Swatch history

Some of you will find it odd -if not unseemly- to see that Swatch is part of MyWatchSite, a website devoted to beautiful watches and little wonders of Fine Watchmaking. I accept that. However, if we have decided to include it in this website it is just to pay homage to its regretted founder Mr. Nicolas Hayek.

Swiss watchmaking industry owes to this visionary and charismatic man and his invention - the Swatch Watch (contraction of SWISS and WATCH) - its leader position within the world of watchmaking miniatures. Between that and...