Richemont group

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• Cartier: “Record sales…remarkable
growth across products and channels.”
• Van Cleef & Arpels: “Record sales…
outstanding growth.”
• Piaget: “Very strong increase in
sales…excellent performance across
regions and channels.”
• Vacheron Constantin: “Very robust
growth, most notably in Asia and the
USA.”
• A. Lange & Söhne: “Very robust performance
across most markets.”
• Roger Dubuis: “Substantial sales growth
driven by Asia and Americas.”
• Jaeger-LeCoultre: “Commendable
broad-based growth.”
• IWC: “Significant growth across
regions.”
• Officine Panerai: “Strong sales driven in
particular by Europe, Asia Pacific and
the Middle East.”
• Baume & Mercier: “Marked growth in
sales leads to break-even following fiscal
year 2011’s transition year.”

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πολυ δυνατο "χαρτοφυλακιο" εχουν

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A. LANGE & SOHNE
The German watchmaker Ferdinand Adolph Lange founded A Lange and Sohne in Glashutte, German, in 1845 after apprenticing with master watchmaker Johann Christian Friedrich Gutkaes in Dresden. This first Glashutte workshop was staffed by stonemasons, farmers, and others with little to no technical skill but, under Lange's leadership, the company still produced precision pocket watches and helped start the Glashutte watchmaking industry. The company's main facility was destroyed in the final days of World War II and Soviet expropriation removed the name of A Lange and Sohne from the dials of watches in 1948. Walter Lange, great-grandson of the company's found, was forced to wait until 1990 and the fall of the Berlin Wall to restore his ancestor's company to its former glory. He, along with watch industry executive Gunter Blumlein, has now recreated one of the great German watch brands, carrying its illustrious lineage into the 21st century. The watch lines carried by A Lange and Sohne -- the Zeitwerk, the Richard Lange family, the 1815 line, Saxonia, and Lange 1 --are made from gold and platinum, with rare exception, and the movement of each watch is developed, produced, and assembled by the company. In addition, each movement is made from "German silver," an alloy of copper and nickel that gives the piece a very particular sheen and color.

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CARTIER
Cartier, as part of the Richemont group, could easily refer to themselves as jewelers first, and watchmakers second. This can be attributed to their large line of rings, necklaces, purses and charms that carry the same characteristics as their watches: elegant and refined without being over-the-top. Don't get the wrong idea, however, because while Cartier watches are stylish, their functionality is akin to the caliber of other leading brands today.

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IWC
The International Watch Company was established in 1868 by Florentine Ariosto Jones, an American engineer and watchmaker, in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, with the assistance of manufacturer and industrialist Johann Heinrich Moser. Its location in Schaffhausen makes the IWC the only major Swiss watchmaker to set up shop in eastern Switzerland.

Their Ingenieur model of watches -- a design based on the classic IWC Pilot Watch, a line made for the British Royal Air Force in the 1940s -- are specifically designed to counter the effects of external magnetic fields, making them ideal for pilots. The company's Portuguese line is designed for the avid boater; the Da Vinci family of watches pays tribute to the Renaissance inventor; the classic lines of the Portofino line recall Hollywood of the 1950s and movie stars' love for the Italian fishing village; and the IWC's Aquatimer series, along with their support of the Charles Darwin Foundation's preservation efforts, shows the company's history and respect for the diving community.

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JAEGER-LECOULTRE
Part of the Richemont group's Haute Horlogerie division, Jaeger Le Coultre is a fully fledged Manufacture, whose in-house movements grace not only their own prestigious timepieces, but often lend their prestige to other high-end brands. Antoine LeCoultre founded the brand in 1833 but it was not until 1866 that his son would transform the workshop into a manufacture. Paris watchmaker Edmond Jaeger did not join his name to the company until 1903. He brought with him ultra-thin movement calibers as well as a prestigious customer for the movements, Cartier. Today, the company is well known for a number of achievements, including the Reverso, the Memovox automatic alarm watch and the Atmos clock.

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MONTBLANC
Montblanc, which was established as a manufacturer of writing instruments in 1906, introduced their first line of Meisterstuck watches in 1997 at the Salon International de Haute Horlogerie. Designed for an energetic lifestyle in robust stainless steel cases, the Sport line was unveiled in 2000.

