Who Owns Who in the Watch Industry?

Swatch Group, Richemont Group and LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE) are the heavy hitters in the watch business, but who owns the rest?

Twenytwoten.com have compiled a list of the major brands and their respective parent companies. As you find the owner of your favourite brand, take note of the ever-growing list of Independent companies.

The most exciting thing about the watch industry is that even though this list may represent the majority of the market share, it merely skims the surface of the watch brands within the industry. There are the companies arising and consistently challenging the norm with awe-inspiring results.

(Switzerland)	(Switzerland)	(France)
Balmain	A. Lange & Sohne	Bulgari
BlancPain	Baume Mercier	Chaumet
Breguet	Cartier	Dior
Calvin Klein	Dunhill	Fred
Certina	IWC Schaffhausen	Hublot
Flik Flak	Jaeger-LeCoultre	Louis Vuitton
Glashutte Original	MontBlanc	TAG Heuer
Hamilton	Officine Panerai,	Zenith
Harry Winston	Piaget
Jaquet Droz	Ralph Lauren **	Kering Group (France)
Leon Hatot	Roger Dubuis	Bottega Veneta
Longines	Vacheron Constantin	Boucheron
Mido	Van Cleef & Arpels	Girard-Perregaux
Omega		Gucci
Rado	Independent	JeanRichard
Swatch	Audemars Piguet	Qeelin
Tissot	Ball	Ulysse Nardin
Union Glashutte	Bell & Ross
	Bovet	Movado Group (U.S.A)
Rolex SA	Breitling	Coach*
Rolex	Chopard	Concord
Tudor	Chronoswiss	Ebel
	Fortis	ESQ by Movado
Festina Group (Spain)	Hermes	Hugo Boss*
Calyspo	Kobold	Juicy Couture*
Candino	Melbourne Watch Company	Lacoste*
Festina Group	Oris	Movado
Jaguar*	Patek Philippe	Scuderia Ferrari*
L.Leroy	Richard Mille SA	Tommy Hilfigure*
Lotus	Tutima
Perrelet	The British Masters	LuxuryConcepts Timepieces
	Arnold & Son	Armand Nicolet
Seiko Group (Japan)	Graham	Bedat
Alba
Credor	Fossil Group (U.S.A)	Citizen Group (Japan)
Grand Seiko	Adidas*	Alpina
Lorus	Armani Exchange*	Arnold & Son
Orient	Burberry*	Bulova
Pulsar	Diesel*	Bulova AccuSwiss
Seiko Group	DKNY*	Bulova Accutron II
	Emporio Armani Swiss Made*	Bulova Clocks
Timex Group (U.S.A)	Emporio Armani*	Campanola
GC*	Fossil	Caravelle New York
Guess*	Karl Lagerfeld*	Citizen
Nautica*	Marc Jacobs*	DeMonaco
Opex*	Michael Kors*	Frank Lloyd Wright*
Salvatore Ferragamo Timepieces*	Michele	Frédérique Constant
Timex	Relic	Harley Davidson*
Versace*	Skagen	Q&Q
Versus*	Tory Burch*	Wittnauer
	Zodiac
Franck Muller (Switzerland)		Citychamp Group (Hong Kong)
Backes & Strauss**	Binda Group (Italy)	Codex
Berthelay	Breil	Corum
European Watch Company	Chronotech*	Dreyfuss & Co.
Franck Muller	Freestyle	Ebohr
Martin Braun	Gametime*	Eterna
Pierre Michael Golay	Hip Hop	J&T Windmills
Pierre Kunz	Kenneth Cole Reaction*	Rossini
Roberto Cavalli*	Kenneth Cole*	Rotary
Rodolphe	Moschino*
Smalto Timepieces*	Sperry Top-Sider*
	Ted Baker London*
	Tommy Bahama*
	Zoo-York*
* Watches/Clocks are produced under a license agreement with the brand owner.
**The parent group and the brand are a joint venture

Update: August-2016 – Citizen Watch Co. aquires Frédérique Constant Holdings SA and it’s three watch brands (Frédérique Constant, Alpina and DeMonaco) for an undisclosed sum.