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Swatch Group emerges from the financial crisis 2009
The Swatch Group has emerged from the financial crisis 2009. Today they sent out their quarterly earning report and they are have written the following points. It has beenThird-best year in the Swatch Group history with Group gross sales of CHF 5 421 million, a decrease of -6.3% on a comparable basis (at constant exchange [...]
TAG Heuer Stands by Brand Ambassador Tiger Woods
TAG Heuer confirms that it will continue its relationship with Tiger Woods but will respect his desire of privacy by modifying his role in the coming months’ marketing programs.
“The partnership with Tiger Woods will continue,” said Jean-Christophe Babin, President and CEO of TAG Heuer, “but we will downscale the use of his image in certain [...]
Swiss watchmaking in November 2009 Marked improvement
November recorded the highest monthly value of the year for watch exports, and also the most moderate decline. Benefiting from a favorable base effect, the value of 1.4 billion francs represented a variation of -10.6% compared to November 2008. While negative, this rate is a marked improvement on previous months. The trough of the wave [...]
Hublot Joins the Automobile Club de France
The oldest Automobile club in the world is opening its doors to the Swiss watchmaking company Hublot for the first partnership in its history . Hugues de Rouret and Jean-Claude Biver are explaining the reasons which encouraged them to join forces in Paris. The main fruit of this alliance will be the creation of a [...]
Audemars Piguet and L’Hydroptere
L’Hydroptère Fastest Boat on the Planet Over 1 Nautical Mile. The hydrofoil trimaran sets a new world speed record of 50.17 knots (92.91 km/h), a wonderful gift from Alain Thébault, Thierry Lombard and their team to their new sponsor, Audemars Piguet.
Barely two months after crossing the magical 50-knot threshold, the equivalent of breaking the [...]
Vacheron Constantin The ultra-thin heritage SIHH 2009
Vacheron Constantin has chosen today to revive some of the finest moments in the quest for ultra-thinness. The Geneva-based manufacturer has indeed been closely involved in the epic milestones of this distinctive form of expertise, such as in the 1950s and 1960s when Vacheron Constantin introduced the world’s thinnest wristwatches.
Today, Vacheron Constantin is enriching its [...]
Swiss Watch exports plunge
The base effect was again unfavourable for Swiss watch exports, with the trend failing to show any improvement in September. Their value fell by 26.1%, to 1.1 billion francs. The cumulative variation was unchanged in relation to August and indicated -25.9% for the first nine months of the year. This steady decline has reduced the [...]
New World Record Achieved by Antiquorum for Patek Philippe
Following the exceptional results achieved in the September New York sale, Antiquorum held another successful auction of Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, Pocket Watches, Clocks & Horological Tools on October 3 & 4 in Geneva which set a new world record and totalled an impressive 4’336’380 CHF ($4,222,700). Of the 412 lots offered for sale, 78% were [...]
Jaeger-LeCoultre to Conquer the Himalayas
Under the patronage of the Grande Maison in the Vallée de Joux, a team of three seasoned mountaineers, headed by the Swiss guide Stéphane Schaffter, is on-site in Nepal and currently gearing up to take up an extreme challenge: the ascension of a mountain in the Himalayas that has never yet been trod by human [...]
Rodolphe Cattin leaves the Franck Muller group
Rodolphe Cattin the founder of the Rodolphe Montres & Bijoux watch company and of the Rodolphe & Co design studio – two entities owned by the Franck Muller group – has decided to quit all his operational activities within the group as of the end of October. He will remain a minority shareholder in both [...]
