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A second drop from the “Break Free” collection, as Swatch is calling it, showcases something really special: a watch based on the original artwork given to Swatch and used to create the Modele ...
A small sample, usually taken from existing fabric, is called a swatch, whilst a larger sample, made as a trial to test print production methods, is called a strike off. For plain-dyed fabrics it is called a lab-dip, and for yarn-dyed fabrics (like stripes and checks), it is called a handloom. [1]
Endura Watch Factory: 1966 Biel/Bienne: Biel/Bienne: Subsidiary: The Swatch Group: Pierre-André Bühler, President Epos: 1983 Biel: Peter Hofer Lengnau: Singi Chonge (chairman of the board) Tamdi Chonge (CEO) Era Watch Company: 1884 Christian Ruefli-Flury Les Genevez: Private: Victor Strambini Christian Hotz (CEO) Ernest Borel: 1856 Neuchâtel ...
The Swatch Group is the largest watch company in the world and employs about 31,000 people in 50 countries. [5] The group owns the Swatch product line and other luxury brands, including Blancpain , Breguet , Certina , ETA , Glashütte Original , Hamilton , Harry Winston , Longines , Mido , Omega , Rado , and Tissot .
In the late 1950s a company named Penco Fabrics, owned by Jack Penzer and based at the drapery building, 261 Fifth Avenue, New York City, introduced antique satin in 101 colors, transforming the industry. The fabric was copied by others including Fame Fabrics and Richloom, now a major supplier, and by 1963 achieved major distribution throughout ...
A collaboration between Swatch and Omega, the MoonSwatch collection combined Swatch’s affordability and Omega’s iconic Speedmaster design, creating a frenzy among collectors and casual watch enthusiasts alike. Long lines formed outside Swatch stores in major cities worldwide, [8] including New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, and Zurich. The ...
Elmar Mock is, with Jacques Müller, the co-inventor of the SWATCH watch, under the direction of Ernst Thomke, at the beginning of the 1980s, invention which revolutionized the Swiss watch industry, which at the time was seriously losing ground to the Japanese quartz watch competition – quartz watches which were low cost and reliable.
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