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Jay Leno’s «Green Car Challenge» on NBC to be timed by Omega
One of America’s most celebrated comedians and the host of the popular Jay Leno Show on NBC will invite his guests to participate in a competition he is introducing later this month. Called the «Jay Leno Green Car Challenge», the first of the trials will take place on 18 September 2009. Each guest will drive a Ford Focus RS …
Tech-Airport wins the Nice Airport bid
Tech-Airport Holding SAS, a Swatch Group company specializing in retailing at airports, has won the bid to operate watch and jewelry outlets at the Nice Côte d’Azur airport. Tech-Airport already operates twenty-eight stores – nine at Roissy Charles de Gaulle (France); nine at Orly (France), five in Nice (France), one in Nantes (France) and…
Investigation against ETA
Biel / Bienne (Switzerland), September 15, 2009 – The Swiss Competition Commission COMCO informed today on their website that an investigation against ETA Manufacture Horlogère SA has been opened. It is not the first time that the COMCO investigates against a company of the Swatch Group. The Swatch Group is confident that the results of this…
Longines on The Watch Avenue
Longines is entering heart and soul into a new dimension – the virtual dimension – and has inaugurated an online boutique on the prestigious portal The Watch Avenue. Designed along similar lines to the Longines Flagship Store in Dubai, this unique boutique will whisk you off into a realistic world totally dedicated to our brand and its creations…
Swatch Group Half-Year Report 2009
Biel / Bienne (Switzerland): Half-Year Report 2009 – Swatch Group a strong outperformer in the current challenging economic environment • Strong outperformance compared to Swiss Watch Federation export sales, with gross sales reaching CHF 2’480 million in the first six months of 2009 (–15.3% compared to an absolute record first half-year 2008,…
The Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch
Apollo 11 «40th Anniversary» Limited Edition watches The first manned lunar landing on the 20th of July, 1969 was the greatest, most dramatic scientific achievement in human history. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon’s surface at 02:56 GMT on the 21st of July. Nineteen minutes later he was joined by Buzz Aldrin, who was wearing his Omega…