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(01/2009) NOMOS Glashütte is constantly growing and with it, the amount of work. Therefore, the PR department needed to be strengthened. Ute Fischer-Graf – the new press officer at NOMOS – is a thoroughbred journalist. She was born in Dresden, has deep roots in her Saxon homeland and she most recently worked at ProSieben in Munich.
(01/2009) The economic crisis has an ever increasing impact on the watch industry. On 27 January 2008, the watch manufacturers Ebel and Zenith from western Switzerland have announced the dismissal of a total of approximately 50 employees. Zenith and Ebel´s reduction of staff is likely to be only the beginning of a whole series of dismissals in the watch industry.
(01/2009) The commercial crisis also takes its toll on timepiece industry. The watch manufacturer Villemont SA from Vernie in Switzerland is the first casualty. The company with 14 employees had to turn over their financial statements to the Geneva commercial court and declare bankruptcy. The main reason for the insolvency is that the company's most important markets in Asia and Eastern Europe have collapsed.
(01/2009) According to the current survey "Outfit 6" in the SPIEGEL, bruno banani is Germany´s fastest growing lifestyle brand. Thus, it already has become a real insider tip for watch enthusiasts and the watch industry. The coolness factor of bruno banani and the unconventional design attracts mainly young people and those who feel young at heart.
(01/2009) Already in October 2008, Chow Tai Fook acquired Milus International SA. The manufacturer of watches was part of the Peace Mark Group since 2002. Last month, the former owner was placed under provisional liquidation. For the Chow Tai Fook Group based in Hong Kong (CTF Group) the acquisition of Milus is the unique opportunity to complement its portfolio of luxury products with a well-established and luxury watch brand.
(01/2009) Gedalio “Gerry” Grinberg died on January 4, 2009 at age 77. Grinberg was founder and chairman of the Board of the Movado group. He came to the United States in 1960 after Castro's takeover where he became the exclusive distributor for Piaget and Corum watches in America and founded the North American Watch Company, which today is known as Movado Group.
(12/2008) Katrin Roth has joined the watch manufacturer Maurice Lacroix in Zurich as International PR & sponsorship manager. Among other duties, the 33-year-old has been assigned with the establishment of an international PR network in a total of 60 countries where the luxury brand is marketed.
(12/2008) Bruno Maier, who was finance director of Rolex since 2006, takes over as CEO of the Swiss company. The company spokeswoman Dominique Tadion confirmed that to the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung this weekend. Meier has been employed at Rolex since 2005. The 54-year-old previously ran the Swiss branch of Deutsche Bank in Geneva and was member of the board of directors of German stock exchange. Apparently, the board of directors of Rolex was of the opinion that they needed a good number-cruncher now to get a handle on the costs again.
(12/2008) Today, in Geneva, the world capital of watchmaking, Hublot opened its first dedicated boutique in Switzerland. At the heart of the leading luxury brands area, Hublot will present its entire exclusive collection. After inaugurating its first world boutique in the rue St-Honoré in Paris in 2007, this year the brand celebrates Christmas on home ground!
(10/2008) Since the market launch in 1995 the handcrafted timepieces of A. Lange & Söhne have enjoyed increasing popularity with Japan’s sophisticated watch aficionados and collectors. They are well aware of the level of craftsmanship, precision and – above all – passion for watchmaking that is reflected in the “A. Lange & Söhne” signature. However, it is a long way from Tokyo to the idyllic watchmaking town of Glashütte, not far from the gates Saxony’s baroque capital Dresden.
(07/2008) 19-year-old Nadine Görgl starts work today for Lange Uhren GmbH, making her the 500th employee to be taken on by the company. She also did her watchmaking apprenticeship in Glashütte and will be working in the final adjustment section of this traditional manufactory. She starts work for the exclusive watch brand from Saxony along with eleven other talented young watchmakers, of which seven are graduates of the company's in-house Watchmaking School.
(03/2008) While very few Manufactures can lay claim to a century and a half of horological passion, this venerable age is being celebrated at Vulcain to the sound of innovation, energy and fine workmanship. The limited editions released to mark the occasion are complemented by the emergence of resolutely sporting new collections. Setting the crowning touch to this important jubilee, Vulcain publishes a book providing a wealth of information and retracing its 150 years of history.
(02/2008) Swiss watch brand, Hublot, boldly ushered its first single-brand shop in Asia Pacific region to Plaza 66 of Shanghai. The grand opening ceremony was held at its new shop in the evening of February 18 2008 whereas the Private Dinner held at the Bund Ballroom of Hyatt on the Bund in Shanghai at night also received tremendous support from over 100 guests, including glamorous celebrities and socialites such as Mr Donnie Yan, the contemporary action movie star.
(02/2008) Jaeger-LeCoultre, a key economic player in the Vallée de Joux, is announcing the largest extension in its history. The site of the Manufacture, currently spread over 16,000 square metres, will be enlarged by a further 9000 square metres by the year 2010. Loyal to its historical roots within an exceptional natural setting nestling between lake and forests on the outskirts of Le Sentier, the watch Manufacture has chosen to pursue its development within the brand’s historical cradle, to which the new building will be linked by astutely designed architectural elements.
(11/2007) Girard-Perregaux advertising campaign has been awarded by the Jury of the “Prix Suisse de la campagne horlogère 2007”, with a special prize for its concept. With “WAIT”, Girard-Perregaux chose to re-assert the value of time. For the really good things in life, the most precious ones, the rarest, the authentically unique ones, all need time. Time for them to be created, or simply for being understood. For those who can foretell their immense value, it’s well worth waiting for all the time that is needed.
