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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%86" title="گروه سواچ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گروه سواچ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%EC%99%80%EC%B9%98_%EA%B7%B8%EB%A3%B9" title="스와치 그룹 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="스와치 그룹" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swatch_Group" title="The Swatch Group – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="The Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he 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Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swatch_Group" title="The Swatch Group – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="The Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swatch_Group" title="The Swatch Group – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="The Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Swatch Group" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Group" title="Swatch Group – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Swatch Group" 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company</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/SIX_Swiss_Exchange" title="SIX Swiss Exchange">SIX</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.six-group.com/en/products-services/the-swiss-stock-exchange/market-data/news-tools/product-search.html?security=UHR">UHR</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1983<span class="noprint">; 41 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1983</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne">Biel/Bienne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">canton of Bern</a>)</div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nayla_Hayek" title="Nayla Hayek">Nayla Hayek</a> (Chairwoman)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Hayek,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Hayek, Jr.">Nick Hayek, Jr.</a> (CEO)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Watches" class="mw-redirect" title="Watches">Watches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jewelry" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewelry">Jewelry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electronics" title="Electronics">Electronic systems</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">CHF</a> 7.89 billion</span><sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> CHF 890 million</span><sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> CHF 10.5 billion</span><sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> CHF 12.26 billion</span><sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">33,602<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Blancpain" title="Blancpain">Blancpain</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Breguet_(brand)" title="Breguet (brand)">Breguet</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Certina" title="Certina">Certina</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/ETA_SA" title="ETA SA">ETA SA</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Flik Flak</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Glash%C3%BCtte_Original" title="Glashütte Original">Glashütte Original</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Watch_Company" title="Hamilton Watch Company">Hamilton Watch Company</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Winston,_Inc." title="Harry Winston, Inc.">Harry Winston, Inc.</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Jaquet-Droz" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaquet-Droz">Jaquet Droz</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Leon Hatot</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Longines" title="Longines">Longines</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Mido_(watch)" title="Mido (watch)">Mido</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Omega_SA" title="Omega SA">Omega SA</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Rado_(watchmaker)" title="Rado (watchmaker)">Rado</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Renata Batteries</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Swatch" title="Swatch">Swatch</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Tissot" title="Tissot">Tissot</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://swatchgroup.com">swatchgroup<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Swatch Group Ltd</b> is a Swiss manufacturer of watches and jewellery. The company was founded in 1983 through the merger of <a href="/wiki/Allgemeine_Gesellschaft_der_Schweizerischen_Uhrenindustrie" title="Allgemeine Gesellschaft der Schweizerischen Uhrenindustrie">ASUAG</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Suisse_pour_l%27Industrie_Horlog%C3%A8re" title="Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère">SSIH</a>, moving to manufacturing <a href="/wiki/Quartz_clock" title="Quartz clock">quartz-crystal watches</a> to resolve the <a href="/wiki/Quartz_crisis" title="Quartz crisis">quartz crisis</a> threatening the traditional Swiss watchmaking industry.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Swatch Group is the largest watch company in the world and employs about 31,000 people in 50 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group owns the <a href="/wiki/Swatch" title="Swatch">Swatch</a> product line and other luxury brands, including <a href="/wiki/Blancpain" title="Blancpain">Blancpain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Breguet_(brand)" title="Breguet (brand)">Breguet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Certina" title="Certina">Certina</a>, <a href="/wiki/ETA_SA" title="ETA SA">ETA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glash%C3%BCtte_Original" title="Glashütte Original">Glashütte Original</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Watch_Company" title="Hamilton Watch Company">Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Winston,_Inc." title="Harry Winston, Inc.">Harry Winston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longines" title="Longines">Longines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mido_(watch)" title="Mido (watch)">Mido</a>, <a href="/wiki/Omega_SA" title="Omega SA">Omega</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rado_(watchmaker)" title="Rado (watchmaker)">Rado</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tissot" title="Tissot">Tissot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SSIH">SSIH</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: SSIH"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SSIH (<a href="/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Suisse_pour_l%27Industrie_Horlog%C3%A8re" title="Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère">Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère</a>), originated in 1930 with the merger of the <a href="/wiki/Omega_SA" title="Omega SA">Omega</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tissot" title="Tissot">Tissot</a> companies. Swiss watch quality was high, but new technology, such as the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Watch_Company" title="Hamilton Watch Company">Hamilton</a> Electric watch introduced in 1957 and the <a href="/wiki/Bulova" title="Bulova">Bulova</a> Accutron tuning fork watch in 1961, presaged increasing technological competition. </p><p>In the late 1970s, SSIH became insolvent due in part to a recession and in part to heavy competition from inexpensive Asian-made quartz crystal watches. These difficulties occurred even though it had become Switzerland's largest, and the world's third largest, producer of watches. Its creditor banks assumed control in 1981. