Universal Genève was acquired by Breitling today! UG and Fabrique d'Horlogerie Fontainemelon in 2023 Unlisted Video

I was curious what happened to Universal Genève and FHF so I paid them both a visit!Show more

As @RabbitsOnTheLuna (FiatLux on WatchCrunch) points out in the comments it was just announced today that UG was purchased by Breitling! That's super exciting! I'll have to check back on the yellow door in a few weeks and see if anything has changed! I think that a Hong Kong holding company owned all of those brands on the name plate and perhaps Breitling only bought UG. We'll see!

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/its-back-universal-geneve-to-relaunch-under-the-same-ownership-as-breitling

Of course FHF has been owned by Swatch for many years now:

https://grail-watch.com/2022/08/10/how-tiny-fontainemelon-dominated-swiss-watchmaking-in-the-19th-century/

#UniversalGenève #FHF #switzerland