The Swatch Group is a Swiss manufacturer of watches and jewelry founded in 1983 from the merging of Allgemeine Gesellschaft der Schweizerischen Uhrenindustrie and Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère by Nicolas Hayek.
Worldwide, The Swatch Group employs over 36,000 people in 50 countries. In 2015, net sales were 8.451 billion Swiss francs (CHF), decreasing 3% from 2014 results.