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ASUAG">ASUAG</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: ASUAG"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ASUAG (<a href="/wiki/Allgemeine_Gesellschaft_der_Schweizerischen_Uhrenindustrie" title="Allgemeine Gesellschaft der Schweizerischen Uhrenindustrie">Allgemeine Gesellschaft der Schweizerischen Uhrenindustrie</a>), formed in 1931, was the world's largest producer of watch movements and the parts thereof (<a href="/wiki/Balance_wheel" title="Balance wheel">balance wheels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balance_spring" title="Balance spring">balance springs</a>, assortments, watch stones ("jewels")). ASUAG had also integrated an array of watch brands in 1972 into a sub-holding company, <a href="/wiki/General_Watch_Co" title="General Watch Co">General Watch Co</a>. ASUAG failed similarly in 1982. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Swatch_Group">The Swatch Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Swatch Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ASUAG/SSIH was formed in 1983 from the two financially troubled predecessor companies, ASUAG and SSIH.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taken private in 1985 by then-CEO <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Hayek" title="Nicolas Hayek">Nicolas Hayek</a>, with the understanding of the Swiss banks and the financial assistance of a group of Swiss private investors (in particular <a href="/wiki/Stephan_Schmidheiny" title="Stephan Schmidheiny">Stephan Schmidheiny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Esther_Grether" title="Esther Grether">Esther Grether</a>), it was renamed <a href="/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_de_Micro%C3%A9lectronique_et_d%27Horlogerie" title="Société de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie">SMH (Société de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie)</a> in 1986, and ultimately Swatch Group Ltd in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "<a href="/wiki/Swatch" title="Swatch">swatch</a>" brand of watch was launched in 1983, by the <a href="/wiki/ETA_SA" title="ETA SA">ETA SA</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Thomke" title="Ernst Thomke">Ernst Thomke</a> and his engineers. The quartz watch was redesigned for manufacturing efficiency and fewer parts, and the styling and design were updated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brands">Brands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Brands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blancpain-img_0319.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Blancpain-img_0319.jpg/220px-Blancpain-img_0319.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Blancpain-img_0319.jpg/330px-Blancpain-img_0319.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Blancpain-img_0319.jpg/440px-Blancpain-img_0319.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1264" data-file-height="1101" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Blancpain" title="Blancpain">Blancpain</a> <a href="/wiki/Complication_(horology)" title="Complication (horology)">complication</a> wristwatch</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Breguet_MG_2576.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Breguet_MG_2576.jpg/220px-Breguet_MG_2576.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Breguet_MG_2576.jpg/330px-Breguet_MG_2576.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Breguet_MG_2576.jpg/440px-Breguet_MG_2576.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="2290" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Breguet_(brand)" title="Breguet (brand)">Breguet</a> No. 1705 <a href="/wiki/Tourbillon" title="Tourbillon">tourbillon</a> wristwatch</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glasshuette_MG_2613.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Glasshuette_MG_2613.jpg/220px-Glasshuette_MG_2613.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Glasshuette_MG_2613.jpg/330px-Glasshuette_MG_2613.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Glasshuette_MG_2613.jpg/440px-Glasshuette_MG_2613.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2909" data-file-height="2912" /></a><figcaption>Panomatic Lunar watch by <a href="/wiki/Glash%C3%BCtte_Original" title="Glashütte Original">Glashütte Original</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Over the years, the Swatch Group acquired various luxury watchmaking companies, including <a href="/wiki/Blancpain" title="Blancpain">Blancpain S. A.</a> (founded 1735, bought by Swatch in 1992),<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Breguet_(watch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Breguet (watch)">Breguet S. A.</a> (founded 1775, bought in 1999),<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Glash%C3%BCtte_Original" title="Glashütte Original">Glashütte Original</a> (Germany, bought in 2000). The company continued to produce watches under these names.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>HW Holding Inc., owner of <a href="/wiki/Harry_Winston,_Inc." title="Harry Winston, Inc.">Harry Winston, Inc.</a>, an American jewellery and luxury watch company, was acquired on 26 March 2013 for 711 million <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss francs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nayla_Hayek" title="Nayla Hayek">Nayla Hayek</a> became the CEO. The company bought the world's biggest flawless blue diamond, <a href="/wiki/The_Winston_Blue" title="The Winston Blue">The Winston Blue</a>, on 15 May 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following list includes the brands owned by the Swatch Group:<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balmain_(fashion_house)" title="Balmain (fashion house)">Balmain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blancpain" title="Blancpain">Blancpain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breguet_(brand)" title="Breguet (brand)">Breguet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Certina" title="Certina">Certina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endura_Watch_Factory" title="Endura Watch Factory">Endura</a></li> <li>Flik Flak</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glash%C3%BCtte_Original" title="Glashütte Original">Glashütte Original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Watch_Company" title="Hamilton Watch Company">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Winston,_Inc." title="Harry Winston, Inc.">Harry Winston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaquet-Droz" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaquet-Droz">Jaquet Droz</a></li> <li>Léon