Oldest Watch brands that have been existing for so long in the world

If you are going back to 1826, the brand is the oldest in the world when it comes to watches, and yes, you can still pick up a Gallet today. Vacheron Constantin is the fifth oldest watch company in the world, but seeing as Vacheron Constantin was founded in 1755, that is not exactly young.

Since Vacheron Constantin has been continuously operating since that date, it claims the lofty title of being the oldest still-operating, historical watch brand.  Most of the oldest and most distinctive watch brands worldwide are Swiss-based, and Vacheron Constantin is no different.

Although founded two decades after the oldest registered watch brand in the world, Vacheron Constantin is the oldest watchmaker that has survived without its manufacturing ceasing. Vacheron Constantin has perfected and re-invented the art of high-end timekeeping, making them one of the world’s oldest watch brands. Today, the manufacturer belongs to what is known among watch experts and enthusiasts as the Holy Trinity (alongside Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet), a testament to the brand’s exceptional quality and exquisite workmanship.

Blancpain, founded in Villeret in 1735, is said to be the oldest registered watchmaking brand in the world. The Blancpain brand has the prestigious distinction of being the first registered watchmaking company in the world. The brand has had its share of financial highs and lows throughout the years, but it will never shed its title as the world’s first registered watchmaking company.

Jehan-Jacques Blancpain founded Swiss watchmaker Blancpain in 1735, making it the oldest one in the world. Jehan-Jacques Blancpain founded the Swiss watch manufacturer Blancpain in 1735, making it the oldest in the world. However, setting a founding year in 1735 is still sufficient to establish Blancpain as the oldest in the world, operating continuously — in one form or another — from Jehan-Jacques Blancpains formal record of being the watchmaker until today. Jehan-Jacques recognized the potential for a business based on the manufacture of watches, and thus, when still employed as a schoolmaster, began producing parts for pocket watches, and later completed movements.

However, the second oldest Swiss watchmaker, founded in 1737 by a watchmaker apprentice, can point back to an impressively long history. Switzerland’s second-oldest watch brand reached its peak in the early 60s, but struggled soon after, eventually falling victim to the quartz crisis. Vacheron Constantin, Geneva’s oldest watchmaker, also has the unique distinction of having produced the only timepiece to ever cost more money — Kallista (Greek for the Most Wonderful) — that is paved with more than 130 carats of Emerald-cut diamonds, each of them carrying their own GIA certification.

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