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Reference: Genuine groups and the companies they own.


Daytona4me

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Note to Admin/Mod.. not sure if you want this in General Discussion or not.. but it might be a helpful reference tool to keep around if you dont already have it.

This is an updated list through the 3rd Quarter of 2008

I think it is difficult for people to wrap their minds around the many groups who own dozens of popular watches. You dont realize it until you start looking at movements and parts, etc.. and then it starts to become more obvious.

Only the real nerds might find this handy but I have seen a couple questions lately that led to typing this out from watchtime.

One thing that has baffled me after reading who owns who is that I have been told by many people that Wittnauer was made by the same company as Movado... and this simply is not true. ?? Anyone else here that ?? Maybe true at one time?? I dont know ??

Swatch Group (Switzerland)

Breguet

Blancpain

Glasshutte Original

Union Glashutte

Tiffany & Co.

Jaquet Droz

Leon Hatot

Omega

Longines

Rado (seanf's favorite)

Tissot

CK/Calvin Klein

Balmain

Hamilton

Certina

Mido

Swatch

Richemont Group (Switzerland)

Cartier

Van Cleef & Arpels

Piaget

A. Lange & Sohne

Vacheron Constantin

Jager-LeCoultre

Officine Panerai

IWC Schaffhausen

Roger Dubuis

Baume & Mercier

Montblanc

Dunhill

Ralph Lauren Watches

LVMH Group (France)

Tag Heuer

Zenith

Hublot

Dior

Fred

Chaumet

Louis Vuitton

Movado Group (USA)

Ebel

Concord

Movado

ESQ Swiss

Coach

Hugo Boss

Juicy Couture

Tommy Hilfiger

Lacoste

Franck Muller Group (Switzerland)

Frank Muller

Martin Braun

Pierre Kunz

European Company Watch

Rodolphe

Barthelay

Backes and Strauss

Bulgari Group (Italy)

Bulgari

Daniel Roth

Gerald Genta

PPR Group (France)

Gucci

Bedat & Co.

Boucheron

Yves Saint Laurent

Timex Group (USA)

Vincent Berard

TX

Timex

Guess

Nautica

Versace

Salvatore Ferragamo

Valentino

Marc Ecko

Opex

Festina Group (Spain)

Perrelet

L. Leroy

Candino

Festina

Lotus

Jaguar

Calypso

Seiko Watch Corp. (Japan)

Grand Seiko

Credor

Seiko

Pulsar

Lorus

Alba

Citizen Group (Japan)

Campanola

Citzen

Q&Q

Accutron

Wittnauer (why do people say it is the same company as Movado??)

Bulova

Caravelle

Frank Lloyd Wright

Harley Davidsen

Binda Group (Italy)

Wyler Geneve

Breil Milano

D&G

Moschino

Ducati

Freestyle

Kenneth Cole

Tommy Bahama

Speedo

Mexx

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Quite interesting to see the ownerstructure behind a lot of brands.

A little like the consumer-market, where for instance Unilever and the Nestle Group owns a lot of brands that you didnt know was connected.

Perhaps getting some shares in these groups would be worthwile?

EDIT:

Here are some pages for investors for two of the groups above:

Swatch Group:

http://www.swatchgroup.com/en/investor_rel...ns/share_quotes

The shareprice has gone down significantly since Q1/2008 it seems, but is on the rise again.

Maybe now would be a good time to invest?

Richemont:

http://www.richemont.com/share_price.html

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