and Kobold manufacture great diver and aviation watches as well as other unique watches. While, Jacob & Co, David Yurman and Tiffany & Co manufacture watches that are more like jewelry pieces due to the fact that Jacob & Co, David Yurman and Tiffany & Co are also manufacturing jewelry. Overall, Ball Watch Co, Kobold, RGM, Jacob & Co, David Yurman and Tiffany & Co are great watch companies that offer great quality watches with very unique designs but at high prices.

Accutron, Fossil, Timex, Jorg Gray and Bulova manufacture very high quality watches at reasonable prices. Just like other American watch companies mentioned above, Accutron, Jorg Gray Fossil, Timex and Bulova, manufacture most of their watches with either quartz (battery powered), manual (hand-wound) or automatic (self-winding) watch movements. Most of their watches are usually made of stainless steel and more rarely of gold. Accutron, Jorg Gray and Bulova are famous for manufacturing affordable and very high quality aviation and dive watches. They also manufacture other great sport and casual watches. Fossil and Timex are manufacturing very affordable watches with great designs and quality. Fossil and Timex are the most affordable American watches that are on the market right now. The prices on Fossil and Timex watches start at about one hundred dollars for stainless steel watches with quartz (battery powered) watch movements. While the prices on Accutron, Jorg Gray and Bulova watches start at about five hundred dollars for stainless steel watches with automatic (self-winding) watch movements. Accutron, Fossil, Timex, Jorg Gray and Bulova all manufacture watches that are affordable to most people and can be great watches for everyday use.

American watch making industry is a very unique. Watch companies from America other have added a lot of unique watch designs and great watch movements to the watch making industry. American watch companies manufacture great quality watches at very reasonable prices. Mentioned above watch companies might be less known than Swiss watch brands but they all manufacture watches that are as collectible and as high quality as Swiss ones. American watch companies like Accutron, Bulova, Ball Watch Co, Kobold, RGM, David Yurman and Tiffany & Co are definitely great alternatives to more famous Swiss watch companies like Rado, Oris, Raymond Weil, Omega or Longines.