Here are four of the nicest French watches you should check out

Baltic was founded a few years ago by a Frenchman honouring the memory of his father who was of eastern European heritage. Hence the name Baltic. This has an automatic movement, 37mm bronze case.

£498; baltic-watches.com

A French independent launched with a Kickstarter campaign five years or so ago, Depancel makes motorsport inspired watches, most of them with mechanical movements. This blacked out Série R is a 100-piece limited edition with a Japanese automatic movement.

£695; depancel.com

This model’s name reminds us of when Britain and France collaborated on a supersonic passenger jet. The watch, however, takes its name from the bracelet links, which are modeled on the obelisk in Paris’s Place de la Concorde.

£3,120; pequignet.com

BRM Chronographes has nothing do with the defunct British F1 team BRM. Well, not directly. It was formed in the early 2000s by French motor racing enthusiast Bernard Richards. He takes a love of motor racing as the inspiration for his watches. The V6 Cercolor Red has a 44mm case made from titanium and an automatic movement.

£4,725; brm-chronographes.com