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Swatch Group Vows That ETA Will Stop Selling Watch Movements To Competitors

01/06/2010 - LUXIST

This news is a huge deal for the watch industry. About two years ago the Swatch Group announced that its watch movement making division ETA would stop selling watch movements to watch makers who are outside of the Swatch Group brands in 2010. ETA is the largest and most popular watch movement maker in all of Switzerland - supplying movements to most Swiss watch brands and anyone else who utilizes Swiss movements. ETA makes a wide range of movements from high end mechanical movements to quartz movements. ... More

Jaeger-LeCoultre Launches 1st Watchmaking School on IPhone

Jaeger-LeCoultre manufacture invites you to discover its masterpieces from a standpoint of watchmaking apprentice. Driven by the passion for horological technologies and faithful to its avant-garde spirit, Jaeger-LeCoultre is opening the first iPhone watchmaking initiation school. The watch manufacturer has called upon the talents of Phonevalley, the world's leading mobile marketing agency, in designing and creating its application that aims to share the fascinating world of fine watchmaking with the public at large. The result is available from the App store as of October 2nd 2009.... More

 

Rodolphe Cattin leaves Franck Muller group

10/14/2009 - National Jeweler

New York--Rodolphe Cattin, founder of the Rodolphe Montres and Bijoux watch company and the Rodolphe and Co. design studio--two entities owned by the Franck Muller group--has announced he will be quitting all operational activities within the group come the end of October.... More

PANERAI - The Jupiterium unveiled

10/16/2009 - WorldTempus (Kristian Haagen)

Officine Panerai surprised the horological world with a fascinating mechanical instrument, celebrating Galileo's telescope. 'This is an emotional thing for me', Angelo Bonati, CEO of Officine Panerai, stated last week as he opened the ambitious Galileo exhibition at famed Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. 'And I am extremely proud to sponsor this exhibition,' he continued in front of the international press that covered this special occasion in the Swedish capital on the very same day as the Nobel prize in literature went to German writer Herta Müller. Mr Bonati also announced a limited edition of a model offering a special Equation of Time.... More

Johann Rupert told Reuters 'Rich shy away from bling, opt for discretion'

05/15/2009 - Reuters India

ZURICH (Reuters) Thu May 14, 2009 - Rich shoppers are shunning flamboyant watches in favour of sober pieces as they seek to downplay their wealth, the chairman of luxury goods group Richemont told Reuters on Thursday. ...More

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