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Glashütte Original opens boutique in Paris
German watchmaker chooses Paris for its first monobrand boutique in Europe: Glashütte Original opens in Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is one of the world’s most fascinating streets. Rich in history, it has long been popular among artists and other creative professionals seeking a congenial place to live,…
Omega’s Co-Axial Story
Driving the revolution in mechanical watchmaking When Omega launched its Co-Axial calibre 2500 in 1999, the entire mechanical watch industry was put on notice. The Co-Axial Escapement in the calibre was the first practical new mechanical watch escapement to be launched in 250 years. The operative word here is «practical…
Tissot: Location perfection
Tissot opens a monobrand store on Paris’ Champs-Elysées For its latest monobrand store, Tissot has chosen a location on «the world’s most beautiful avenue», the famous Champs-Elysées in Paris. Neighbouring the flagship stores of the world’s leading brands, the 100 square metre boutique opened its doors for the first time…
Liquidmetal®
Liquidmetal®: seamless bonding, remarkable hardness The Liquidmetal® alloy is an amorphous metal – a metallic material with a disordered, non-crystalline atomic structure. Its fusion temperature is half that of conventional titanium alloys but when it is cooled, its hardness is three times as great as that of stainless steel. Its…
Montres Breguet SA: Type XXII 10 Hz
To create the first chronograph with an exceptionally high frequency of 10 Hertz, Manufacture Breguet’s watchmakers benefited from their extensive experience in chronograph designing and manufacturing, as well as their expert mastery of silicon technology. At each leap, the central hand indicates the 20th of a second, the smallest time…
Swatch Group Half-Year Report 2010
Record half-year results in terms of both sales and profit Sales in the Watches & Jewelry segment rose in local currency by a strong 32.9% (30.6% in CHF) compared with the first half 2009 and by 10.1% (9.3% in CHF) compared with the previous record half-year 2008. Performance substantially better than the export figures for the first six…