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S02E05: The Crown Jewels in the Castle — How the Great Houses Were Saved, and What They Paid For It
Season 2: Episode 5
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Title:
The Crown Jewels in the Castle — How the Great Houses Were Saved, and What They Paid For It
Description:
The conglomerate episode. In the early 1980s, quartz nearly killed Swisswatchmaking and the giants were the ones dying. This is how Nicolas Hayek refused the funeral and funded the rescue of the most precious mechanical watches on earth with the cheapest plastic one, and what that rescue cost. A tour of the three great houses, Swatch Group, Richemont, and LVMH, and a close look at two jewels locked inside them: Breguet, the source…
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