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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Nicolas Hayek - founder of Swatch to spend time underground



A scientist by training, Hayek did not design the Swatch watch – the original was the work of a team of Swiss engineers – but he marketed it with the innate genius of a showman-entrepreneur. He came up with a concept that combined disposability, affordability and reliability, resulting in a funky, no-frills watch for every occasion.
Today Swatch launches some 300 designs every year, of which about half are phased out after six months, making them highly collectable and something of a cult item; there is a Swatch collectors' club and dealers trade in rare editions. 

I had many of the more funky watches, which I wore with pride. The funkier the better.
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1 comment:

Jayne said...

His time ran out.