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Tech-Airport expansion
Four more positions on the German market and one step in Ireland Tech-Airport, the Swatch Group’s airport retail company, has won the tender of the new Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI) Airport in Germany, and will operate from July 2012 four new Watch and Jewelry store concepts. The successful concessionaire will offer two «Hour Passion»…
Behind the scenes with Nicole Kidman
Peter Lindbergh photographs Nicole Kidman and the Omega Ladymatic Nashville, Tennessee is known worldwide for its music industry and recording studios are dotted around the city, particularly in an area called Music Row. On a hot day in June on a quiet street a few minutes away from the sounds of pedal steel guitars and fiddles, an Oscar-winning…
A new golden age of fashion: Omega presents Ladymatic
Can you imagine a line of women’s watches that recalls the most compelling design elements of the golden age of couture and combines them with the best mechanical watch movements in the world? Is the idea simply too good to be true? Omega can answer these questions in a word: Ladymatic. Reviving a legendary name The Omega Ladymatic…
Tech-Airport heads into Germany
On 1 October, a new «Hour Passion» watch and jewelry retail outlet opened for passengers using the International Terminal at Düsseldorf Airport (Pier C). With this new store, Tech-Airport again proposes its attractive, creative boutique concept – the 29th in its network and the first in Germany – making full use of its expertise in serving the…
Watch bracelets made from exotic leathers
Following yesterday’s shocking Swiss Television report on the unacceptable conditions associated with the procurement of exotic animal leathers, this morning the Executive Management of the Swatch Group adopted the following measures: The Swatch Group FEPS (Far Eastern Procurement Service) Division will immediately attempt to determine if leather…
Rofin-Sinar acquires the Swiss company Lasag AG
Rofin-Sinar acquires the Swiss company Lasag AG, a specialist in laser micro processing, from The Swatch Group Ltd. Biel/Bienne, Switzerland / Plymouth, MI, USA / Hamburg, Germany – October 1, 2010 – The Swatch Group Ltd (SIX: UHRN.S / UHR.VX) and Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: RSTI), today announced that Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc…