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The 3 watches conglomerates
mentioned in the original masthead were:
- Swatch Group
- Richemont Group
- LVHM Group
Since then, more luxury groups have formed with watches as major components:
- Watchland Group (Franck Muller, Pierre Kunz, ECW)
- MGI Luxury Group (Movado, Ebel, Concord, ESQ, Coach, Tommy Hilfiger)
- Bvlgari Group (Bvlgari, Daniel Roth, Gerald Genta)
- Gucci Group (Gucci, YvesStLaurent, Boucheron, Bedat & Co)
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MTF
What are the three conglomerates in "Masthead".
Hi, newbie here!! I was just reading the so-called "Masthead" and it said that "three conglomerates" are dominant and strong-arming the watch industry. I'm wondering what the three are?? Two of them would be swatch and richemont, I'm sure, but what is the...
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The other company should be Audemars Piguet. Any reason you do not favour the conglomerates? Please feel free to discuss. Thanks. Kong
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The 3 watches conglomerates
mentioned in the original masthead were: Swatch Group Richemont Group LVHM Group Since then, more luxury groups have formed with watches as major components: Watchland Group (Franck Muller, Pierre Kunz, ECW) MGI Luxury Group (Movado, Ebel, Concord, ESQ, C...