Swatch May Cut Off Supplying Rivals
There is no doubt about it. Swatch components are widely used, outside the brand itself. But that could change as soon as January 1st. The Swatch Group is considering cutting back their sales of the internal copoments to competitors to concentrate on making enough supplies for it’s own brands such as Longines, Omega, Tossot, Breguet and Blancpain.
For big pocket brands such as Hublot, the highly success timepiece brand under the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton group that had using Swatch components for years, won’ really be affected much. (In 2007, Hublot invested 40 million francs to develop their own manufacturing company and with making 29,000 watches a year, selling at an average of $27,000 each, puts the company at 75% of the brand revune coming from in house).
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