Globally, an interest in luxury watches has increased tremendously over the last few years. These watches symbolize the rich and powerful. The haute Horlogerie segment contains 18 brands. These brands consist of the world's best brands and are in the most superior classes of watches.

Patek Phillipe by far is the leading brand with a 24% market share according to a global report. Jaeger-LeCoultre comes a not-so-close second with a 13% share in brand interest. Vacheron Constantin comes a close third at 12.8%. Audemars Piguet is at 10.2% along with Breguet at 8.7%. To begin with, let's list the brands that deal with luxury watches. Some of the more common luxurious watch brand names are Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Piaget, Raymond Weil and Tag Heuer. In order to understand the watches better, let's know what to look for in buying a high-end luxury watch.

Movement – Mechanical, Quartz or Super quartz: Luxury watches have the best mechanical movements possible. They represent the classic way of making watches along with the tick, tick sound that they make. If it is not mechanical, then they need to be a quartz movement watch or a super quartz. Super quartz movement watches generally have accurate time up to 5 seconds a year. Having a little decoration on the movement dials or polished finish makes the watch feel valuable.

Coating - Anti-reflective / Anti-glare: The anti-reflective coating helps in seeing the face of the watch more clearly. You may see this while holding a less expensive watch and an expensive luxury watch together in light to understand the difference.

Bracelet – Links should be screwed: Bracelets are links that are held together by small pins or screws. The pins are hammered into the links to hold the bracelet together while screws are tightened. The latter is of higher quality.

Certification of the chronometer: Not all mid range or high range luxury watches are chronometer-certified. This certification determines and guarantees that the watch is not losing over 4 seconds a day and not gaining over 6 seconds a day. In case a luxury watch is not chronometer certified, it does not mean that the watch is unreliable.

Finishing and polishing: Mirror finish chrome and polishing. These watches come with real chrome and none of the fake chrome where you see flaking due to wear and tear. A good polish shall last a long time along with the watch.

Luxury watches in Qatar have seen much interest in the past few years. Doha houses some of the largest brands in this market. Most of the luxury watches have authorized resellers in Qatar. They are doing bisque business. One is spoilt by the range of choices available. It is, needless to say that all of these timepieces come with adequate guarantee and warranty documentation.

Shopping for luxury watches in Qatar. Visit the nearest flagship stores in Doha or browse the best watch brands and their latest collection online! Cartier, Patek Philippe, Hublot, Vulcain Watches and more.