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  2. Swatch - Wikipedia

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    Swatch is a Swiss watchmaker founded in 1983 by Ernst Thomke, Elmar Mock, and Jacques Müller. It is a subsidiary of The Swatch Group.The Swatch product line was developed as a response to the "quartz crisis" of the 1970s and 1980s, in which inexpensive, battery-powered, quartz-regulated watches were competing against more established European watchmakers focused on artisanal craftsmanship ...

  3. The Swatch Group - Wikipedia

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    The Swatch Group Ltd is a Swiss manufacturer of watches and jewellery. The company was founded in 1983 by the merger of ASUAG and SSIH to move to manufacturing quartz-crystal watches to resolve the quartz crisis threatening the traditional Swiss watchmaking industry. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The Swatch Group is the largest watch company in the world and ...

  4. Longines - Wikipedia

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    Longines Serial Number 183 "Attesa" date 1867. On 6 November 2018, Longines announced discovery of serial number 183, dated 23 October 1867, currently the Oldest Longines watch known. Its caliber is an August Agassiz 4 (AA4). Longines was the world's first watch trademark and the first Swiss company to assemble watches under one roof. [10]

  5. Watch world hype surges as Swatch-OMEGA collaboration hits stores

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    The MoonSwatch will only be sold in select Swatch stores around the world, beginning Saturday, March 26. The bright colors and the collaboration between the two giants of the watch industry has ...

  6. Swatch, Blancpain seek 'hypewatch' mania with Fifty Fathoms ...

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    This time around it’s pairing Swatch's scuba diving watch with high-end, nearly 300-year-old luxury watchmaker Blancpain and its Fifty Fathoms watch. The Fifty Fathoms diving watch is ...

  7. Gruen Watch Co. - Wikipedia

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    The Gruen Watch Company was formerly one of the largest watch manufacturers in the United States. It was in business from about 1894 to 1958 and was based in Cincinnati , Ohio . It was founded in 1894 by German-born watchmaker Dietrich Grün, who changed the spelling of his name to "Gruen" because the letter ü does not exist in English.

  8. List of watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    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)

  9. Watch - Wikipedia

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    Watch. A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by a watch strap or other type of bracelet, including metal bands, leather straps, or any other kind ...