The Swatch Group CEO Nicolas G. Hayek Died for Heart Disease

According to a statement released by Swatch Group, Nicolas G. Hayek, Founder and Chairman of Swatch Group, that was died suddenly on June 28 because of heart disease in Biel, Switzerland. He was 82. Hayek was died at work.

Hayek played the pivotal role in the reoganization of the Swiss watch industry after it came under threat from cheap quartz competition, creating the Swatch Group from the remains of ASUAG and SSIH in the early 1980s.

In 1985, he took the post the predecessor of the Swatch group - Switzerland micro electron and watch company in charge. Afterward, Hayeke promotes the Swatch plastic wristwatch, regards as the meritorious person who have saves the Swiss clock's and watch's industry.

Today, Swatch Group is the largest watch manufacturer in the world. Forbes magazine had him at position 232 on its 2010 list of the world’s billionaires, with assets valued at USD3.9 billion.

The Swatch Group is now led by Hayek's son, G. Nicolas Hayek Jr, who had already been the CEO for the better part of the last decade.

At present, the Swatch group has Swatch, Omega, Tissot, Longines, Breguet and so on famous brand, the year turnover reaches more than 50 hundred million Swiss francs (1 US dollar to be equal to 1.09 Swiss francs), has the staff 24,000 people.

Breguet opens new Boutique Store in Ekaterinburg

These magnificent premises are the must destination in Ekaterinburg for anyone and everyone fascinated by the world of Breguet. Here, between centuries-old tradition and permanent innovation, its watchmaking genius flourishes. Here, the precious stones gracing its wonderfully creative gem jewellery reflects the demanding art of its master gem-setters.

To celebrate its long-term relationship with Russia, BREGUET opens a new Boutique and the first one in the Oural-region in Ekaterinburg. Occupying a prime site on Prospect Lenina, at the number 25, the BREGUET Boutique spreads its 142 square meters of elegant atmosphere, corresponding to the prestige of BREGUET. It has been designed into a superb showcase to present an exclusive selection of perfectly refined and impeccably finished timepieces as well as luxurious and exquisite jewelry suites.

The boutique’s decoration scheme focuses on the quality of its constituent materials and the refinement of its decorative details. The choice of materials stemmed from a study of Breguet timepieces. Selected historic designs served as aesthetic references such as the famous “Clou de Paris” pattern in blued glass frames recalling the bluish enamelling of its pocket watches. Spatial partitioning draws its inspiration from the elliptic patterns abounding in BREGUET’s own work, resulting in sinuous shapes and surfaces accompanying our guests throughout their visit to the boutique and museum.

Your watch of mainstream color

A.LANGE & Shone 1 TIME ZONE watch

18K rose gold case, diameter 41.9 mm; carrying with homemade A.LANGE & Shone L031.1 manual winding movement, four screws gold sleeve, 72-hours power reserve; gray solid silver dial, inlaid gold pointers, rose gold hands. Equipped with day / night instructions of origin time (hour, minute, and small second hand ), time zone time (hour, minutes) with day / night instructions and city circle, the original place of large date display, power reserve instructions; crocodile leather strap, with A.LANGE & Shone solid gold watch buckle.

Movado Museum color (gray) dial watch

Stainless Steel Case, Case diameter 40 mm, equipped with Swiss quartz movement; gray dial Museum collection type; 12 o'clock position is the classic "The Sun" graphic dots design; gray shark leather strap, water-resistant to 30 meters.

Light dove gray - as a model

The man who launched the world's first "gray wave" is the father of Duke of Windsor, King George V of England. The king is well known for noble, majestic, and strive in every respect "has become a model for the people", the reason for wearing a full set of gray clothes in the social situations , It is not only because of the gray calm, bright. More reason is standing on the Christian position, Gray will make people think about the sanctity of pigeons. Now, the light dove gray is not only re-boarded the fashion arena, but also appeared in the watchmaking industry.

For business people to wear it which is manifestation of both the detail and sense of responsibility, but also demonstrate leadership qualities. You will find that it is less personality and avant-garde somewhat than the past, but added some inside information, more suited to older people to wear.

Breguet watches 7027BB/G9/9V6

18K white gold case, diameter 37 mm, fine pit pattern bezel, carrying with 507DR manual winding movement, smoke gray platinum-group metals cladding. There is power reserve of both positive and negative display of movement, power reserve of 50 hours. Roman numerals time scale. Breguet-style polished steel hands, water resistant to 30 meters.

Smoke Gray - classic elegance

Smoke Gray is the color that ancient and full of history sense, in the watch industry, there is few people to make it with ease, only the new Breguet 7027BB/G9/9V6 is an exception. Its design is derived from Breguet pocket watch that produced master in the past, so Breguet Tradition 7027 watch is born with a startling appearance. This year, Breguet have launched a new version of the series. Worn it in the workplace, such history covered watch, it will naturally reveal different kind of classical sensibility .

