The Watches Atlas
The Watches Atlas
An independent reference to the five great houses. Verdant Vale is not affiliated with any of them.
The card atlases map printings. This room maps the other end of the cabinet: the five houses that anchor the top of the watch market. Each house below carries its profile, the founding facts, the home, and what it is known for, plus its signature families and the pieces the Vale Radar is watching for it right now. Reading the Atlas needs no account and never will.
The live half of this room is the Radar's Watches shelf: 1051 watches from other eBay sellers, swept November 2, 2026, every one carrying eBay's Authenticity Guarantee, which means eBay's own experts verify the watch before it reaches its buyer. 237 of them belong to the five houses at this table. The full shelf, every brand on it, stands at the Watches board of the Vale Radar , 1051 finds in all.
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Rolex
Founded 1905, in London · Geneva, Switzerland
The crown. The house that made the wristwatch waterproof, self-winding, and exact, then built one icon for every extreme.
117 live Radar finds
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Patek Philippe
Founded 1839, in Geneva · Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland
The last family-owned independent watchmaker in Geneva, and the house of the great complications.
42 live Radar finds
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Audemars Piguet
Founded 1875, in Le Brassus · Le Brassus, Vallée de Joux, Switzerland
Family-owned in the Vallée de Joux since 1875, and carried to the summit by one watch: the Royal Oak.
37 live Radar finds
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Richard Mille
Founded 2001, in Switzerland · Les Breuleux, Switzerland
The racing machine on the wrist: the young house at this table, and the one that treats weight as the enemy.
21 live Radar finds
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Vacheron Constantin
Founded 1755, in Geneva · Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland
The oldest watchmaker in continuous operation, founded in 1755 and still finishing complications by hand.
20 live Radar finds
For the rest of the Radar, every shelf it sweeps, see the Vale Radar. For the card side of the house, return to the Every-Card Atlas.
The Watches Atlas is an independent reference published by Verdant Vale LLC. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Richard Mille, or Vacheron Constantin, and every brand and model name on these pages belongs to its owner. The watches shown here are other sellers' listings on eBay, gathered by the Vale Radar: those sellers set the prices and sell and ship the watches, and every find carries eBay's Authenticity Guarantee. Verdant Vale earns a commission through its eBay Partner Network links at no extra cost to the buyer. Prices are dated from the day the Radar read them; the listing on eBay is the offer that counts.
