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Invicta "Swiss factories" timeline
IF MD deigns to reveal the address of Invicta’s “Swiss factory” to the kids, it’s this one:
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. From our own(?) Randy quoting 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."
http://www.bdwf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=66894&highlight=invicta+swiss+factory+address
2. (Don’t know who emailed Claude Meylan.) 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
http://watchgeeks.net/showthread.php?t=30769
3. “Our new factory will be ready in April 2003, and it is located about 100 steps from the Breguet factory.”
Eyal Lalo
American Time
January 21, 2003
http://www.allbusiness.com/services/...4359064-1.html
(Link no longer live.)
(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:
Michael confirmed with Jim what we suspected to be the case, Invicta bought S. Coifman and Potger-Pietri in 2003. Shortly thereafter, Jim announced 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: Jim Skelton, same thread: “Invicta purchased two Swiss factories in 2003 and have been doing a lot of work through them (like the Reserve Collection).
This one from Koi in the same thread:
From one of their own releases. (No date or source given.)
“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.”
http://watchgeeks.net/showthread.php?t=30769
6. 2007 "Interview" of JS on one of "The King's" websites - questions were softballs from worshiping fans, except for this one:
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….”
http://jholbrook.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Invicta&action=print&thread=17501
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.
http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?p=924038#poststop
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 Meijin 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: Meijin gave the Claude Meylan address.]
http://watchgeeks.net/showthread.php?t=30769
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