Heritage
Founded in France in 1837. Historic Icon: >100 years, continuous legacy, major horological impact
Hermès approaches watchmaking from a design and craftsmanship perspective, emphasizing elegance, originality, and artistic expression. Its watches blend luxury fashion with increasing horological credibility through in-house movements.
Hermès is owned by Hermès
Pricing & value
Retail Price range for most watches = € 3000 to 30000
Value for money when purchased at Retail Price: Neutral: market aligned
Value retention: Moderate: typical depreciation
On Chrono24: 295 listings in May'26 of pre-owned automatic or manual winding wristwatches from EUR 800
Design philosophy
Design-Led: aesthetics-first, fashion influence
Predominant watch style: Dress
Other available watch style(s): Casual
Rating (1 to 10)
6 Brand reputation - Mixed / Fashion-Leaning or Revival
6 Quality of materials, finishing, dial
6 Quality of watch movement (reliability, accuracy, complications, finishing)
3 Icon / trendsetting / innovative
(*1) Net weighted rating = [brand reputation + quality of materials + quality of movement + looks + icon-trendset-innov/2 + value-for-money/2 + value retention/2] / 5.5
Value-for-money: 9 Outstanding, 7 Strong, 5 Neutral, 3 Weak
Value Retention: 8 Strong, 6 Good, 4 Moderate, 2 Weak
