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Solar Impulse maiden flight
On a perfect spring day with a clear blue sky over the Swiss town of Payerne and a dramatic Alpine panorama in the distance, the Solar Impulse prototype plane, HB-SIA, took off on its maiden flight at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Solar Impulse founders and co-pilots André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard followed the plane in helicopters throughout its…
Baselworld 2010: The Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Swatch Group introduces the restoration and unique operational concept at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai Exhibition at Baselworld details Shanghai’s colourful past, the Peace Hotel’s remarkable renovation , and a unique operational concept Biel / Bienne and Basel, Switzerland, and Shanghai, China, March 2010. The Swatch Group is…
Changes in the Board of Directors
During its last meeting, the Swatch Group Board of Directors made preparations for the Annual General Meeting of May 12, 2010. Due to the increased seating requirements, the 2010 Annual General Meeting will take place at the MCH Swiss Exhibitions Congress Center in Basel instead of Biel / Bienne. The dividend proposed to the Annual General…
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Preface When we recently extended our contract with the International Olympic Committee through 2020, we had a chance to reflect on how things had evolved since 1932, the year that Omega became the first company ever to be entrusted with the timing of every Olympic event. Prior to the Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games, timekeepers had brought their…
Swatch Group: Key Figures 2009
Biel / Bienne (Switzerland), February 9, 2010 Group gross sales of CHF 5 421 million, on comparable basis (excluding 2008 divestments of Sokymat and Michel) –6.3% at constant exchange rates and –8.1% in total lower than in the record year 2008. Watch segment sales with a decrease at constant rates of –5.5% largely outperform Swiss Watch…
Temps – Zeit – Time
Ted Scapa, premiers his new work on the theme of time at the Cité du Temps Geneva, 22 October 2009 – From 23 October to 30 November 2009, Geneva’s Cité du Temps will host a new exhibition by Ted Scapa, renowned artist and television personality. Scapa is clear in his view, «Creativity is my favourite way of spending time.» In the collection «…