(09/2007) With a new sales concept, the traditional watch brand A. Lange & Söhne creates a new world of experience outside its manufactory. The first of these exclusive new stores was inaugurated by CEO Fabian Krone on 8 September 2007 at Töpferstrasse 8 in Dresden. Here, a World of Lange on a smaller scale has been created, a special place where time has a home and where visitors are invited to encounter the history and philosophy of A. Lange & Söhne.
(08/2007) Twelve young men and women today begin their watchmaking apprenticeship at this traditional manufactory for exclusive mechanical timepieces in Saxony. After a warm welcome to the inhouse Watchmaking School from Lange’s Head of the Manufactory Tino Bobe and their future training supervisors, the new apprentices received their tools and the characteristic white watchmaker's smock.
(07/2007) Girard-Perregaux has invited a hundred of journalists to the Grand Opening of its new watch-boutique in Beijing. Located in the financial district, this modern and refined shop is the first-ever boutique in China, and the third in the world dedicated exclusively to the Brand. During the press conference, Luigi Macaluso, President of Girard-Perregaux, expressed its pride to inaugurate this boutique. Indeed, this opening testifies the importance the Brand attaches to China.
(03/2007) Hublot is establishing a new territory in a bid to take the French capital by storm with its high-tech showcase in the Rue Saint Honoré 271, a tailor-made space devoted entirely to the Art of Fusion. Remaining true to his visionary spirit, Jean-Claude Biver has developed an exclusive sales concept for the new space by offering a range of world premiere models.
(03/2007) On Friday, March 2nd, 2007 twelve future watchmakers and three tool makers signed their apprenticeship contract at the watch manufactory Glashütte Original. More than 220 candidates had applied for the 15 training vacancies at the company-owned watchmaking school “Alfred Helwig”.
(02/2007) A masterpiece of technological innovation, the web now occupies a major place in the communication world. The House of Hublot is fully aware of the stakes and hopes to blow the web away! Six months after the launch of Hublot TV, Jean-Claude Biver gathered and analysed the attendance figures and interest of Hublot fans. He concluded it to be a resounding success with over 9,000 visitors a day.
(01/2007) On January 18th 2007, Vacheron Constantin opened its 16th exclusive boutique in Hangzhou, while taking the opportunity to present its Platinum Excellence Collection. The team of Vacheron Constantin Asia Pacific, represented in particular by its Managing Director Jean-Michel Paray, as well as Charlie Lai, Managing Director of Hong Kong and China of Vacheron Constantin, were accompanied for this special occasion by Jane Fong, Managing Director of Shenzhen Harmony World Watch Centre and Xu Dong Cheng, President of Shenzhen Harmony World Watch Centre, Vacheron Constantin’s ambassadors and partners in Hangzhou.
(12/2006) With the inauguration of the new Glashütte Original boutique in Macao, the German luxury watch manufactory continues its expansion in China. Its third watch boutique in the Middle Kingdom after Ningbo and Chongqing is managed in cooperation with the exclusive jeweler Enoch International Company, Ltd.
(08/2006) Selected out of over 200 applications twelve beginning watchmakers began their education at Glashütte Original’s Alfred Helwig School of Watchmaking August 21st, 2006, at 9:30 am. With a plea to their honesty and commitment Glashütte Original’s managing director of production Günter Wiegand turned the new apprentices into the hands of Uwe Bahr and his educational team during a formal ceremony. This is the fifth class to go through the school since its opening in 2001.
(07/2006) For the third time the watch manufactory Glashütte Original said good bye to 12 graduates of the company’s owned watchmaking school "Alfred Helwig" on July 17th, 2006. After three years of apprenticeship the young watchmakers will enter the world of work. This important moment was appreciated with a ceremonial act in the manufactory’s atrium.
(06/2006) The Glashütte Original watch manufactory’s customer magazine Momentum - Magazine for Contemporaries was honored with this year’s Best of Corporate Publishing Award (BCP). This award is given out each year to the best corporate publications in Europe during a conference of the industry association Forum Corporate Publishing (FCP) in Munich. On Wednesday, June 28, 2006, the magazine was presented with first prize in the consumer publication category and second prize in the print-online category.
(03/2006) The gonging of a vintage Glashütte grandfather clock by Karl W. Höhnel at exactly 12:00 on March 16, 2006, in the Glashütte Original manufactory’s atrium marked the historical establishment of the German Watch Museum Glashütte - Nicolas G. Hayek foundation. For this occasion, CEO of Swatch Group AG, Nick Hayek, jr., journeyed from Switzerland to join local mayor Frank Reichel and Glashütte Original’s managing director Dr. Frank Müller to seal the foundation’s establishment by signing the official paperwork.
(12/2005) Breguet inaugurates its new Boutique on December 15, 2005, located on one of the city’s most prestigious and glamorous avenues, the Rue du Rhône. The 200m2 Boutique stocks the brand’s entire collection of watches and jewelry, including its newest models and by this way, underscores the brand’s determination to confirm its worldwide position as the leading name in luxury upmarket watchmaking.
(12/2005) The world’s largest OMEGA Flagship Store was officially opened today in the prestigious Shanghai shopping district of Nanjing Road. The occasion was also used to celebrate the Olympic spirit in China ahead of the 2008 OIympics and OMEGA’s historic role as an official timekeeper at 21 Olympiads since 1932.
(10/2005) Vacheron Constantin, the world’s oldest Manufacture in constant activity since its founding in 1755, is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year. One quarter of a millennium after its creation, the prestigious Maison specialising in Haute Horlogerie continues to perpetuate its venerable tradition of exclusivity through a refined production range, of which the most sophisticated horological creations will now be presented in a warm, intimate Moscow showcase.