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Timex vs Karl Lagerfeld: similarities and differences

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Timex

United States Founded 1854

Sporty & sportswear · Outdoor & functional · Minimal & basics

Karl Lagerfeld

France Founded 1984

Luxury & heritage · Avant-garde & designer · Decoration & playfulness

Similarities and differences

Shared traits

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Different traits

  • Sporty & sportswear

    Timex shows a stronger emphasis

  • Outdoor & functional

    Timex shows a stronger emphasis

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Trait comparison

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  • Karl Lagerfeld (dashed line, squares)
Traits of Timex and Karl Lagerfeld, shown relative to each brand.
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Traits farther from the centre are more prominent within each brand. The chart uses the same relative display as the brand profile. Area does not indicate brand quality or absolute differences between brands.

Traits by category

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  • Timex
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Minimal & basics
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Polished & dressy
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Luxury & heritage
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Avant-garde & designer
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Decoration & playfulness
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Streetwear
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Trends & youth culture
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Sporty & sportswear
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Outdoor & functional
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Basic information

Field
Timex
Karl Lagerfeld
Country United States France
Founded 1854 1984
Category Watches Clothing
Other categories Accessories Bags Accessories Footwear Eyewear Watches Fragrance Lifestyle products

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Brand profiles

Brand lines

Timex

  • Waterbury Collection

    Waterbury Collection (Waterbury) is a heritage collection that carries on the legacy of Waterbury Cl...

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  • Expedition

    Expedition is a collection specialized for outdoor use, comprising models with features such as robu...

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  • TIMEX IRONMAN

    TIMEX IRONMAN is a sports watch series focused primarily on digital models that emerged in the 1980s...

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  • Weekender

    Weekender is a casual line designed for everyday use, featuring practical elements such as easy-to-f...

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  • Marlin

    Marlin is a reissue-oriented heritage line revived from archives dating to the 1950s and 1960s. Its ...

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  • Q Timex Reissue

    Q Timex is a reissue series that revives designs from the quartz era of the 1970s, reproducing archi...

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  • Easy Reader

    Easy Reader is a classic collection focused on legibility, introduced in 1977. It is characterized b...

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  • Intelligent Quartz

    Intelligent Quartz is a series featuring Timex’s analog multifunction modules, comprising models tha...

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  • Giorgio Galli S Series

    Giorgio Galli S Series is a design-led line named after Giorgio Galli, Timex’s global creative direc...

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  • MK1

    MK1 is a military-inspired reissue collection developed as part of the Timex Archive Project, modern...

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  • Timex Standard

    Timex Standard is an official watch collection developed by Timex for everyday wear. Based on classi...

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  • Timex T80

    Timex T80 is a retro digital collection that brings the legacy of Timex digital watches dating back ...

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  • Timex Legacy

    Timex Legacy is an official collection that reinterprets the brand’s past designs through contempora...

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  • Navi

    Navi is an official diver-style watch collection offered by Timex. It combines designs inspired by e...

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  • Deepwater

    Deepwater is a watch collection geared toward serious underwater use, introduced by Timex in 2024. I...

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  • Transcend

    Transcend is a minimalist dress-casual collection for women offered by Timex. Centered on slim cases...

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  • Cavatina

    Cavatina is an official collection that reinterprets and develops Timex’s history of watches for wom...

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  • Hailey

    Hailey is a line of small dress watches for women offered by Timex. It is characterized by rectangul...

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  • Fairfield

    Fairfield is an official collection developed by Timex with a mid-century modern orientation. It fea...

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  • Harborside Coast

    Harborside Coast is a nautical and diver-style line developed from Timex’s Harborside collection. It...

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  • Timex Automatic 1983 E Line

    Timex Automatic 1983 E Line is an official archive-reinterpretation line based on Timex designs from...

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  • M79

    M79 is an automatic-winding watch line derived from Timex’s Q Timex 1979 Reissue. It inherits a desi...

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  • Navi XL

    Navi XL is a derivative line based on Timex’s Navi, with an expanded case size and greater everyday ...

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  • Expedition Capstone

    Expedition Capstone is a derivative line developed within Timex’s Expedition collection. It inherits...

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Karl Lagerfeld

  • KARL

    KARL is a line launched exclusively online for digitally oriented customers, positioned as an entry ...

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  • KARL LAGERFELD PARIS

    KARL LAGERFELD PARIS is a line that launched in North America in 2016 through a joint venture with G...

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  • LAGERFELD

    LAGERFELD is a separate label within the KARL LAGERFELD portfolio, positioned as its menswear line a...

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  • KARL LAGERFELD KIDS

    KARL LAGERFELD KIDS is an official line that extends the parent brand’s design DNA for children, wit...

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  • Karl Lagerfeld Jeans

    Karl Lagerfeld Jeans is a denim-focused sub-line launched for Spring/Summer 2023 with a dedicated de...

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Collaborations

Timex

  • 2025-11-17

    MM6 Maison Margiela

    The second installment with Timex reworks the T80 gift set and ring watch in a “gold” tone. The details also develop MM6’s characteristic sensibility.

  • 2025-11-17

    Maison Margiela

    In November 2025, the second installment, following the previous release, updated the T80 Gift Set/T80 Ring Watch with a gold-tone finish.

Timex collaborations

Karl Lagerfeld

  • 2004-11-12

    H&M

    H&M’s first designer collaboration, created with Karl Lagerfeld. The collection featured a range of women’s and men’s items, including black-and-white tailoring, knitwear, T-shirts, and a limited-edition fragrance.

  • DIESEL

    In 2002, Karl Lagerfeld's Lagerfeld Gallery and DIESEL jointly created limited-edition denim. Presented in Paris and sold at a limited number of stores, it was an early special collaboration.

Karl Lagerfeld collaborations

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