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Brands of Luxury

The fascination of luxury brands lives from a very special aura. They have an outstanding ability to tell stories and to entice. Quality and exclusivity, aesthetics and prestige, community and lifestyle are right anyway. Want some examples?
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Rolex

»Rolex. Die Krönung des Erfolgs«, lautet ab 2008 der Slogan der Marke. Unbescheiden? Vielleicht. Ehrlich? Zu 100 Prozent. Rolex ist zweifellos eine der bekanntesten und angesehensten Luxusmarken der Welt. Ihren festen Platz in der Uhrenindustrie hat das im Jahr 1905 gegründete Unternehmen ohnehin längst.  Aber was macht Rolex wirklich aus und warum üben die Marke und ihre Produkte eine solche Faszination auf Uhrenliebhaber, Sammler und überhaupt die ganze Lifestyle- und Luxus-Welt aus?

Da wären einmal die Präzision und die Wertigkeit. Jede Uhr wird mit größter Sorgfalt gefertigt und unterliegt strengen Qualitätskontrollen. Eine Rolex war und ist deshalb nie nur modisches Accessoire oder Statussymbol, sondern immer auch ein Stück Hochtechnologie. 1926 brachte der Schweizer Hersteller mit der Oyster die erste wasserfeste Uhr auf den Markt, fünf Jahre später die Oyster Perpetual, die das erste Automatikwerk in sich trug. Die Liste der technischen Neuerungen und Erfindungen der Marke ist lang.

Credit: Rolex
Credit: Rolex

Rolex Uhren gelten als wahre Meisterwerke der Handwerkskunst, jedes einzelne Detail wird mit großer Hingabe gestaltet. Die Uhrmacher von Rolex sind hochqualifizierte Experten, die ihr Handwerk über Jahre hinweg perfektioniert haben. Von der Herstellung der Uhrwerke bis zur Montage und dem abschließenden Feinschliff wird jedes Element mit größter Sorgfalt behandelt. Dazu kommt das unverwechselbare und konsistente Design von zeitloser Eleganz, das sich im Laufe der Jahre nur minimal verändert hat. Trends und Moden? Kennt Rolex offensichtlich nicht. Das klassische Oyster-Gehäuse, das klare Zifferblatt und die ikonischen Armbänder sind charakteristische Merkmale vieler Modelle. Diese zeitlose Ästhetik macht Rolex Uhren zu zeitlosen Begleitern, die sowohl im Alltag als auch bei besonderen Anlässen getragen werden können.

Eine Rolex ist nicht nur ein Zeitmesser, sondern auch ein Statussymbol. Die Marke verkörpert Luxus, Erfolg und Stil. Eine Rolex am Handgelenk zu tragen ist eine Aussage für Raffinesse und Exklusivität. Darüber hinaus haben Rolex Uhren auch einen ausgezeichneten Werterhalt. Im Laufe der Zeit haben sie sich oft als gute Investition erwiesen, die hohe Nachfrage und der exklusive Ruf der Marke tragen zu diesem Phänomen bei.

Das Herausragende an der Marke ist auch, dass sie immer eine Geschichte zu ihren Produkten erzählt. Erstes Beispiel: Nachdem 1927 die junge Engländerin Mercedes Gleitze mit einer Oyster am Handgelenk daran gescheitert war, den Ärmelkanal zu durchschwimmen, ließ Rolex in der Zeitung »Daily Mail« eine ganzseitige Anzeige schalten. Darin wurde besonders darauf hingewiesen, dass die Oyster so wasserfest war, wie Rolex es versprach. Ganz nebenbei wurde so auch das Konzept des Markenbotschafters erfunden.

Hermès

Elite without being arrogant. This perhaps best describes the French fashion house Hermès. In an interview with German news weekly Die Zeit, Jean-Louis Dumas-Hermès, a great-grandson of company founder Thierry Hermès, once told a story he had heard from his grandfather Émil Hermès. “A customer came to him and asked: ‘How come my horse looks more elegant than I do?’ That was the reason why, in the 1920s, he started with bags, luggage, clothes, silk scarves, gloves, jewelry and watch bracelets.” 


Credit: Hermès
Credit: Hermès
Thierry Hermès had founded his saddle and harness business in Paris in 1837, though the big breakthrough wouldn’t come until 1892, when the company first sold its High Strap Bag, a bag for riders to store their boots and saddles. Today, Hermès, run by the sixth generation of the founder’s descendants, stands on three solid pillars: bags, scarves and fragrances. The knowledge of craftsmanship has been preserved and nurtured over the years, and many processes are still the same as they were at the time of the company’s founding.

The luxury manufacturer not only serves the demands of customers worldwide, but also offers special collections and custom-made items, which are either available for selected customers or specially produced at the Sur-Mesure atelier in Paris.

Scott Dunn

A private dinner at the pyramids of Cairo? A Carnival-themed party in a Venetian palace with hand-painted masks? An hour of traditional spear throwing with Maasai warriors in East Africa? British travel company Scott Dunn fulfils desires that people didn’t even know they had. The company was founded in 1985 by Andrew Dunn, who started out with chalet rentals in the French Alps. Over the years, the tour operator has grown into a worldwide specialist for sophisticated individual travel. 

Credit: Scott Dunn / GettyImages
Credit: Scott Dunn / GettyImages

The list of destinations includes remote five-star resorts as well as tent sites on secluded beaches. Scott Dunn guarantees quality by making a personal consultation with the guests a part of every trip. With offices in New York, London and Singapore, a specialist can be reached at any time of day. The next step: an invitation-only program for even more exclusivity.

Wiebke Brauer

Wiebke Brauer

Head of text ramp & Freelance author
After graduating from high school, Wiebke Brauer studied English and German as her first major with a focus on media culture. Interested in topics of all kinds and bird-free since 2016, as she says herself. With work for Spiegel Online, auto, motor und sport, Motor Klassik, Fuel and Stern, long a blog for the young and classic car site carsablanca.de - and more than fond of ramp magazine.
Director’s Cut: Luxury

Director’s Cut: Luxury

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