So...what is the watch company pecking order?

[ulackfocus]

And I haven't seen Zenith pop up yet. Where would you place them?

Zenith is another 1.5'er, right there with GO, JLC, and UN. Just because I know it will come up sooner or later I'd also put Blancpain in the 1.5 category.

[Donut]

And I haven't seen Zenith pop up yet. Where would you place them?

Hmmmmmm........

[Donut]

Just because I know it will come up sooner or later I'd also put Blancpain in the 1.5 category.

I'll take care of illustrations....

[lawrolex]

Invicta gets a tier?

[ulackfocus]

Invicta gets a tier?

Absolutely! They get their very own. After all, if you were a brand name would you want to be in the same tier as them?


Oh boy, I better go get my body armor now.

[lawrolex]

Only reason I say anything is this; I own a seiko, citizen and invicta. My citizen is a Blue Angels edition Skyhawk. I treasure that watch above ANYTHING Invicta makes...my 2 cents...

[lawrolex]

"Oh boy, I better go get my body armor now." LOL...HAHAHAHAHA...I left my baton in my car...I am a corrections officer... that was funny...LOL...seriously...LOL

[lawrolex]

donut, that is a GORGEOUS blancpain.

[Thwizzit]

Based on comments, this is what the revised list looks like (plus an extra tier) Though, I haven't heard Doxa, Movado, Ebel, Accutron, Raymond Weil, Rado or Mont Blanc.

Tier 1
Patek Philippe
Vacheron Constantine
Audemars Piquet
A Lange and Sohne
Breguet

Tier 1.5
Ulysse Nardin
Jaeger LeCoultre
Glashutte
Zenith
Blancpain

Tier 2
Chronoswiss
Panerai
Rolex
Franck Muller
Bulgari
IWC

Tier 3
Breitling
Omega
Carl F Bucherer
Cartier
Sinn

Tier 4
Longines
Oris
Hamilton
Tissot
Ball
Bell & Ross
Fortis
Tag Heuer
Baume & Mercier
Swiss Army
Stowa
Damasko
Bathys

Tier 5
Seiko
Citizen
Invicta
Jaques Lemans
Croton
Orient

Tier 6
Timex
Fossil
ESQ
Swatch
Guess
Gucci
Casio

[WatchFan1]

Good call. I absolutely agree with the A. Lange & Sohne in tier one. The IWC...I'm afraid you're right on that one, too. I'm a bit biased toward IWC, but upon reflection they have more in common with the tier 2 companies. The Pellaton winding system and the Genta DNA are great, but not quite enough to justify tier 1.

with the suggested edits I must say that it is actually a very good list
between what shimside & Thwizzit put together !!

IMO there could be also a "Tier zero" with some AHCI privateers that make very small limited productions
such as F.P.Journe, Philippe Dufour, Antoine Preziuso, Vincent Calabrese, Kari Voutilainen, Vianney Halter, etc.

'any' of these watchmakers make watches that are better finished and overall better executed
than any of those mentioned in Tier 1.
However these are not mass-produced watches .....If we are talking about those, the above list is very good.