1981
Jean-Claude Biver
and
Jacques Piguet
buy the brand name
Blancpain
from the
SSIH
for about 18,000 Swiss Francs
1)
and about two years later launch newly developed luxury watches with mechanical movements by
Frederic Piguet
.
ETA
adds the
Grenchen
movement manufacture along with
FHF
,
EEM
,
SEFEA
, and
Durowe
.
←
1980
|
1982
→
Year
1)
Biver interview (
www.persoenlich.com, March 2006
, state of 30.1.2008)