Hatot</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longines" title="Longines">Longines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mido_(watch)" title="Mido (watch)">Mido</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omega_SA" title="Omega SA">Omega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rado_(watchmaker)" title="Rado (watchmaker)">Rado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swatch" title="Swatch">Swatch</a></li> <li>Swiss Timing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissot" title="Tissot">Tissot</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_Glash%C3%BCtte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Union Glashütte (page does not exist)">Union Glashütte</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Watch_manufacturing">Watch manufacturing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Watch manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ETA_movement">ETA movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: ETA movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Swatch subsidiary <a href="/wiki/ETA_SA" title="ETA SA">ETA SA</a>, which is based in <a href="/wiki/Grenchen,_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Grenchen, Switzerland">Grenchen, Switzerland</a>, furnishes many <a href="/wiki/OEM" class="mw-redirect" title="OEM">OEM</a> brands, such as <a href="/wiki/LVMH" title="LVMH">LVMH</a> (which markets <a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hublot" title="Hublot">Hublot</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zenith_(watchmaker)" title="Zenith (watchmaker)">Zenith watch</a> lines) and <a href="/wiki/Richemont" title="Richemont">Richemont</a> (which markets amongst others, <a href="/wiki/A._Lange_%26_S%C3%B6hne" title="A. Lange & Söhne">A. Lange & Söhne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baume_et_Mercier" title="Baume et Mercier">Baume & Mercier</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_Watch_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="International Watch Company">IWC Schaffhausen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaeger-LeCoultre" title="Jaeger-LeCoultre">Jaeger-LeCoultre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panerai" title="Panerai">Officine Panerai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piaget_SA" title="Piaget SA">Piaget</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Dubuis" title="Roger Dubuis">Roger Dubuis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vacheron_Constantin" title="Vacheron Constantin">Vacheron Constantin</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electronic_systems">Electronic systems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Electronic systems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Swatch Group Electronic System includes: </p> <ul><li><i>Belenos Clean Power AG</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EM_Microelectronic-Marin" class="mw-redirect" title="EM Microelectronic-Marin">EM Microelectronic-Marin</a>: Designs and produces ultra-low power, low voltage mixed-signal integrated circuits, <a href="/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display" title="Liquid-crystal display">LCD</a> and modules. IC Product lines include RFID, microcontroller, smart card, ASIC, RTC, reset circuit, watchdog, LCD driver, opto ICs.</li> <li>Micro Crystal: produces miniature low power quartz crystals and small low power oscillators.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renata_(battery)" title="Renata (battery)">Renata</a>: develops and produces micro batteries. Product lines include button cells and rechargeable (Lithium Polymer) batteries.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swatch_Internet_Time">Swatch Internet Time</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Swatch Internet Time"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, Swatch invented "<a href="/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time" title="Swatch Internet Time">Swatch Internet Time</a>", intended as a global time system, which divides the day into 1000 "beats" in a single worldwide <a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">time zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2004, Swatch introduced its first smart watch, the Paparazzi, based on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> Corporation's SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Technology.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Watchmaking_school">Watchmaking school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Watchmaking school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Swatch Group</b> started offering their first class in the <i>Nicolas G. Hayek Watchmaking School</i> in <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, in September 2005. There are other watchmaking schools in <a href="/wiki/Glash%C3%BCtte" title="Glashütte">Glashütte</a>, Germany; <a href="/wiki/Pforzheim" title="Pforzheim">Pforzheim</a>, Germany; <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a>, Malaysia; and <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, China. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sponsorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport_and_event_timing">Sport and event timing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sport and event timing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Swiss Timing, under brands such as Omega, Longines, and Tissot, provide timing services for sporting events such as <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tour_de_France" title="Tour de France">Tour de France</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Equestrianism" title="Equestrianism">equestrian</a> events.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018 it was announced that The Swatch Group would hold its own watch fair in Zurich, during Baselworld 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ventures">Ventures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, Swatch entered into a joint venture with Germany's <a href="/wiki/Daimler_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimler AG">Daimler AG</a> to produce the <a href="/wiki/Smart_(marque)" title="Smart (marque)"><i>Smart</i></a> car, but they later withdrew from this project.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Swatch subsidiary <i>Belenos Clean Power AG</i> entered into a joint venture with the Paul Scherrer Institut in May 2008 to develop a hydrogen fuel cell for a fuel cell powered car.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swatch began test drives of the car in Switzerland in 2012. However, the Swatch Group abandoned the project for a fuel-cell-powered car in June 2015, to concentrate instead on a new type of battery with high storage capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Swatch_Group&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quartz_crisis" title="Quartz crisis">Quartz crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_watch_manufacturers" title="List of watch manufacturers">List of watch manufacturers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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