mushroom brands and common companies that use them?

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Rxq

Discussion Starter · Feb 7, 2008

What are some mushroom brands and common companies that use them?

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G

· #2 · Feb 7, 2008

Lindberg & Sons
Bovalier
Wagner since 1948 (or was it 1948, don't know)
MZI
Graf von Monte Wehro
Yves Camani
Lukado
Spirit of Marine
Meisterzeit (not to be mixed up with Wempe Zeitmeister !)
Labor
Goldberg
Meisterkrone
Royal Swiss
Lindberg & Goldmann (they pretend to be mounted by Laco, haha)
Jacques Catani
Detomaso
Forestier
Medor
Ador
Anno1827
Gustyn Germany
Alado
Breytenbach
Louis Dubath
Calvaneo
Chronos
Minoir
Pierce
Vandenbroek & Cie.
Charente
Louis Lobel
Enzo Bellini
Jerome & Cie.
Montale Paris
Linhart
Ivens & Söhne
Donati Firenze
Breitner
Corvette
Pascal Hilton

and all the other "brands" on ebay I am tired to list :-d

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amadama

· #3 · Feb 7, 2008

What is a mushroom brand?

Tragic

· #4 · Feb 7, 2008

amadama said:
What is a mushroom brand?

Those are brands that contract for chinese watches, come up with a fancy sounding name, some BS story of their heritage, ridiculous msrp and list on ebay.
Sprout like "mushrooms".

amadama

· #5 · Feb 7, 2008

Got it. Thanks!

Isthmus

· #6 · Feb 7, 2008

Tragic said:
Those are brands that contract for chinese watches, come up with a fancy sounding name, some BS story of their heritage, ridiculous msrp and list on ebay.
Sprout like "mushrooms".

You mean like that brand that advertises like crazy on Airline magazines? Steinhausen I think their name is.

gigfy

· #7 · Feb 7, 2008

Sorry if I repeated some. I honestly have not seen any of those listed earlier except for MZI & Chronos. Too many to keep track of.

Always at Market:
Louis Bolle
Heuer & Lambelet(no longer produced)
Rousseau
Deporte
Duboule
Omikron
Sug
Tavan
Picard & Cie
Balmer (Distributor)
Bernoulli
Romilly
Viceroy

Contempo Group Inc.:
Auguste Galan
Christophe Skye
Tremont

Unknown companies:
Musk
Orkina
Goer
Daybird
IK Colouring
Olpai
Feida
Marine Boat
Wilon

Cheers,
gigfy

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obie

· #8 · Feb 8, 2008

I don't think omikron is considered a mushroom watch. They have been around a very long time. almost completly unknown until shopathometv started to sell them. I have one. its swiss.

aliasrichmond

· #9 · Feb 8, 2008

I thought Pierce was too...very old brand, but thier website is vauge about where they made now

G

· #10 · Feb 8, 2008

aliasrichmond said:
I thought Pierce was too...very old brand, but thier website is vauge about where they made now

Pierce was re-established. No traditional roots or whatever. They just took over the name.

G

· #11 · Feb 8, 2008

yamahaki said:
I don't think omikron is considered a mushroom watch. They have been around a very long time. almost completly unknown until shopathometv started to sell them. I have one. its swiss.

Well, Omikron isn't registered at the Swiss Chamber of Commerce which feeds some doubts on its origin. Imho not to compare with Omikron out of the 60ties/70ties. Website is registered in the US, selling chronos for 4995 USD with a "patented two-way winding system" is just absurd becuase two-way-winding exisits since long. If they aren't a mushroom brand they are telling tales at least.

Rxq

Discussion Starter · #12 · Feb 8, 2008

Can anyone comment on the reliability of mushroom brands?
Is it okay to buy one or should one stay far away from one?

Watchbreath

· #13 · Feb 8, 2008

:think: With all the BS that's out there, there's bound to be mushrooms.

aliasrichmond

· #14 · Feb 8, 2008

stuffler said:
Pierce was re-established. No traditional roots or whatever. They just took over the name.

Nothing wrong with re-launching the name as long as they are Swiss made, good quality etc... are you saying these are Chinese made with a Swiss contact address to give credence....like MWC etc...?

obie

· #15 · Feb 8, 2008

reliability on a mushroom brand? depends which one and who here owns one to give a user experience. I guess I got suckered by omikrons site and its early history as a watchmaker. they seem to have combined the old and the new history together which can throw you off when reading from there site. mike did a deeper search and found they are not registered in switzerland. I think thats a better way to look at a company that says they are swiss made.
does omikron make a good watch? yes from my use of the corsair.

G

· #16 · Feb 8, 2008

aliasrichmond said:
Nothing wrong with re-launching the name as long as they are Swiss made, good quality etc... are you saying these are Chinese made with a Swiss contact address to give credence....like MWC etc...?

I was talking about Pierce1883
Pierce is an enterprise (or should I say a one man show) of Lars Korfhage, Dargun/Germany. The watch dials do not say "Swiss made" but "est. in 1883 Swiss" which refers to the foundation date of the old Pierce manufacture. Be careful though.

BTW: There´s no real swiss contact. For Switzerland and Italy there´s an address in Bolzano/Italy.

G

· #17 · Feb 8, 2008

Rxq said:
Can anyone comment on the reliability of mushroom brands?
Is it okay to buy one or should one stay far away from one?

Well, it always depends on your expectations. Nobody can tell if they will last for ten years because they don´t exist that long.

Some watchmakers here in Germany refuse to repair those watches caused by the non-existing after sales service (impossible to get spare parts if needed). I remember one watchmaker who had a list of watches he is able to repair and watches he can´t repair. Don´t recall the website´s name but all the mushroom brands have been on the "No"-list.

aliasrichmond

· #18 · Feb 8, 2008

stuffler said:
I was talking about Pierce1883
Pierce is an enterprise (or should I say a one man show) of Lars Korfhage, Dargun/Germany. The watch dials do not say "Swiss made" but "est. in 1883 Swiss" which refers to the foundation date of the old Pierce manufacture. Be careful though.

BTW: There´s no real swiss contact. For Switzerland and Italy there´s an address in Bolzano/Italy.

Yeah same company Pierce1883, funny they say Swiss movements, assembled and adjusted in Germany....mmm....one would think final assembly/adjustment would have been just as economical in Switzerland , plenty of small workshops who contract... its only a stones throw away and they could have had "Swiss Made" on the dial legit.....maybe a more honest statement would be made in China with a swiss movement, packaged and adjusted (correct time) in Germany??

m4816k

· #19 · Feb 15, 2008

stuffler said:
Well, it always depends on your expectations. Nobody can tell if they will last for ten years because they don´t exist that long.

Some watchmakers here in Germany refuse to repair those watches caused by the non-existing after sales service (impossible to get spare parts if needed). I remember one watchmaker who had a list of watches he is able to repair and watches he can´t repair. Don´t recall the website´s name but all the mushroom brands have been on the "No"-list.

BTW, many are sold via TV shopping channels which is really no surprise:roll:

Rxq

Discussion Starter · #20 · Mar 2, 2008

Where would one look for mushroom brands? Other than e-bay

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