SSIH: Difference between revisions

From Grail Watch Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
meta>Stephen Foskett
Created page with 'Main article: SSIH Category:Swatch Group'
 
meta>Stephen Foskett
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
Main article: [[SSIH]]
'''SSIH''' (Société Suisse pour l’Industrie Horlogére SA) was a group of Swiss watch companies. It became [[Swatch Group]] in [[1998]].


SSIH timeline:
* [[1930]] - [[Omega]], [[Tissot]], and [[Lemania]] joined together to form SSIH group. [[Lanco]], [[Cortebert]], [[Marc Favre]], and [[Hamilton]] were added over the years.
* [[1961]] - [[Rayville]] joins, bringing the [[Blancpain]] brand
* [[1971]] - [[Economic Swiss Time Holding|Economic Swiss Time Holding (ESTH)]] was integrated with with the budget watch brands [[AGON Uhrenfabrik AG|AGON]], [[Buler]], [[Continental]], and [[Ferex]]. With the advent of electronic watches in the "[[quartz crisis]]'' of the 1970s, mechanical watch revenues of the SSIH group fell massively.
* [[1980]] - Management consultant [[Hayek, Nicolas G.|Nicolas G. Hayek]] was commissioned by creditor banks to restructure the group. This provided the impetus for the merger of SSIH with the competing companies in the [[ASUAG]] group. This company became known as [[SMH]]. Crucial to its survival, and subsequently a great success, was the launch of the [[Swatch]] at Trenduhr.
* [[1981]] - [[Blancpain]] is sold to [[Biver Jean-Claude|Jean-Claude Biver]] and [[Jacques Piguet]] of [[Frédéric Piguet]]
* [[1998]] - SMH was renamed [[Swatch Group]].
==Members==
A [[1970]] list of members included the following:
* [[Omega|Omega (Louis Brandt & Frère SA)]], [[Bienne]]
** [[Marc Favre|Marc Favre & Cie SA]], [[Bienne]]
** [[Rayville|Rayville SA]], [[Villeret]]
* [[Tissot|Chs. Tissot & Fils SA]], [[Le Locle]]
** [[Aetos|Aetos Watch Co]], [[Genève]]
** [[Lanco]]
* [[Lémania|Lugrin Lémania SA]], [[L'Orient]]
* [[Langendorf|Langendorf Watch Co]], [[Langendorf]]
A [[1978]] list of members included the following:
* [[Aetos]]
* [[Agon]]
* [[Buler]]
* [[Continental]]
* [[Ferex]]
* [[Hamilton]]
* [[Lanco]]
* [[Lemania]]
* [[Omega]]
* [[Rayville]]
* [[Tissot]]
[[Category:Organizations and institutions]]
[[Category:Abbreviations]]
[[Category:Watch and luxury trusts]]
[[Category:SSIH]]
[[Category:Swatch Group]]
[[Category:Swatch Group]]

Revision as of 00:20, 16 March 2021

SSIH (Société Suisse pour l’Industrie Horlogére SA) was a group of Swiss watch companies. It became Swatch Group in 1998.

SSIH timeline:

Members

A 1970 list of members included the following:

A 1978 list of members included the following: