Best microbrand watches

The K.M & Cie. brand was created in 2023 by Kevin Macors in Belgium. Passionate about watchmaking and minerals, the founder decided to create his own brand of watches to transmit his vision and thus give pleasure through his work. Indeed, it offers quality watches equipped with Swiss movements with natural stone dials at consistent and accessible prices.

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 Direnzo brand was created in 2016 by Sergio Godoy Di Renzo in Geneva, Switzerland. An architect by profession, he founded the brand following a watch design course. The name of his brand is a tribute to his grandfather of Italian origin from the small town of Bomba, in the province of Chieti.

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.

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.

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.

Spinnaker is a British watch brand founded in 2013 by Giuseppe Ammaturo, under the aegis of the Dartmouth Brands group. Inspired by the nautical world, the brand takes its name from the "spinnaker", a sail used for racing and fast sailing, symbolizing freedom and adventure at sea.