I dunno if anyone's been following this story, but it seems like the Swiss regulator has forbidden Swatch from selling movements to competing brands, at least for now: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swatch-competition-idUSKBN1YN1J6

Reuters reports this morning:

It's sounds as if the regulator is trying to give Sellita, Ronda, and STP opportunity to develop more market share in finished movements, while still compelling Swatch to sell parts to competitors.

Anyone have some back story on this case? It seems like there is a long history of regulation here that's getting quite compressed in the article.

 

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