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CERTINA DS ACTION GMT POWERMATIC 80
Swiss watchmaker Certina unveils the new DS Action GMT Powermatic 80 – Urban and sporty, the new watch lets travelers track the time simultaneously at home and at destination. While the central hour, minute and second hands show the local time at home, a slim hand fitted with a luminous arrowhead points to the bezel’s 24-hour scale to show the…
Longines Conquest
To mark the 70th anniversary of its emblematic CONQUEST collection, Longines is presenting the new CONQUEST HERITAGE CENTRAL POWER RESERVE, inspired by an iconic model from the late 1950s. Unique in the world of watchmaking, its power reserve is displayed on rotating discs in the centre of the dial. Available in champagne, anthracite or black,…
Swatch Group: Key Figures 2023
Net sales up by 12.6% at constant exchange rates, or 5.2% at current rates to CHF 7 888 million. Sales growth of over 8% in the fourth quarter in local currencies. Despite huge exchange rate impacts, the Watches & Jewelry segment (including Production) achieved the same strong operating margin of 17.2%. Operating profit of CHF 1 191…
Swatch Ocean of Storms
A new ocean is joining the five watches and five oceans in the Blancpain X Swatch collaboration. Even though planet Earth only has five, Swatch is welcoming OCEAN OF STORMS into its Bioceramic Scuba Fifty Fathoms Collection that celebrates Blancpain’s iconic Fifty Fathoms, a watch that revolutionized watchmaking by becoming the first true diver’s…
Swatch Group welcomes UK court decision against Samsung watch faces
Swatch Group today won a milestone trade mark case against Samsung in the UK. Last year, Mrs Justice Falk held that Samsung had infringed trade marks belonging to a number of well-known Swiss watch brands of the Swatch Group including amongst others Omega, Tissot, Longines and Swatch. Today, in the Court of Appeal in London, in a case which…
LONGINES LEGEND DIVER
It is immediately recognisable by its two crowns and internal rotating bezel. The new LONGINES LEGEND DIVER is now resurfacing with a 39 mm diameter, faithful to the original 1959 model from which it takes its inspiration. This authentic tool-watch is available with a black or blue dial. Longines has always associated its name with the…