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Festina also owns two jewelry brands, Lotus Style and Lotus Silver, to satisfy the demands of a wide range of public. The Group's headquarters is located in Madrid, while the main production centers, owned by the Group, are located in Switzerland and Spain.
Slow watch Roger W. Smith SMH (short for Société de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie previous name of the company issued from the merger of ASUAG & SSIH, now Swatch Group)
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 ...
Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly: Lotus, a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae; Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also known as Indian or sacred lotus; Lotus tree, a plant in Greek and Roman mythology
The Lotus Eletre is a battery electric full-size luxury crossover SUV produced by the British sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. It was revealed on 29 March 2022 as the company's first production SUV and its first vehicle produced in China.
Tissot SA (French pronunciation:) is a Swiss watch brand owned by the Swatch Group. [1] The company was founded in Le Locle, Switzerland by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son, Charles-Émile Tissot, in 1853. [2] [3] Tissot is not associated with Mathey-Tissot, another Swiss watchmaking firm.
Thomas Mudge, inventor of the lever escapement. The lever escapement, invented by Thomas Mudge in 1754 [18] and improved by Josiah Emery in 1785, gradually came into use from about 1800 onwards, chiefly in Britain; it was also adopted by Abraham-Louis Breguet, but Swiss watchmakers (who by now were the chief suppliers of watches to most of Europe) mostly adhered to the cylinder until the 1860s.
The Elgin National Watch Company and the Hamilton Watch Company pioneered the first electric watch. [37] The first electric movements used a battery as a power source to oscillate the balance wheel. During the 1950s, Elgin developed the model 725, while Hamilton released two models: the first, the Hamilton 500, released on 3 January 1957, was ...