Top 10 most popular French watch brands

The brand Atelier Caradant comes from a Kickstarter campaign. It was created in 2022 by Julien Caradant in Vernon, France. After spending more than 10 years as a railway project engineer and completing a CAP in Watchmaking in one year, he created his own brand. Atelier Caradant offers an original watchmaking concept by selling watches with dials and oscillating masses made of paper, which makes each watch unique.

The brand MU:N comes from a collaborative program launched on Kickstarter in 2022 by Thibault Jungbluth and Victor Schouder. MU:N has the concept of offering a new way to participate, influence and follow the entire process of watchmaking creation by co-creating with its community a collection of Moon phase watches. More than 5,500 people participated in the co-creation of the brand's first models.

The brand Serica was created in 2019 by Jérôme Burget and 3 friends in Paris, France. The name Serica comes from a lost region at the end of the Far East that the Greeks and Romans named it like this. This place echoes the genesis of the brand, which aims to design quality mechanical watches in a neo-retro style, ready to follow you to the ends of the world.

The brand BND was created in 2021 by Vincent Bonnaud. Tool watches evocative of the past, for collectors looking for authenticity, at affordable prices. This is how we could summarize the brand BND. The founder of the brand has managed to capture the essence of vintage watchmaking and watches, to offer unique, refined watches that catch the eye. His passion for watchmaking is felt in every detail of his watches.

Created in 2017 by designer Nicolas Ducoudert, Beaubleu brings a new dimension to watchmaking by creating watches that are aesthetic, astonishing and deeply symbolic. The round hands, signature of the House, reflect singularity and sophisticated simplicity. Each model features a deliciously contemporary design, where every detail, every surface, interacts with light.

The brand in Akrone was created in 2015 in a Kickstarter campaign by Jean-François Kerboul and Erwan Kerneur in Nantes, France. Akrone comes from "Achrone" which means outside of time, timeless. As the name of the two founders begins with a K, they replaced the CH with the K. This brand aims to collaborate with its customers to create French, high-end, technical and aesthetic watches.

The brand Cartier, recognized worldwide as a symbol of prestige and luxury, has a rich history spanning more than a century and a half. Founded in Paris in 1847 by Louis-François Cartier, it has since been associated with royalty and the worldly elite. During the post-war period in the 1950s, Cartier began to consolidate its position as a leader in the field of fine watchmaking. Innovative designs and exceptional craftsmanship have led to global brand recognition.

Charlie Paris is a French watch brand born from the passion of two childhood friends, Ambroise Parlos and Adrien Sanglé-Ferrière. Launched in 2014, the company's mission is to create elegant, durable and accessible watches, while supporting French watchmaking know-how. Since its beginnings, Charlie Paris has always made it a point of honor to design timeless and elegant watches, while respecting an eco-responsible approach.

The brand March LA.B was created in 2011 following the meeting of Alain Marhic, based in Biarritz, and Jérôme Mage, based in Los Angeles. The brand was born thanks to Joseph Chatel, a long-time friend and Business Angel of the project. We find in this brand an omnipresent green signature on small details such as the stitching as well as the return of the bracelets; on automatic models, the transparent case back; on the date window, the number 3.

Yema was created in 1948 by Henry Louis Belmont in Besançon in France. It became famous for its sporty and robust watches made in France and in particular the Yema Superman which in 1963 became the first French watch waterproof to 300 meters. After difficult years during the quartz crisis, Yema has regained momentum by promoting its historical heritage and offering in-house movements like its micro-rotor caliber launched in 2022.

The brand Bell & Ross was created in 1992 by two watchmaking enthusiast friends, Bruno Belamich and Carlos Rosillo, in Paris, France. They founded the brand with a clear motto: the essential never leaves room for the superfluous. Bell & Ross offers high quality tool watches intended for extreme professionals, inspired by aeronautical instruments and military life.

The brand Baltic was created in 2017 during a Kickstarter campaign by Etienne Malec and his associates in Paris, France. Inspired by the aesthetics of watches from the 1940s, this brand pays homage to Étienne's father, a great fan of watches, photography and vintage automobiles. The name of the brand Baltic is also a tribute to the Polish origins of his family.

The brand Herbelin was created in 1947 by Michel Herbelin in Charquemont, in the French Jura. First known under the name "Impec", a means of highlighting the high quality of its watches, it became an eponymous brand in 1965 as “Michel Herbelin”. With the ambition of restoring the nobility of French watchmaking, the brand is today recognized for the quality and resolutely contemporary style of its watches made in France.

The French watch brand LIP is an emblematic figure of the watch industry, recognized for his innovation, his avant-garde design and his history rich in twists and turns. Founded in 1867 in Besançon, LIP has gone through periods of glory, economic challenges and social struggles, while leaving an indelible mark in the history of French watchmaking.