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International Polar Year (IPY) Across The Arctic With Rolex


With the support of Rolex, Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer have embarked on a four month adventure taking them 4,300 km across the Arctic. Their objective: to advance scientific research into climate at high latitudes.

Longines 175 Years In Saint-Imier


To commemorate 175 years since its foundation, the firm with the famous winged hourglass logo is enlarging its museum and publishing a work devoted to the socioeconomic development of its birthplace, a region to which it has always remained loyal.

For the kick-off of festivities marking the 175th anniversary of Longines, a large presence gathered on 1st March this year in Saint-Imier, where president of the company Walter von Kaenel welcomed journalists from around the world with his customary geniality, together with a number of leading local personalities and Lithuanian actress Ingeborga Dapkunaite, the ambassador of Longines elegance. It was a red letter day for the Swatch Group subsidiary, which inaugurated two new rooms in its museum and presented an historical work to mark the occasion.

Swiss Made Proposed Reinforcement


The FH intends to take an important new step by proposing at its forthcoming General Meeting a reinforcement of the Ordinance of the Federal Council on use of the name Swiss for watches.

Use of the Swiss Made label for watches is covered by an ordinance of the Federal Council dated 29 December 1971, the famous Swiss Made Ordinance, which for a number of years has been subject to many criticisms, particularly inside the industry, because it is considered too lax, but also in legal circles, where the view is that it no longer fully meets the legal mandate specified in the law on trademarks. It is for this reason that the FH Board called for reflection and discussions to maintain if not reinforce the value of Swiss Made on world markets. The FH is in fact convinced that this label is of tremendous benefit to the Swiss watch industry and that it is a vehicle for consumer expectations across the globe.

Maritime Trade And Counterfeit Goods Needle In A Haystack


An early setback this year for Chinese counterfeiters saw the seizure of more than 80,000 fake watches in Gioia Tauro in Calabria on 5 January. Lucky straw or final straw? Report of a visit to the bottom of the haystack.

The port infrastructure of Gioia Tauro was built in the early 1990s with a view to absorbing container traffic. Indeed, containers have ushered in a minor revolution in the way maritime trade is conducted, in the sense that a single cargo can transport all kinds of goods in a motley collection seemingly inextricable to ordinary mortals. In reality, the system is childa?

New Record For The Swatch Group “Dazzling Prospects”


Everything is for the best in the best of worlds for the Swatch Group, which has published record results for 2006 while announcing a "very promising" 2007 financial year.

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