Analogies among car brands and watch brands

The following table evidences the analogies among car brands and watch brands, according to their technical and aestetical traditions. It may help a not expert to rapidly identify the positioning of a watch brand, more effectively than through thousands of words.

The listed analogies are the ones that best fit, according to my personal view. Nevertheless, since the approach oversimplifies a complex reality, consider that:

  • because of the one-to-one approach, the table does not highlight all of the analogies among brands;
  • since the brand level is referred to the car brands, some watch brands are listed in a not appropriate level;
  • the proposed analogies probably reflect a typical european perception.
HIGHER BRANDS
CAR BRANDS
WATCH BRANDS
FEATURES
ROLLS-ROYCE
PATEK-PHILIPPE (1839)
exclusivity, exquisite handicraft
BENTLEY
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN (1755)
technique and elegance
FERRARI
BREGUET (1775)
technique, performance, tradition
BUGATTI
GERALD GENTA (1972)
preciousness, exclusivity, exaggeration
ASTON MARTIN
ULYSSE NARDIN (1846)
complication, elegance
LAMBORGHINI
AUDEMARS PIGUET (1875)
technology, refinement
JAGUAR
CARTIER (1847)
elegance, refinement
PORSCHE
IWC (1868)
impeccability, technology
MASERATI
JAEGER LE COULTRE (1833)
elegance, refinement

 
MIDDLE BRANDS
CAR BRANDS
WATCH BRANDS
FEATURES
ALFA ROMEO
EBERHARD & CO (1887)
sportingness
AUDI
BLANCPAIN (1735)
impeccability, elegance
BMW
GIRARD-PERREGAUX (1852)
sportingness, elegance
LANCIA
UNIVERSAL GENEVE (1894)
tradition
MERCEDES
ROLEX (1905)
robustness, reliability
MG
BREITLING (1884)
sportingness
ROVER
PIAGET (1874)
elegance, preciousness
SAAB
TAG HEUER (1860)
sportingness, technology
VOLVO
EBEL (1911)
reliability, elegance

 
LOWER BRANDS
CAR BRANDS
WATCH BRANDS
FEATURES
CITROEN
MOVADO (1881)
originality, elegance
FIAT
ZENITH (1865)
reliability, affordability
FORD
LONGINES (1867)
reliability, elegance
OPEL
OMEGA (1848)
reliability, sportingness
PEUGEOT
BAUME & MERCIER (1830)
elegance
RENAULT
PAUL PICOT (1932)
elegance
SEAT
WYLER VETTA (1896)
reliability, essentiality
VOLKSWAGEN
ETERNA (1856)
reliability, essentiality