In a move by Richemont, the owner of Montblanc, the company was annexed in 2006 with Minerva, a watchmaker established in 1858, to create Montblanc Villeret. Shortly after this merger, the company proudly introduced the MB R100, their first caliber manufactured in-house, at the 2008 SIHH. The new division truly made its mark on the haute horlogerie world in 2010 with the introduction of their limited edition Metamorphosis timepiece, a wristwatch that converts between two faces, one a classical dial and the other a chronograph, at the push of a button. Like Montblanc's other watches, the Metamorphosis combines an elegant design and aesthetics while utilizing a creative approach to watchmaking.

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PANERAI
Officine Panerai Firenze started suppling the Italian Navy with precision instruments such as calculators, fuses for torpedos, depth meters, and compasses in the 19th century. The demand for an extremely water proof time piece with luminous hands for legibility, led them into the world of horology. Over the past 145 years, the company has evolved from basic blunt instruments into one of the most sought after brands.

Panerai was very quiet through the second half of the 20th century, until the Richemont Group (then Vendome Luxury Group) bought the company in 1997. Richemont relaunched many of the models and they were an immediate international hit.

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CARTIER
Cartier, as part of the Richemont group, could easily refer to themselves as jewelers first, and watchmakers second. This can be attributed to their large line of rings, necklaces, purses and charms that carry the same characteristics as their watches: elegant and refined without being over-the-top. Don't get the wrong idea, however, because while Cartier watches are stylish, their functionality is akin to the caliber of other leading brands today.

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Πάρα την κρίση  στην Κίνα, είχε αύξηση των πωλήσεων , στη χωρα

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Ahead of that meeting, the Group announces that its sales for the first five months of the current financial year ended 31 August 2016 decreased by 13% at constant exchange rates and 14% at actual rates. Excluding exceptional watch returns taken back from our multi-brand retail partners, constant currency sales decreased by 10% for the period. The Group also comments on the outlook for the six months ending 30 September 2016.

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Ahead of that meeting, the Group announces that its sales for the first five months of the current financial year ended 31 August 2016 decreased by 13% at constant exchange rates and 14% at actual rates. Excluding exceptional watch returns taken back from our multi-brand retail partners, constant currency sales decreased by 10% for the period. The Group also comments on the outlook for the six months ending 30 September 2016.

Έτσι είναι!
Παρόμοιες δηλώσεις κάνουν και άλλοι ελβετικοί όμιλοι.

Θα μου συγχωρηθεί, αν με την ευκαιρία, κάνω ένα γενικότερης φύσης σχόλιο μιας και φαίνεται ότι το πράγμα πάει κατά δι@όλου;

Θα ήθελα να επισημάνω ότι την προηγούμενη φορά που καταστράφηκε η ελβετική ωρολογοβιομηχανία, αυτό δεν έγινε επειδή (δήθεν) εμφανίσθηκαν στο προσκήνιο τα φθηνά quartz ρολόγια, αλλά εξαιτίας μιας παγκόσμιας οικονομικής κρίσης (πετρελαικό κραχ), η οποία μάλιστα ήταν και πολύ μικρότερη από την διαφαινόμενη μπροστά μας.

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Δεκτο,αλλα μηπως και οι καιροι αλλαξαν και ο κοσμος στρεφεται προς τα φτηνα και αξιοπιστα quartz/solar power/eco-drive?Μηπως και οι Ελβετοι,αυξανουν συνεχως τις τιμες ?

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Το μεγαλο προβλημα θα υπαρξει,αν αρχισει να εχει μεγαλη δυσκολια η Rolex.Το λεω αυτο γιατι παραγει μονη της,ενα μεγαλο αριθμο ρολογιων και αποτελει κατ'εμε ,το βαρομετρο της ελβετικης ωρολογοποιιας

[Svl]

Νομίζω, δεν είναι ζήτημα ρόλεξ ή οποιασδήποτε άλλης παρόμοιας εταιρείας.
Έρχεται κυκλώνας και αυτές είναι στάχυα.