COSC 2006 - 1,300,140 Chronometers - 1. Rolex 2. Omega 3. Breitling >

30 september 2007

COSC 2006
1,300,140 Chronometers

Last year, the Contrôle officiel suisse des chronomètres (COSC) issued 1,300,140 certificates, 10.7% more than in 2005. The number of registered pieces rose by 10.5% to 1,351,317 (1,243,915 in the mechanical category, +10.8%, and 56,225 in the quartz category, +5.3%).
It is interesting to note that of the 56,225 certificates for quartz chronometers, 54,744 were awarded to Breitling products.

In terms of manufacturers, there is no change in the leading trio which has stayed the same in recent years:

1. Rolex (710,752 certificates)
2. Omega (257,187)
3. Breitling (182,223)
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4. Panerai (46,454)
5. Chopard (23,462)
6. Ulysse Nardin (10,111)
7. Corum (8,189)
8. TAG Heuer (7,450)
9. Chanel (6,980)
10. Mido (5,722)
11. Porsche Design (3,892)
12. Bulgari (3,698)
13. Ebel (3,516)
14. Montblanc (3,471)
15. Invicta (2,717)
16. Titoni (2,018)
17. Zenith (1,917)
18. Rado (1,805)
19. Eterna (1,706)
20. Enicar (1,672)
21. Paul Picot (1,638)
22. Sinn (1,596)
23. Christian Dior (1,100)

*All other applicants obtained fewer than 1,000 certificates.