1988
Jean d'Eve
and
Seiko
introduce
automatic quartz
watches, the
Samara
and
AGS
, respectively.
With the newly launched
Santos de Cartier
Cartier
brings out the first watch in which gold and steel are connected to a design unit.
The South African billionaire Anton Rupert founds the
Compagnie Financière Richemont SA
.
Luigi Macaluso, owner of
Girard-Perregaux
, acquires the
Daniel JeanRichard
brand.
Cartier
acquires 60% of
Piaget
.
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