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== Brands == [[File:Blancpain-img 0319.jpg|thumb|right|[[Blancpain]] [[Complication (horology)|complication]] wristwatch]] [[File:Breguet MG 2576.jpg|thumb|right|[[Breguet (brand)|Breguet]] No. 1705 [[tourbillon]] wristwatch]] [[File:Glasshuette MG 2613.jpg|thumb|right|Panomatic Lunar watch by [[Glashütte Original]]]] Over the years, the Swatch Group acquired various luxury watchmaking companies, including [[Blancpain|Blancpain S. A.]] (founded 1735, bought by Swatch in 1992),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2000/0918/6608178a.html#5c38cbc434db|title=Time Is Money|last=Levine|first=Joshua|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en}}</ref> [[Breguet (watch)|Breguet S. A.]] (founded 1775, bought in 1999),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB937342048811805386|title=Swatch Agrees to Acquire Breguet From Investcorp|first=Margaret|last=Studer|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Glashütte Original]] (Germany, bought in 2000). The company continued to produce watches under these names.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-08/swatch-group-factory-tour-blancpain-omega-breguet-jaquet-droz|title=Swatch Group Factory Tour |newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=2019-07-08|access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref> HW Holding Inc., owner of [[Harry Winston, Inc.]], an American jewellery and luxury watch company, was acquired on 26 March 2013 for 711 million [[Swiss franc]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swatchgroup.com/en/investor_relations/annual_and_half_year_reports/annual_report_2013|title=Financial reports and development|last=Lorenceau|first=René|publisher=The Swatch Group|access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref> [[Nayla Hayek]] became the CEO. The company bought the world's biggest flawless blue diamond, [[The Winston Blue]], on 15 May 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2014/05/15/harry-winston-renames-worlds-largest-flawless-vivid-blue-diamond-the-winston-blue/|title=Harry Winston Renames World's Largest Flawless Vivid Blue Diamond, 'The Winston Blue'|date=May 15, 2014|magazine=Forbes|access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> The following list includes the brands owned by the Swatch Group:<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> '''Current''' {{columns-list |colwidth=25em | * [[Balmain (fashion house)|Balmain]] * [[Blancpain]] * [[Breguet (brand)|Breguet]] * [[Certina]] * [[Flik Flak]] * [[Glashütte Original]] * [[Hamilton Watch Company|Hamilton]] * [[Harry Winston, Inc.|Harry Winston]] * [[Jaquet-Droz|Jaquet Droz]] * [[Longines]] * [[Mido (watch)|Mido]] * [[Omega SA|Omega]] * [[Rado (watchmaker)|Rado]] * [[Swatch]] * [[Tissot]] * [[Union Glashütte]] }} '''Discontinued or sold''' {{columns-list |colwidth=25em | * [[Calvin Klein Watches]] * [[Endura Watch Factory|Endura]] * [[Léon Hatot]] }}
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