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  2. List of Swiss watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    The Swatch Group: Hans-Rudolf Gottier Mido (watch) 1918 Biel/Bienne: George G. Schaeren Le Locle: Member of the Swatch group: The Swatch Group: Franz Linder, President: Minerva 1858 [2] Villeret [2] Charles Robert [2] Mondaine: 1951 Solothurn: Erwin Bernheim Montres Corum Sàrl: 1955 [2] La Chaux-de-Fonds [2] Gaston Ries, Simone Ries and René ...

  3. Watchmaker - Wikipedia

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    A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since a majority of watches are now factory-made, most modern watchmakers only repair watches. However, originally they were master craftsmen who built watches, including all their parts, by hand. [ 1][ 2] Modern watchmakers, when required to repair older watches, for which replacement ...

  4. A History of the Tiffany-Swatch Failure - AOL

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    Tiffany announced a joint venture with Swatch back in 2007, proclaiming the watch maker gave it "unparalleled distribution capabilities and experience in the luxury segment of the watch business ...

  5. Blancpain - Wikipedia

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    It designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells prestige and luxury mechanical watches. [2] [3] Founded by Jehan-Jacques Blancpain in Villeret, Switzerland in 1735, Blancpain is the oldest registered watch brand in the world. [2] [4] [5] [6] Blancpain has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group since 1992, and is regarded as a top-tier ...

  6. 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 ...

  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. Can Swatch Stop Costco from Selling Omega Watches? - AOL

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    Costco Wholesale (COST) on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to continue to allow it to sell products made overseas at a discount in U.S. stores. The debate comes after Swiss company Swatch ...

  9. 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)