Hamilton Jazz Slim Series Watch

Rose gold case, diameter 43 (or 40) mm, equipped with ETA 2892 automatic movement, silver dial,leather strap; water depth of 50 m.

Boucheron Reflet Jewelry watch

Pearl Gray - Unforgettable Memory

Pearl gray, it can be said of the only gray that still maintained young in all the gray family , which adhere to the military and therefore in the line of Hamilton watches soon. The birthplace of Hamilton in the United States Pennsylvania, which is also one of the birthplace of jazz, the melodious saxophone gently with the simplicity of Hamilton watches, interpretation of slim and generous jazz series.

Ten Most Expensive Watches in the World

1. Zadora Timepieces Manufacturer: Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof
The latest offering by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof is a bee of oxidized palladium and micro pave. The bee is adorned with black and canary yellow diamonds, pear-shaped emerald eyes with a baroque south sea pearl in its mouth.Price: $150,000Image: A Zadora Timepiece

2. Titanic Watches Manufacturer: Romain Jerome
A Swiss jeweller is now offering watches made from the hull of the Titanic.The metal has been mixed with shipbuilding steel to make the casing. The black dials have been made by mixing the recovered coal burned in the Titanic's furnaces with ceramics.Price: $152,435

3. Double Tourbillon Manfacturer: Breguet
The Breguet Double Tourbillion comes hand-engraved with an image of the solar system.This double-tourbillon watch has a 95 per cent pure platinum case while the blued-steel Breguet hands are wound manually and do not contain springs.Price: $329,000

4. Opera One Manufacturer: Girard-Perregaux
This beautiful platinum timepiece includes an alligator band and features a Westminster minute repeater and tourbillon with three gold bridges, manual winding, 75-hour power reserve and a see-through backing. The watch has a power reserve indicator, a subsecond complication, a minute repeater and a truly elegant face.What differentiates Girard-Perregaux's Opera Three from other luxury watches is its ability to sound passing hours not with a beep but with actual tunes.Price: $495,000

5. Grande Complication Manufacturer: Blancpain
This wristwatch has a minute repeater, split-seconds chronograph, tourbillon, perpetual calendar, moon phase and an automatic winding mechanism. The sleek crocodile wristband further adds to the look. It takes the maker eight to 10 months to piece together all 740 components and only 18 of a limited run of 30 watches have been assembled till now.Price: $785,000

6. Tecnica Skeleton Chronograph Manufacturer: Parmigiani Fleurier
This watch hit the market early in 2008. Each unit of the watch includes a platinum case and other interesting features like a minute repeater, tourbillon and chronograph, as well as a cathedral chime.Price: $850,000

7. Classical Billionaire Tourbillion Manufacturer: Corum
The shimmering wristwatch is adorned with 850 diamonds and boasts a dazzling skeleton dial with skeleton hour and minute hands. The watch is manually wound with 90-hour power reserve and features Caliber CO-372 by Corum and La Joux-Perret. Rightly named so, the Billionaire Tourbillion comes in many versions with price ranging from $325,000 to $998,000. Only 10 pieces are in production.Price: $998,000

8. Big Bang Chronograph Manufacturer: Hublot, Bunter SA
The renowned watchmaker, Hublot, in alliance with a diamond-setting workshop, Bunter SA, designed and developed an elite watch dubbed Big Bang.The $1-million Big Bang boasts a fully invisible setting that makes the material disappear. Only things that can be seen are the diamonds.The credit goes to the craftsmen who accomplished the tedious job of making this exclusive watch, which was not feasible a few years ago.Price: $1 milllion

9. Tour de l'Ile Manufacturer: Vacheron Constantin
Vacheron Costantin's Tour de l'Ile was designed in 2005. The collectible piece is also the most complicated double-face watch, and only produced in a limited edition of seven.This 834-part watch took over 10,000 man-hours to be made and features an 18-carat silver gold dial with a hand-sewn alligator leather band and pink gold buckle.It touts an original combination of horological complications and astronomical indications forming 16 different points, including a minute repeater, sunset time, perpetual calendar, second time zone, and a tourbillon device.Price: $1.5 million

10. Joaillerie 101 Manchette Manufacturer: Jaeger-LeCoultre
In this watch,a unsystematic series of polished or gem-set links (a jewellery puzzle) hides the exalted Calibre 101.It'ss wonderful to look for the time through the gold, diamonds and onyx cabochons.The wristwatch is festooned with 576 diamonds and comes in 18-carat white gold. The versions with Onyx have 400 diamonds and 11 onyx cabochons.Price: Unknown at the moment