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What Advice Can The Late Nicolas Hayek Tell Us About How To Fix Today's Watch Industry Problems?
Swatch Group Co-Founder, CEO, & Chairman Nicolas HayekI recently re-read an interview from 24 years ago with Nicolas Hayek Senior that felt surprisingly relevant today. In the 1980s Nicolas Hayek Sr.?put together the company now known as the Swatch Group, aka SMH. Among many other things he did, Hayek is the person most people associate with the force that “saved the Swiss watch industry” after the “quartz crisis” which severely threatened the traditional watch industry back in the 1970s and 1980s. While Hayek didn’t act alone, a big part of his legacy continues to be the clever steps he took to save the Swiss watch industry, as well as its manufacturing base from the threat of cheaper-and in many instances more reliable-watches that could be produced much more cheaply in the Far East.Today some 30-40 years after the quartz crisis, the Swiss watch industry is in the middle of a new type of crisis. This new one doesn’t yet have a name (only histor
Zenith Watches: From Movement Maker To Outstanding Manufacture
Zenith watches are my newest fascination because they represent unique styling and technical prowess. Zenith Watch Company began in 1865 as a movement maker, and stayed that way through most of its existence. Most of Zenith’s endeavors involved providing its strong movements to other watch makers. Zenith movements have been featured in Rolex watches for a long period of time. Regardless, Zenith proved a dynamic manufacture and began producing a line of very high quality watches aggressively priced against the competition.In the late 1990’s Zenith re-imaged itself and began to produce high quality watches to house its legendary El Primero line of movements. Today, Zenith produces some of the most interesting line of watches available from house Manufacture (meaning the watch maker also makes its own movements). A signature feature of many of the Zenith watches is an open window into the movement. This they refer to as “Open” in a watch. Through this window you ca