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Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:15 pm
by Panerai7
Saw someone posted this elsewhere. Not news for most of you but still pretty neat.
It's missing a few brands such as Sinn, Oris, and others. But it's a pretty good picture of who owns who. I personally didn't know Fossil owns so many "mall" watches.

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Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:23 pm
by CGSshorty
Panerai7 wrote:Saw someone posted this elsewhere. Not news for most of you but still pretty neat.
It's missing a few brands such as Sinn, Oris, and others. But it's a pretty good picture of who owns who. I personally didn't know Fossil owns so many "mall" watches.

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It is missing Sinn and Oris because they are independent companies. Not many of those left in the watch industry.

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:23 pm
by Steve O.
Cool. Odd that it doesn't show the Movado Group as well. Not sure what they're up to these days, but not that long ago, Movado produced some pretty nice mechanical watches along with Concord and Ebel. And of course there's the fashion crap - Hilfiger, Coach, Hugo Boss,etc...

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:23 pm
by CGSshorty
Panerai7 wrote:Saw someone posted this elsewhere. Not news for most of you but still pretty neat.
It's missing a few brands such as Sinn, Oris, and others. But it's a pretty good picture of who owns who. I personally didn't know Fossil owns so many "mall" watches.

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It is missing Sinn and Oris because they are independent companies. Not many of those left in the watch industry.

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:27 pm
by Panerai7
CGSshorty wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:23 pm
Panerai7 wrote:Saw someone posted this elsewhere. Not news for most of you but still pretty neat.
It's missing a few brands such as Sinn, Oris, and others. But it's a pretty good picture of who owns who. I personally didn't know Fossil owns so many "mall" watches.

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It is missing Sinn and Oris because they are independent companies. Not many of those left in the watch industry.
Right, they tried to list a few independents like AP and PP at the bottom but missed a bunch like Sinn and Oris

Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:39 pm
by Rob.B
Interesting Richemont snapped up Watchfinder recently. The UK,s biggest second hand watch dealer. I suppose with a turnover of 68 million it’s a worthy acquisition...


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Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:47 pm
by dinexus
Oh shit, didn't know Angelus was part of Citizen.

PS: this diagram makes my head hurt

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:00 pm
by matt.wu
dinexus wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:47 pm
Oh shit, didn't know Angelus was part of Citizen.

PS: this diagram makes my head hurt
Or Arnold & Son :shock:

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:31 pm
by Chocodove
I had no idea that Citizen owned Alpina. Then again, I never really thought about it.

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:22 pm
by dnslater
It is wrong about Tudor being owned by Rolex. I believe they are both sister companies owned by the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation.
matt.wu wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:00 pm
dinexus wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:47 pm
Oh shit, didn't know Angelus was part of Citizen.

PS: this diagram makes my head hurt
Or Arnold & Son :shock:
Yeah. That threw me too.

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:24 pm
by sierra11b
For some reason I thought Citizen and Seiko were recently connected (not sure who owned who as they're both giants) but then remembered it was the recent Bulova acquisition I was mixing up.

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:27 pm
by toxicavenger
sierra11b wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:24 pm
For some reason I thought Citizen and Seiko were recently connected (not sure who owned who as they're both giants) but then remembered it was the recent Bulova acquisition I was mixing up.
It has been said the parent of Seiko and Citizen is connected some how.

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:12 pm
by ChuckW
toxicavenger wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:27 pm
sierra11b wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:24 pm
For some reason I thought Citizen and Seiko were recently connected (not sure who owned who as they're both giants) but then remembered it was the recent Bulova acquisition I was mixing up.
It has been said the parent of Seiko and Citizen is connected some how.
I have never heard of a Seiko/Citizen connection. Seiko Epson does own Orient.

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 7:30 pm
by Steelman
And this is the reason the majority of my non micros are Seiko and Rolex >> They are their own company. Completely self-reliant.

They don't need no stinking ETA movements. Rolex even makes its' own gold.

I also have a soft spot for Muhle Glashutte. Independent, family run company that still uses Fricker cases.

Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:43 pm
by HapaHapa
I thought Movado was a Bulova series but nope it looks like Movado is its own company.


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Re: Who Owns Who -

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:14 pm
by toxicavenger
ChuckW wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:12 pm
toxicavenger wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:27 pm
sierra11b wrote:
Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:24 pm
For some reason I thought Citizen and Seiko were recently connected (not sure who owned who as they're both giants) but then remembered it was the recent Bulova acquisition I was mixing up.
It has been said the parent of Seiko and Citizen is connected some how.
I have never heard of a Seiko/Citizen connection. Seiko Epson does own Orient.
Chuck, you are right, my bad I had it mixed up.