A Swatch unit that supplies parts to much of the watch market faces a possible s...
) unit that supplies parts to much of the watch market faces a possible sales ban next year by Switzerland’s Competition Commission , newspaper Schweiz am Wochenende reported on Saturday.
FILE PHOTO: Swatch models are displayed at the company's headquarters in Biel, Switzerland, Oct. 3, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo A decision on the matter is due next week, the paper said, without specifying a reason for the possible ban. Swatch reached a deal with Weka in 2013 to progressively cut the number of watch movements - the tiny mechanisms that make a watch tick without help of a battery - ETA sells each year so as to reduce its dominant market position.After 2019 the assumption was that other suppliers would have filled gaps ETA left in the market, leaving the Swatch unit free to resume selling to whoever it chooses.
Weka commissioned a study to see if the market had opened up in the way it hoped, the paper said. It said the commission’s secretariat had recommended banning ETA from delivering mechanisms to clients in 2020 and the body would decide on its actions next week.The newspaper quoted Swatch Chief Executive Nick Hayek as saying: “It is unacceptable that this authority needs this much time to complete its study - or to reach a decision.”Weka and Swatch were not immediately available for comment.
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