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After thinking about autowinds "Timex" remark "Takes a licking but keeps on ticking!" I found this list below for most of the watches:

 

A
Alpha: "Telling time, since the beginning"
Alpina- Official timepiece of the 12 Hours of Sebring 2009
Audemars Piguet- The Watch of Your Life

B
Ball Watch Company - Since 1891, accuracy under adverse conditions
Ball (old) - "Carry a Ball and time them all."
Benrus - "With a Benrus- any Benrus- you've got something better up your sleeve."
Blancpain - "Since 1735, there has never been a quartz Blancpain watch. And there never will be.
Blancpain - "Since 1735, there has never been a Blancpain with a black dial. And there never will be."
Bovet- Only the best is good enough
Bulova - Time Flies. Bulova Soars.
Bulova (Accutron) - Who said seconds don't count?
Bulova (Accutron) - They tell it like it is
Bulova (Accutron) - Only a "freak" can be as accurate as Accutron



C
Citizen - "Beyond Precision"
Citizen Eco-Drive - It's unstoppable. Just like the people who wear it.
Chopard- Time, incomparably crafted
Carl F. Bucherer - "Ahead of the times"
Carl F. Bucherer - "For people who do not go with the times."
Corum - "Unlock and Conquer"
Casio - Casio. Technology for life.



D
Daniel Roth- Masterpieces in the art of watchmaking
Doxa- the Original Orange Face Diver Watch
Dubey & Schaldenbrand- What other watches?

E
Ebel - 'Architects of time.'
Edouard Lauzieres - and time doesn't simply go by


G
Girard-Perregaux - "Watches for the few since 1791".


H
H - Hamilton The watch of railroad accuracy
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I
Invicta- smarter by the second
IWC - 'The engineer of fine watchmaking.'
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J
Jaeger-LeCoultre- Have you ever worn a real watch?

K

L
Longines- Elegance is an attitude

M
Movado- The Art of Time
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O
Omega Watches- "Quality that Last, till the end of Time"
Omega - "Exact time for life."
Officine Panerai - Panerai. Where ideas come to life.

P
Patek Philippe - “You never really own a Patek Philippe, you merely take care of it for the next generation.”

R
Rolex - "The crown of achievement."
Rolex- A crown for every Achievement


S
Seiko - "Man invented time... Seiko perfected it"
Swatch - Fashion that ticks

T
TAGHeuer- What are you made of?
TAGHeuer-Swiss avant-garde since 1860
Timex - "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking."

U
Ulysse Nardin - "Swiss watch manufacturer since 1846"

V
Vacheron Constantin - "Do better when possible, and it's always possible"
Vacheron Constantin- More than 250 years of continuous history
Ventura- Design on time


W
Wempe: Show your true feelings (printed on the inside of their gift/display boxes)

Z
Zeno-Watch Basel: The Sky Is The Limit

 

 

 

But could you come up with a better one..?? ;)

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In March 1986, Accurist Watches became the first organisation to sponsor the BT Speaking Clock which received 30 million calls per year. The recorded greeting changed to "At the third stroke, the time sponsored by Accurist, will be…".

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OK, ill bite - like tag lines for movies :)

 

How about **insert brand here** - "The watch that won't wind you up" - too cheesy?

 

 

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sorry

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Hip Hop watches.... "To the tic toc and ya don't stop".

That may not translate outside the US ?

 

Come on we are British you know...lol.....HERE DW ;)

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Come on we are British you know...lol.....HERE DW ;)

 

Now that song takes me back. My bright yellow Vauxhall Chevette, tape machine with that song blaring out of my 5 watt speakers. Happy days :D

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