Swiss watchmakers might be aware that Nike, Apple and Sony ...

Aug. 20th, 12:48 PM Raphaël Briner

Swiss watchmakers might be aware that Nike, Apple and Sony are willing to tap into a 20mia market size. How long till the Tissot T-Touch to become an "oldtimer" ? One year ?
Any idea if a Swiss startup is active into this field ? "Disruptions/ The Next Wave for the Wristwatch - NYTimes.com" http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/disrup...

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August 20th 2012, 03:50 PM Philip Schweizer
Interesting thought; but isn't it Tissot that has moved in their space?
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August 20th 2012, 05:05 PM Raphaël Briner
Its our market, not theirs... Let's try to do the maths. Swatchgroup owns 30-40% of the market. Their low-range products (Tissot, Swatch) might be around 1mia of CA for a targeted 8mia for the full group (18 brands - src http://www.swatchgroup.com/en/services/archive/... ).
The questions are ...
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August 20th 2012, 07:53 PM Jonas Wiesel
Why not buy those Peeble guys that made hit on kickstarter? I think good acquisitions can also be a solution. Apprently they are completely overwhelmed and are not going to be able to deliver the products to all those future costumers.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/p...
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August 24th 2012, 07:55 PM Raphaël Briner
Just found this https://www.hd3complication.com/en/slyde-concep...
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August 24th 2012, 10:14 PM Jonas Wiesel
Thought about this as well when you posted it but to be honest I don't really think it uses technology to do new things but just to present them in a different way :)
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