Jean-Claude Biver Steps Down As CEO Of Hublot
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At Basel this year, Nomos has done something so surprising that, had this been Geneva instead of Basel and cars instead of watches, it would have made primetime news. ?Let me set the scene…Imagine that one manufacturer made the engines that powered most of the world's cars, but each carmaker stuck their own brand name on the rocker cover. ?So your Mercedes was really powered by the same engine as a Kia. ?That's pretty much what happens in Watchworld. ?Nivarox, part of the Swatch Group, manufacture the?assortiment, the collection of pallet, balance?wheel, hairspring and escape wheel used by most of the world's watchmakers.Now, imagine that engine maker decided it didn't want to sell to anyone except its own factories anymore. ?Can you imagine the implications for?every other brand's cost, supply chains, production lines, tooling, sales? ?That's exactly what Nivarox has done. ?It's said that soon it won't sell its?assortiment?to anyone outside Swatch Group.This has left the industr

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