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Mad about the Sea Sexy and sea-worthy: The Swatch Scuba Libre

Swatch breaks the surface with Scuba Libre. Swatch surfaces with a new look on life and a Scuba watch with a difference: it’s not just for divers, it’s for the rest of us, too.

In pink and red! Love, love, love: The Swatch Love Collection

It's something Swatch fans look forward to with anticipation every year: the Swatch Love Collection. The renowned Swiss watch and jewellery maker Swatch is aiming straight for the heart with a celebration of love in pink and red! The Swatch Love Collection has chosen the two symbolic colours of passion and affection to give time and sparkle to all those who love, love, love...

Decision by end of December 2011 Frederique Constant's response when Swatch will reduce movements' supply

For about 20-30 years, Swatch has been the supplier of mechanical movements and their components for most of the Swiss watch industry. Despite its historical relationship, Swatch would like to reduce deliveries of calibers and assortments.

Sold to a very important mainland Chinese collector Unique collection of Swatch watches sold for astonishing HK$ 51’707’500

One of the most complete collections of Swatch watches in the world, which reflects the outstanding story of Swatch, was sold at a historical amount of HK$ 51’707’500. The Blum Collection was assembled over many years by Swiss businessman Peter Blum and his wife Linda, passionate collectors of Swatch watches since the brand’s early days.

Decision finally reached regarding the swatch.ru legal case Swatch wins Russian domain case at the 3rd attempt

The Federal Court of the District of Moscow confirmed in a decision from the 23rd of May 2011 the current position of the Court of Appeal as well as the Court of the Region of Moscow regarding the domain name swatch.ru. According to the Federal Court it was correct to forbid the use of this domain name to the owner of the domain swatch.ru, and to oblige him to transfer this to the Swatch AG.

Long lasting legal battle Swatch wins domain trial in Russia

In a long lasting legal battle before the Court of the Region of Moscow, Swatch has been able to recover the domain name swatch.ru which was owned by a private person in Russia. The judgment rendered on 13 October 2010 represents a precedent in Russian jurisprudence for the fact that up to now, Russian courts had been very reluctant to grant similar claims.

July 3, 2010 at Kursaal in Bern Commemorative ceremony for Nicolas G. Hayek

On Saturday, July 3, 2010, at 2 p.m., a public commemorative ceremony will be held at Kursaal, Kornhausstrasse 3, 3013 Bern (Switzerland), Arena room. Guests are welcome to attend. Instead of flowers, may we ask those persons who wish to commemorate Mr. Hayek to make a donation to “Médecins sans frontières” in Geneva.

Swatch Art Peace Hotel: Boutiques Opening Brequet, Blancpain, Omega and Swatch open flagship stores

The opening of the ground floor of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel took place at 26th May 2010 in Shanghai with four exceptional boutiques in a grandiose architectural environment. The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, an emblematic historical building located at the corner of the Bund and Nanjing Road, reopened today after several years of restoration work that will enable it to welcome the public in the boutiques of four of Swatch Group’s most prestigious brands – Blancpain, Breguet, Omega and Swatch.

Four artists create new work New Watches: Swatch & Art Collection

Swatch has expanded its popular Swatch & Art Collection with new watches by four contemporary artists and designers working in a broad range of mediums and styles. Indian fashion designer Manish Arora contributes a wonderfully colourful Bollywood-inspired ‘movie’ watch, while French artist, writer and film director Enki Bilal presents two Gents in the signature style of his many graphic novels and comic books.

BASELNEWS 2010 Swatch Group introduces the restoration at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai

The Swatch Group is presenting an exhibition at Baselworld in the Hall of Dreams from the 17th to the 19th of March, dedicated to its renovation of the South Building of the historic Peace Hotel, located on Shanghai’s legendary Bund, the city’s former ﬁnancial district and today its most famous landmark. The Swatch Group is working closely with its joint venture partner, Jin Jiang International, China’s leading hotel and travel group.

The Top 30 watch brands on TrustedWatch Rolex in front of Swatch, Cartier and OMEGA

As main medium of the watch branch, TrustedWatch addresses people that deal with the topic of watches for professional and/or private reasons. Time and again, the editorial office of TrustedWatch is impressed and positively surprised by the specialist competence and the expertise of our users that is visible in the many emails, phone calls, and letters. The high affinity and competence of our users also shows itself in the top 30 watch brands that were searched for by the users of TrustedWatch in the year 2009.

Spectacular Event in Venice Swatch To Celebrate Swatch + Art Connection

Only a master of the art of provocation could imagine drawing thousands of people to the Piazza San Marco – with contemporary art. Yet that’s precisely Swatch intends to do. Taking art to the people once again, Swatch has dubbed the spectacular event «CreArt by Swatch», a playful celebration of The Swatch Connection to art, artists and the creative enterprise.

Who invented it? Nicolas Hayek tried to prevent his biography from being written

Nagel & Kimche will publish «Mister Swatch, Nicolas Hayek and the secret of his success» on 7 September 2009. The renowned economic journalist Jürg Wegelin has written the book. He has known and has followed Hayek for more than 30 years now. Wegelin has researched in Hayek’s native Lebanon and interviewed virtually 60 former companions, colleagues and competitors for his book project.

Swatch creates an universal time Swatch Internet Time

On October 23, 1998, the Swatch brand created a revolution: it reinvented time by launching a universal time, Swatch Internet Time. This divides a 24-hour day into 1000 beats (each beat corresponding to 1 minute and 26.4 seconds) and enables all the earth’s inhabitants to experience the same time at the same moment, wherever they happen to be, and irrespective of whether it is daytime or nighttime.