Industry analysts are whispering about potential acquisitions of smaller watchmakers by investors and the consolidation of makers into larger groups. 行业分析师正在暗自评估投资者收购小型制表商,以及小制表商合并为集团的可能性。
The co-founder of the famous Swatch watch says the Apple Watch could result in big losses for Swiss watchmakers. 著名的斯沃琪手表的联合创始人艾尔玛o默克说,AppleWatch可能将导致瑞士钟表制造商遭受重创。
Swiss watchmakers, pharmaceutical firms and ski resorts were suffering mightily because a scary global economy made people want to park their money into Swiss banks. 那里的钟表制造商、制药企业和滑雪度假区遭受了重创,就因为可怕的全球经济让人们想要把钱存进瑞士的银行。
As Russia's oligarchs flirted with bankruptcy following the collapse of the stock market in 2008-2009, gallery owners, fashion labels, super-yacht brokers and Swiss watchmakers all held their breath. 随着俄罗斯寡头在2008-2009年度股市崩盘后陷入破产边缘,画廊老板、时尚品牌、超级游艇经纪商和瑞士制表商都摒住了呼吸。
Swiss watchmakers are trying to get the threshold raised to 60%. 瑞士制表商正尽量将这一数值提升至60%。
Most watchmakers are privately owned and guard their information as fiercely as their counterparts in private banking. 大多数钟表制造公司属于私人所有,它们像私人银行业机构一样对自身的信息守口如瓶。
After lobbying by watchmakers, Swatch will make no more cuts this year, but next year it will probably try again. 在各制表商进行游说之后,斯沃琪同意今年暂不削减配件供应,但明年却有可能再次尝试减额。
The watch industry is struggling: Metalor has closed its business supplying gold to watchmakers because it "crashed", Mr Morrison says. 莫里森表示,手表行业也是步履维艰:metalor已关闭了为手表制造商供应黄金的业务,因为这项业务已经“垮了”。
From 1900 to 1967, the Swiss were the leading watchmakers in the world. 从1900年到1967年,瑞士人一直是世界上头号钟表制造者。
Study and design on the watchmakers gift of 3D piece together 三维拼图式钟表礼品设计与研究