Iconic, Classic, or Cult Watch?

That would need a definition, but if I remember well, we had an excellent thread on this topic ( Andrew D initiated it, if I'm correct ).

An Iconic watch is a watch which perfectly represents the brand, os, to me, it is related to the brand.

In this case, I'd say:

AP Royal Oak jumbo, much over the Off Shore.

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms.

JLC Memovox ( Polaris or not ) or Reverso.

UN Freak ( or Sonata )

Rolex Submariner ( or GMT ).

It absolutely unfair to limit to 5...

There are so many brands which had iconic watches, like Panerai with the Luminor, PP with the World Time or the Calatrava, VC with the Chronometre Royal, Breguet with the 3337, GO with the Senator Navigator, Lange with the Anniverary or the Dato, and so on...

Best,

Nicolas

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- - - Icon watches - how many exist for you? - - -

By: janJ : October 31st, 2009-13:28

Well for me their exist some icon watches that will forever be connected to some person or event. Lets start out of this world. The Omega Speedmaster - aka the "Moon Watch" will forever be "The Moon Watch". What will the watch be when we sometime in the f...

my choice ...

By: robhall : October 31st, 2009-15:07

1. rolex date-just steel - as this was my first top watch and it is still the essencial watch within the rolex range in my eyes - you cannot beat it over the long run ... 2. patek calatrava clous-de-paris - the most elegant watch design ever - unmatched g...

My 5 choices are not necessarily my most iconic, but first five that come to mine

By: AV : October 31st, 2009-20:42

GP 3 bridges tourbillon UN Freak Rolex day-date JLC duometre (an icon in the making) Lange 1

Here are 5 off the top of my head

By: AnthonyTsai : October 31st, 2009-21:06

Rolex Submariner Panerai Luminor AP Offshore Cartier Santos JLC Reverso This question also raises another question, "Which recent watches of today will reach iconic status in the future?" Cheers, Anthony

I'll play...

By: nycWIS : October 31st, 2009-23:01

Rolex Submariner Omega Speedmaster AP Royal Oak Lange 1 Swatch Quartz Just my $0.02 Mitch

Iconic, Classic, or Cult Watch?

By: amanico : October 31st, 2009-23:58

good heading

By: chronomtr : November 1st, 2009-02:14

AP: Royal Oak Bretling: Chronmat Cartier: Tank Basculante Eterna: KonTiki IWC: Aquatimer / Portuguese Minerva: 140th Longines: Lingbergh Jaeger Le Coultre: Futurematic Zenith: chronomaster

My 5 iconic watches and my 5 watch changing icons

By: John888 : November 1st, 2009-05:46

5 Iconic Watches: 1.) PP Calatrava 2.) Rolex Datejust 3.) Lange 1 4.) AP Royal Oak Offshore 5.) Vacheron Constantin Malte Skeleton 5 Watch-Changing (revolutionary) Iconic Watches: 1.) UN Freak 2.) F.P. Journe Resonance 3.) Hublot (first fine timepiece to ...

Iconic...

By: aaronm : November 1st, 2009-09:51

I'm going to reach back to the original icons of the WW world, the ones that, in my mind, set the stage for all of this fun: 1. Rolex Oyster -- Do I need to explain 2. Gruen Curvex/Movado Polyplan -- you can't have a Freak or a Concord C1 or any of the ma...

iconic watches, an interesting question

By: G99 : November 1st, 2009-13:37

there are a lot of similarities here as i think we all understand the meaning of Iconic. it is really a watch that is instantly recognisable to anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of watches, recognisable as being of historic significance. here are a coup...

The trench watch?

By: gweilgi : November 1st, 2009-15:57

The trench watch is not a specific model but rather a type of timekeeper. The use of trench watches during the First Global Unpleasantness really moved the wrist-watch from the realm of ladies' fashion and laid the foundation of the wristwatch as the univ...