The Swatch Group AG (SWGNF) Financier

The Swatch Group AG engages in the business of designing, manufacturing, and selling finished watches, jewelry, watch movements, and components. The company is headquartered in Biel, Bern and currently employs 31,796 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2001-08-10. Swatch Group is a diversified multinational holding company active in the manufacture and sale of finished watches, jewelry, watch movements and components. The Watches and Jewelry segment includes the production and sale of branded watches, jewelry and quartz movements, notably the brands Breguet, Harry Winston, Blancpain, Glashuette Original, Jaquet Droz, Leon Hatot, Omega, Longines, Rado, Union Glashuette, Tissot, Balmain, Certina, Hamilton, Calvin Klein watches and jewelry, Swatch and Flik Flak. The Electronic Systems segment includes the production and marketing of electronic components, notably batteries and sports timing equipment. The firm also supplies products from these segments to third-party watchmakers.