SUPER BREAKING NEWS: BREITLING ACQUIRES LEGENDARY WATCHMAKING MAISON UNIVERSAL GENÈVE
Once acclaimed as "the couturier of watchmaking" along with well-respected names such as Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Rolex, Audemars Piguet, etc., Universal Genève was one of the most important manufacture contributing in both the reshaping of the whole industry throughout the 20th century and the continuous fame of Swiss watchmaking to this day. Like the beautiful tale of the Princess sleeping in the forest, a handsome Prince, whose name is Breitling, is now starting to wake the perpetual beauty up... The historic ebauche workshops of Universal Geneve, located in Les Ponts-de-Martel. [Cite Source: Universal Genève Official Website (www.universal.ch)] The Universal Genève Factory inaugurated in 1956 in Carouge The surprising information had just been confirmed by Breitling's holding parent Partners Group yesterday, when negotiations with Universal's current owner Stelux Holdings of Hong Kong had finished. "As excited as we are, we are also fully aware of
