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Estimated timeline of Invicta Swiss Factories
Invicta CH S.A
Route de l’hotel de ville 2
1344 L’Abbaye De Lac de Joux
Vallee de Joux, Switzerland
Fax: (021) 841-14-20
1. Watches Int’l VII, 2002) "The Invicta Watch Group has evolved into one of the fastest growing watch companies and moves key production from Chiasso to a new facility in L'Abbeye, Switzerland."
Source - Another Watch Forum
2. From: Montres Claude Meylan ([email protected]) Sent: Mon 5/25/09 3:12 AM
Monsieur,
We use to work with the company Invicta in 2003, so some of the Invicta watches were made in our company. We do not work anymore with him. I am sorry, I can not tell you were the are made now!
Avec mes meilleures salutations
Montres Claude Meylan SA
Carol
Source - Another Watch Forum
3. “Our new factory will be ready in April 2003, and it is located about 100 steps from the Breguet factory.â€
Eyal Lalo
American Time
January 21, 2003
Source - http://www.allbusiness.com/
(Note: I have private communication from Brequet saying 100 paces from them is Claude Meylan. Its exact address is the one Invicta gives as the address of its own factory.)
“New facility†and “new factory†imply this is a new building, rather than an existing one bought and remodeled. But that could be splitting hairs, esp. w/ English not being Eyal’s 1st language.
4. From a 2005 Invicta brochure:
Invicta CH S.A
Route de l’hotel de ville 2
1344 L’Abbaye De Lac de Joux
Vallee de Joux, Switzerland
Fax: (021) 841-14-20
5. 5/09, nous defions on WG:
Invicta bought S. Coifman and Potger-Pietri in 2003. Shortly thereafter,it wasannounced on air that the model Invicta he was showing at the time was the first Invicta to be made in the Coifman factory. So without confirmaiton from Invicta, and based only on logical assumption, it would seem reasonable that some Swiss Made Invictas are made at the Coifman facility. We weren't able to confirm one way or the other whether the same is true for Potger-Pietri.
5/09: same thread: “Invicta purchased two Swiss factories in 2003 and have been doing a lot of work through them (like the Reserve Collection).
“Upon moving primary operations from Switzerland, Invicta has continued to design watches, but have outsourced manufacturing to third parties in Switzerland and the Far East.â€
Source - Another Watch Forum
6. 2007 "Interview" of JS
Does he know where the Invicta factories are??? Where are most of the non-Swiss made branded watches manufactured??
JS: "Invicta lists the address for their Swiss factory. They also own the S. Coifman Swiss factory as well….â€
Source - another watch forum / board
Maybe the address was on the site spring before last, but it's sure not now.
7. Invicta Montres S.A. closed in 2007?
The question is if Invicta is a real Swiss company, not where are the watches made. You can ask The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, and the answer will be INVICTA MONTRES S.A. closed down in March 2007, so it is no more a Swiss registered brand.
Source - Another Watch Forum
8. 5/09, a WG:
I have often heard during Invicta presentations that they are made in "their" factory in Switzerland. That could still be the fact even though the address given by an invicta employee isn't the one, as per your investigtion. Wonder why he didn't include that address in his response to this thread, instead of questioning the motives for the curiosity? [Note:technical brand manager gave the Claude Meylan address.]
So what does all of this mean? It means that Invicta and the lalo have been lying for at least 15 years or more. Buy a Wenger, Tissot, Swiss Army, Hamilton, Seiko or almost anything else and you end up with a real watch. Buy a post 2006 invicta and get shit and lies.
A related thread is here......http://www.watchfreeks.com/10-invicta/1 ... eline.html
Route de l’hotel de ville 2
1344 L’Abbaye De Lac de Joux
Vallee de Joux, Switzerland
Fax: (021) 841-14-20
1. Watches Int’l VII, 2002) "The Invicta Watch Group has evolved into one of the fastest growing watch companies and moves key production from Chiasso to a new facility in L'Abbeye, Switzerland."
Source - Another Watch Forum
2. From: Montres Claude Meylan ([email protected]) Sent: Mon 5/25/09 3:12 AM
Monsieur,
We use to work with the company Invicta in 2003, so some of the Invicta watches were made in our company. We do not work anymore with him. I am sorry, I can not tell you were the are made now!
Avec mes meilleures salutations
Montres Claude Meylan SA
Carol
Source - Another Watch Forum
3. “Our new factory will be ready in April 2003, and it is located about 100 steps from the Breguet factory.â€
Eyal Lalo
American Time
January 21, 2003
Source - http://www.allbusiness.com/
(Note: I have private communication from Brequet saying 100 paces from them is Claude Meylan. Its exact address is the one Invicta gives as the address of its own factory.)
“New facility†and “new factory†imply this is a new building, rather than an existing one bought and remodeled. But that could be splitting hairs, esp. w/ English not being Eyal’s 1st language.
4. From a 2005 Invicta brochure:
Invicta CH S.A
Route de l’hotel de ville 2
1344 L’Abbaye De Lac de Joux
Vallee de Joux, Switzerland
Fax: (021) 841-14-20
5. 5/09, nous defions on WG:
Invicta bought S. Coifman and Potger-Pietri in 2003. Shortly thereafter,it wasannounced on air that the model Invicta he was showing at the time was the first Invicta to be made in the Coifman factory. So without confirmaiton from Invicta, and based only on logical assumption, it would seem reasonable that some Swiss Made Invictas are made at the Coifman facility. We weren't able to confirm one way or the other whether the same is true for Potger-Pietri.
5/09: same thread: “Invicta purchased two Swiss factories in 2003 and have been doing a lot of work through them (like the Reserve Collection).
“Upon moving primary operations from Switzerland, Invicta has continued to design watches, but have outsourced manufacturing to third parties in Switzerland and the Far East.â€
Source - Another Watch Forum
6. 2007 "Interview" of JS
Does he know where the Invicta factories are??? Where are most of the non-Swiss made branded watches manufactured??
JS: "Invicta lists the address for their Swiss factory. They also own the S. Coifman Swiss factory as well….â€
Source - another watch forum / board
Maybe the address was on the site spring before last, but it's sure not now.
7. Invicta Montres S.A. closed in 2007?
The question is if Invicta is a real Swiss company, not where are the watches made. You can ask The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, and the answer will be INVICTA MONTRES S.A. closed down in March 2007, so it is no more a Swiss registered brand.
Source - Another Watch Forum
8. 5/09, a WG:
I have often heard during Invicta presentations that they are made in "their" factory in Switzerland. That could still be the fact even though the address given by an invicta employee isn't the one, as per your investigtion. Wonder why he didn't include that address in his response to this thread, instead of questioning the motives for the curiosity? [Note:technical brand manager gave the Claude Meylan address.]
So what does all of this mean? It means that Invicta and the lalo have been lying for at least 15 years or more. Buy a Wenger, Tissot, Swiss Army, Hamilton, Seiko or almost anything else and you end up with a real watch. Buy a post 2006 invicta and get shit and lies.
A related thread is here......http://www.watchfreeks.com/10-invicta/1 ... eline.html

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