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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 [...]

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 [...]

Swiss Watchmakers see distinct fall in volume and value of sales in first half of 09

The first half ended with a deterioration of Swiss watch exports. Monthly results had already shown a distinct fall since the beginning of the year and the month of June was down by as much as 31.9% against June 2008. However, this slowdown only had a limited effect on the cumulative variation since January. After [...]