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Half-Year Report 2013
Further growth in both sales and profit The Group’s gross sales were up 8.7% to CHF 4 181 million, versus the very strong figures recorded in the first half of 2012. Benchmarked to the 1.5% export growth for wrist watches of the Swiss watch industry in the first half of 2013, the segment Watches & Jewelry (now including Production) growth…
Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray and the Rado HyperChrome
Tennis superstar Andy Murray is the star of a new TV advertising campaign for pioneering Swiss watch brand Rado. A global ambassador for Rado since May 2012, Andy was on set in Miami on March 1st to take part in a shoot with the Rado HyperChrome – the watch he has worn since October 2012. The 30 second commercial begins airing internationally on…
Apprenticeship graduation ceremony 2013
This press release is not available in English. Please see the German version below or the French version. Erfolgreiche Lehrabschlussprüfungen 2013 Wir gratulieren unseren Lernenden zur bestandenen Lehrabschlussprüfung! Im Rahmen einer zentralen Feier hat die Swatch Group, zusammen mit den frischgebackenen Berufsleuten der Firmen…
Omega unveils its Countdown Clock in Lausanne
The city of Lausanne and the Swiss canton of Vaud, in partnership with the International Olympic Committee and Omega, have unveiled the «Countdown Clock» on the Place de la Navigation in Lausanne. This clock highlights Lausanne’s role as Olympic Capital and stands as a tribute to IOC President Jacques Rogge, whose term of office comes to an end in…
Swatch Scuba Libre – Mad about the Sea
Swatch breaks the surface with Scuba Libre. Swatch surfaces with a new look on life and a Scuba watch with a difference: it’s not just for divers, it’s for the rest of us, too. As we sail the streets of a gridlocked city, board a submarine subway for a storm-tossed ride home, or take the wheel of a sloop in downtown Manhattan, there’s no limit to…
Peace of Art @ The Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Swatch celebrates landmark Shanghai hotel with bright & splashy New Gent Shanghai is contemporary China’s most exciting city, and right where the Bund meets the Nanjing Road stands The Swatch Art Peace Hotel. Utterly unique in concept and vision, the Swatch Group project has transformed Shanghai’s most prominent landmark hotel into a thriving…