The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that Apple lost its battle to stop Swatch AG from using the phrase ‘one more thing’ in Australia. Originally popularised in the television series ‘Columbo’ by Peter Falk, who played the eponymous lead, Swatch… Read More ›
A month after the resignation of MCH Group CEO René Kamm hot on the heels of the withdrawal by the Swatch Group from MCH’s Baselworld fair, they have issued a press release outlining their first half results for 2018, future… Read More ›
Following last weekend’s announcement by the Swatch Group of their withdrawal from the Baselworld watch and jewellery fair, organising company MCH Group has announced the resignation of CEO René Kamm, who has spent almost two decades with the Group. Mr Kamm… Read More ›
The SIHH may be expanding in terms of exhibitors (although reduced in days), but Baselworld has been shrinking both in terms of participants and length, with the 2019 edition to be even more noticeably smaller than this year’s due to… Read More ›
Today we have a time line rundown of some major announcements in the luxury watch/ smart watch world over the past last week, namely : 1. TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 2. Movado partners with Google for the Movado… Read More ›
Swatch are getting into glasses. As in spectacles, sunglasses and the like. A new partnership has been announced between Italian eyewear makers Safilo and Swatch Ltd to create Swatch-branded eyewear. To be launched in spring 2016, its tagline will be… Read More ›
When I saw the tweet a couple of days ago from Swatch announcing their new ‘Bellamy’ range of watches which will double as a mobile form contactless form of payment, I was intrigued. Touted by some as Swatch’s foray into… Read More ›
After a long wait, and I know that it has been long bcause I was the second person to put my name down on a waiting list at the QVB Swatch Boutique in Sydney (but then took it off after… Read More ›
Indian news media report that the Swatch Group, in order to meet the condition of 30 per cent local sourcing for foreign companies engaged in single-brand retailing in India, has notified the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion that it… Read More ›
The Tiffany & Co jewellery chain has been ordered to pay the Swatch Group $448m (£274m) over a failed joint venture. In 2007 a deal was struck between the two parties to make watches together under the Tiffany Watch Co… Read More ›
