General Info

The Swatch Group is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of finished watches in the world. Swatch is a manufacturer and distributor of watches and microelectronics. The company is the subsidiary holding company of a high-tech unit involved in manufacturing pulsed YAG laser systems for industrial applications such as spot and seam welding, drilling, cutting, precision joining and ablation. Swatch s brands include Omega, Swatch, Calvin Klein, Tissot and Hamilton. Swatch is also active in the field of telecommunications and the automobile sector, as well as in the service sector. This includes sports timing which measures the time at multiple international sports events and most of the Olympic Games. The Swatch Group was established in 1983.