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World’s First Omega Vintage Store
World’s First Omega Vintage Store opens in London at Somlo Antiques. The world’s first Omega Vintage Store has opened in London (February 2008). Devoted entirely to vintage timepieces, it is located within the new Somlo Antiques shop in the prestigious Burlington Arcade, and is run by noted vintage watch specialist George Somlo.…
New Danica Patrick Limited Edition Watch
Tissot Swiss Watches congratulates its Ambassador Danica Patrick for her historic Racing Win and launches new Danica Patrick Limited Edition Watch to celebrate Victory. Le Locle (switzerland) – April 21, 2008 – The right attitude and determination drove Danica Patrick to make racing history as the first woman to ever win a race in the…
Marie-Antoinette Grande Complication pocket-watch – N° 1160
Marie-Antoinette was driven by a truly passionate desire for Breguet watches. Keen to possess any auspicious novelty, she had acquired a number of timepieces, including a «perpétuel» watch embellished with a self-winding device developed by Breguet. In 1783, one of her admirers ordered from the workshops in the Quai de l’Horloge, the most…
Expansion and new building projects in Biel / Bienne
The Swatch Group Ltd.: Expansion and new building projects at the Omega Ltd. and Swatch Ltd. sites in Biel/Bienne. Biel / Bienne, 28 March 2008 – At its meeting of 10 March 2008, the Board of Directors of the Swatch Group AG decided to further strengthen the group’s presence in the City of Biel / Bienne and to extend the key activities of its…
Changes to the Extended Group Management Board
Biel / Bienne (switzerland), 27 February, 2008 – The Executive Group Management Board of Swatch Group is making the following staff changes in the Group’s production division, effective as of March 1, 2008: Mr. Thomas Meier, previously responsible for ETA SA, is being appointed to the top management of Frédéric Piguet SA, the Group's movement…
Swatch Group Share Repurchase Program
Biel / Bienne (Switzerland), February 18, 2008. With the acquisition of own shares in the context of the published share repurchase program the Swatch Group Ltd, Biel, exceeded with it's last transaction dated February 13, 2008 the threshold of 10% voting rights. The purchase took place on the publicly observable separate trading line.…