Karl Lagerfeld was a German fashion designer who lived from 1933 – 2019 when he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer.
Largerfeld was both a controversial and iconic character and had his own fashion line, alongside running the Chanel fashion house from 1983-2019. His iconic style of snow-white hair, black sunglasses and leather gloves, made him an instantly recognizable character within the world of design.
A unique character, during his illustrious career, Lagerfeld was accused of being sizest, racist, and islamophobic. He was also well known to regularly lie and mislead people about his true age and once claimed that he would marry his beloved pet cat if it were legal.
Karl Lagerfeld watch designs are generally consistent with the colors and style of the brand. The collections are almost always featured in black, white, and gold. The styles are mostly loud and garish, often featuring spikes or triangles like many of Lagerfeld’s older designs. The luxury brand with the most design similarity to Karl Lagerfeld watches would be Rado.
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Are Karl Lagerfeld Watches Luxury?
No, Karl Lagerfeld do not make luxury watches. Karl Lagerfeld is a fashion brand that makes various high-quality and mid-level accessories. The watches it makes are no different.
When compared with other similar brands such as Hugo Boss or Emporio Armani, there really isn’t much difference in the quality of watches. They mostly all use miyota quartz movements, which are both reliable and accurate. However, this is not a luxury movement – and is quite standard for fashion watches.
Are Karl Lagerfeld Watches Good Quality?
Once again, the watches are of a similar quality to any other fashion brand. Karl Lagerfeld, whilst popular, is not quite as recognizable or influential as other large brands. Due to this, they often produce a smaller range of watches (5-10 designs per year) in comparison to their rivals who will make 10x this amount of designs.
The materials used are often stainless steel with a Japanese quartz movement.
Karl Lagerfeld watches are made by Fossil. Fossil also makes watches for Michael Kors and Diesel. Therefore it would be fair to say, they are of a very similar quality to these fashion brands.
Are Karl Lagerfeld Watches Good Value?
Karl Lagerfeld watches are pretty good value if you’re a fan of the brand. They’re generally not as expensive compared to designers such as Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, or Diesel. Since Karl Lagerfeld watches are very similar in quality to these brands, it’s decent value that they’re a cheaper price.
With that being said, if you’re going to compare Karl Lagerfeld watches with brands such as Citizen or Seiko, there isn’t really any contest. The two Japanese watchmakers make far superior quality watches for a similar price. However, they are not fashion brands and the general public would generally prefer to wear something which they feel looks nice and suits their clothes. Rather than being a horological masterpiece.
