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Swatch Group will Stop Deliveries to Outside Brands since 2010

December 31st, 2009

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Sometime in 2010, ETA, the Swatch Group watch movement making unit, will stop selling watch parts to other brands which are outside of the group. It is not exactly new information. But as the time draws closer and closer, we are more and more curious about how great an influence will be resulted from the move.

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ETA is the largest and most prestigious and popular watch movement maker in the world, whose movements are what many outside brands rely on to provide “Swiss Made” watches. There are many brands under Swatch group including Swatch, Breguet, Blancpain, Longines and Omega. However, there are much more brands outside of the group in sheer need of the “ETA MADE” watch movements and other crucial components. In all likelihood the fact that ETA stops deliveries to competitors is going to happen and cause a great deal of impact on the whole industry.

Regarding the decision, Swatch Group Chairman Nicolas Hayek said, “We no longer intend to produce or deliver to third-party watchmakers. Swatch Group could cope very well without selling parts to other watchmakers. It only accounts for sales of around 300 or 400 million Swiss francs, which is some 7 or 8 percent of total sales. The loss will be small compared to all the advantages we will get back.”

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Nicolas Hayek and his son Nick Hayek

The move seems like going to spell death for lots of brands. And ETA has been under a new investigation by Switzerland’s Competition Commission on whether such practices of “kill” so many watch brands that serve crucial roles in Swiss national economy is illegal and monopolistic. From another point of view, the decision made by Swatch Group leads to opportunities as well as challenges. It is a good chance for those watch brands to turn into independent watchmaking companies by creating and developing their own movements. Maybe I can’t make correct understanding how difficult to create the sophisticated parts for movements with my limited knowledge. But the news can not be all bad, because there are some other independent Swiss watch makers who want to replace ETA.

Tomorrow is the beginning of the New Year. Happy New Year!

Distinctive Gift For Valentine’s Day 2010: Blancpain Saint Valentin 2010 watch

December 26th, 2009

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Christmas gifts, New Year gifts…… I have to admit I am a man of foresight. Today we are talking about gifts for Valentine’s Day 2010. Two watches have recently introduced for Valentine’s Day 2010: Blancpain Saint Valentin 2010 watch and Hublot Big Bang in red. The former is our topic today.

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Blancpain is a well-known Swiss watchmaker and jeweller based in Le Brassus. With the motto “Archetype of The Watchmaking Art”, the brand settles its philosophy into a deep respect for tradition and contemporary values. Blancpain has never stopped pursuing the better combination of the aesthetic and technological know-how since its creation in 1735. And now the Saint Valentin 2010 comes to present the ever better fusion of elegant beauty and sophisticated technology.

As a celebration of the day of love in 2010, Blancpain Saint Valentin 2010 watch features the theme of love. The 18K white gold case in teardrop shape symbols tears of joy, with a dazzling interweaved bezel to indicate the intertwined emotion for love. The bezel is set with 404 diamonds and 66 pink sapphires, making a solid and shiny frame for the charming heart-themed dial. The white and pink mother-of-pearl dial reveals a loving heart. In addition, accompanied with nine brilliant round-cut diamonds, a heart-cut diamond sits as the 12 o’clock hour marker. The model is simply a work of art, the best timekeeper to mark the hours for touching love in Valentine’s Day 2010.

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The Le Brassus based watchmaking company has never released a quartz watch. The new watch carries on the tradition by highlighting the world’s most smallest automatic movement “Lady Bird” Calibre 615. Comprising 180 hand-finished pieces and featuring a respectable 40-hour power reserve, the slender movement expands the exquisite beauty of this exceptional two-hand lady watch. Made from scratch-resistant transparent sapphire crystal, the watch exhibition back brings us a perfect view to admire the supernatural workmanship from Blancpain. No details are left to chance.

The wonderfully crafted watch is sure to be strictly limited, only 14 pieces made available. Blancpain claimed that the new watch will be delivered with two genuine satin straps – one black and the other white. The polished white gold buckle is decorated with a pear-shaped sapphire crystal. Packed in an extremely elegant presentation box, the Saint Valentin 2010 watch watch will help you a lot in the expression of love, as a visual emblem to love and femininity.

The watch Women’s Valentine 2008 Blancpain: Very Nice done

March 12th, 2009

The watch Women’s Valentine 2008 Blancpain: Very Nice done
Women of ’s watches usually aren ‘ t given that much attention by fans of shows. They come in two basic varieties, miniature dolled up versions of men of ’s watches, or some shows with richly golden jewelry. While these watches may be like them are hardly things of interest rich innovation or novel. Typically, much time is spent on men of ’s watches when it comes to new technology, called avant-garde or new complications.

Other women because of ’s watches tend to be less interesting is that they are often quartz movements. This seems reasonable, while women tend to want to watch with less dispute while they switch between several of them. Despite this however, there are many mechanical women ’s is out there, Blancpain and this is an excellent example. Blancpain While a lot of history is a trademark of recurrence. Now owned by the group of sample ordering other luxury brands such as Breguet, Blancpain is best known for their watches in the scuba diving and served for 50 fathoms deep quilted with and resistance to radioactivity.

What impressed me about this watch is all the little contacts. For this kind of money (many thousands) you expect diamonds and gold, spells, and precious materials all around. You expect the art and also top-notch detail. What are ‘t always get are contacts that make the design really shows different. From a mechanical perspective, it is useful that Blancpain has adapted a fundamental reservation of power of 100 hours in this watch. This gives women who are lucky enough have that shows two or three days between having to wear the watch and it does not stop. Have a full calendar complication means that if the watch stops, you need to adjust several things before it is ready to be helpful. a power of 100 hours is about twice what you’d expect on a show this size typically.

Are after the small artistic details on the watch face. Note the moon in the moonphase indicator with long fuses to look feminine and a female face. A small detail wonderful tribute to the ownership of working women shows. Then, on the moonphase indicator is used. Opportunity is here represented as red heart turns without interruption indicate elapsed seconds. It is rare to see hands like this shows processed, and a welcome change of pitch. I would not seem obvious, but Blancpain took heart and turned it into a perfect indicator. Looking at the performance, you ‘d think of hearts have been used for years as a hands on watches. A new look, but adds greatly refining which surely will be copied on many watches in the future. Blancpain Congratulations for taking the time to release such a watch, with a clearly limited, but a huge appeal.

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