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Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (French pronunciation:), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its predecessors since 1983.
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In 1995 Swatch broke the 125-year collaboration between Longines and Wittnauer and took over the Longines distribution. [5] The Wittnauer Company retained its reputation for most of the 20th century. After some budget problems, it was eventually bought by Bulova for $11.6 million in September 2001.
The Swatch Group Ltd is a Swiss manufacturer of watches and jewellery. The company was founded in 1983 through the merger of ASUAG and SSIH, moving to manufacturing quartz-crystal watches to resolve the quartz crisis threatening the traditional Swiss watchmaking industry.
Bucherer Ltd. (also Bucherer Group) is a multibrand watch and jewellery retailer based in Switzerland with over 100 stores worldwide.It was founded in 1888 by Carl F. Bucherer, who also became the namesake of a luxury Swiss watch brand.
Kula Shaker made a music video for the song, directed by Michael Geoghegan. The cover artwork for the single featured a Longines Conquest watch, with the band logo and song title in place of the Longines branding. An alternative version of the track, called "Govinda '97, Hari & ST.
Due to the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act, from 1932 to approximately 1985 watches were cased in locally produced cases in North America and sold under the name LeCoultre by the company Vacheron-LeCoultre, a subsidiary of Longines-Wittnauer, with slightly different case designs. After 1985, Jaeger-LeCoultre was adopted uniformly worldwide.
Patek Philippe SA (French: [paˈtɛk fiˈlip]) is a Swiss luxury watchmaker and clock manufacturer, located in the Canton of Geneva and the Vallée de Joux. [3] Established in 1839, it is named after two of its founders, Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe.