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Swatch Group: Tiffany Arbitration Award Set Aside
Biel / Bienne (Switzerland), March 4, 2015 – Swatch Group confirms that the arbitration award issued on December 21, 2013, was set aside today by the ordinary court of first instance (District Court) of Amsterdam. The setting aside has been undertaken on purely formal reasons which are fully contested by The Swatch Group Ltd. Swatch Group will…
Dig the action with the new Swatch Touch Zero One
New Swatch Touch Zero One combines design & cool new Beach Volley functions for players and fans – Step Counter, Power Hits and Power Claps. Dig the fun, track the action & collect your reward... Beach Volleyball is played all over the world, on beaches and in stadiums filled with huge crowds stomping their feet and clapping their hands…
Swatch Group – World leaders
In an exclusive interview to L'Hebdo, Nick Hayek, CEO of Swatch Group and Mougahed Darwish, CEO of Belenos Clean Power, announce the production of batteries with unprecedented storage capacity. In 2007, Nicolas G. Hayek founded Belenos Clean Power, naming his company after the shining, burning and resplendent Celtic god Belenos. This…
Blancpain – Innovation is our tradition
At the end of the year, Blancpain will premier its new corporate film. This movie takes us on a journey into the past and the present, tracing nearly 280 years of history through key dates, and inviting us to explore the world of the brand. Starting in 1735, we are taken back to the roots of the oldest watch brand in the world, when the founder…
Omega and the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS)
Announcement of a watch certification based on a new quality standard for the Swiss watchmaking industry Omega Master Co-Axial wristwatches In 2013 Omega introduced a mechanical watch movement resistant to magnetic fields greater than 15,000 gauss. The great majority of watches previously described as «anti-magnetic» could resist magnetic fields…
The Group acquires prestigious building in Zurich
The Group acquires prestigious building in Zurich Biel / Bienne, Switzerland – November 27, 2014 – Through one of its real-estate companies, the Swatch Group has purchased the property at Bahnhofstrasse 30 in Zurich (Grieder – Louis Vuitton building) from Credit Suisse. The parties have agreed not to disclose the sale price. With the purchase by…