Swiss Swatch Watches

 Swatch was founded in 1983 in Switzerland. It was created by Nicolas G. Hayek as part of a strategy to revitalize the struggling Swiss watch industry, which had been severely impacted by the rise of inexpensive quartz watches from Asia—especially Japan.








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