The advantages of Italian watches

The most famous watch brands such as Breitling, Rolex, IWC and Tag Heuer come from Switzerland. This country is still the watch country par excellence. This has always been the case and will not change quickly in the future. The Swiss have built an excellent reputation in terms of quality, design and appearance. As a result, Swiss watches are still extremely popular and everyone knows the most famous Swiss watch brands. They are often luxury brands that are associated with class and luxury.

Yet there are many watch brands from other countries that are not inferior to the well-known Swiss watch brands. They also produce beautiful watches in France, Germany, Japan and Italy that can certainly compete with Swiss watch brands in terms of quality. In this blog we will discuss Italian watches. Italy has a few beautiful brands, some of which we offer in our webshop. What are the advantages of Italian watches?

Design

The first advantage of Italian watches, and perhaps the most important one, is the design. There is actually no country in the world whose people have such an incredibly good sense of design. Not only when it comes to watches, the Italians have an eye for detail and design. Italy is a household name, especially when it comes to fashion and cars. You can think of brands such as D&G, Armani, Ferrari and Lamborghini. Everyone knows these brands.

In the field of watches, Italy is becoming more and more successful. Brands such as Sector, Meccaniche Veneziane and Locman are appealing watch brands. The Sector watch brand is in the somewhat lower price segment, but produces fine watches with a sporty character. Locman and Meccaniche Veneziane are in the middle segment in terms of price.

Locman is a brand that focuses on a completely contemporary design with many different use of color. Meccaniche Veneziane is a newcomer and very popular for their cool and sporty watches. Especially the Nereide watches with their Rolex look sell very well. The Strumento Marino brand also comes from Italy. This brand offers a good mix of Italian design and affordable prices. But don't forget the watch winders from Scatola del Tempo in addition to Italian watches. Watch winders with a very nice appearance and typical Italian design. Ideal for winding an automatic watch.

Design is hugely important to Italian watch brands. This allows them to distinguish themselves from other brands. This also affects the use of materials. The Italian watch brands choose the best materials, not only for the watches themselves, but also for the manual and packaging.

Quality

The second advantage of Italian watches is the good quality. Where Swiss watch brands have the reputation of delivering good quality, Italian watches certainly have this too. Often because these Italian watch brands also use Swiss timepieces, both automatic and quartz. This guarantees quality. Cheaper brands such as Sector also use Japanese timepieces, such as Miyota. Meccaniche Veneziane watches are available with Swiss movement and with Japanese movement. This depends on the exact series. The latest series are all equipped with an automatic Japanese timepiece because they are slightly cheaper, but qualitatively hardly inferior to a Swiss timepiece.

In short, quality is also an important aspect with Italian watches. Quality that is guaranteed by using Swiss or Japanese timepieces.

Most Italian watches are fitted with a stainless steel watch case, sapphire glass and a beautiful watch strap. These are actually the most important parts of a watch, besides the movement. All brands also give a minimum of 2 years warranty on their watches.

Pricing

The last important advantage of Italian watches is the price. Swiss brands have the name and you pay a price for that. Swiss watches are generally more expensive than watches from other countries. Of course you get a watch of excellent quality for this, but you also pay part for the name and history.

Italian watches often have a very good price/quality ratio and are certainly more attractively priced than Swiss watches. This is a big advantage. Meccaniche Veneziane watches are a good example. These watches actually offer everything that the major well-known watch brands offer, however Meccaniche Veneziane uses a much more attractive price level. This makes such a watch much more accessible than a Rolex, Breitling or Oris watch. Of course, these brands have proven to make fantastic watches for years, while Meccaniche Veneziane has only been around for a few years. Nevertheless, this does not mean that you can have a lot of fun with a Meccaniche Veneziane watch for a modest price.

If you are looking for a watch with a beautiful design, made of good materials and for an attractive price, then you should definitely check out a few Italian watch brands. We are personally very fond of Meccaniche Veneziane. Simply because they make beautiful watches that are of very good quality. In addition, they offer sapphire glass, a rotating bezel, a water resistance of 200 meters, screw-down crown and a comfortable watch strap. The brand's sporty designs appeal to a large audience, and certainly us!

Take a look at the Italian watch brands Locman, Meccaniche Veneziane, Sector and Strumento Marino. With all these brands we have various models with an attractive discount of up to 40%.