In July 2008, the Swatch Group has acquired a strategic investment in Rivoli Group, one of the leading distributors of luxury goods in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) region. This investment qualifies as an associated company and is accounted for using the equity method. In addition to its own products, the group distributes the following brands: Swatch, Dunhill, Vertu, Omega, Montegrappa (I), MontBlanc, J.M. Weston, IWC, Glitter, Eden Park, Carl F. Bucherer, Bang & Olufsen… The Richemont group might be a little nervous.
Hayek Père et Fils, reprise du Group Rivoli en 2008
Editor in chief & publisher of Swiss Watch Passport and JSH Magazine. Member of impressum, this native from Ivory Coast and descendant of a swiss family of watchmakers co-founded with Kenan Tegin at Ringier in 1993 the magazines Montres Passion & Uhren Welt and the Watch of the Year Award. Established in 2005, his news agency TàG Press +41, writes for about twenty media. He has been appointed as editors-in-chief of Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie (2008-2014), Heure Suisse/Schweiz and Année Horlogère, F/D/E (2011-2014), Watchonista.com (2013-2019). In 2019, he relaunched JSH Magazine and then, in 2021, builds on the bloghorloger.ch, his first editorial venture founded in 2003, to create the Swiss Watch Passport watchmaking online magazine. Joel Grandjean is a member of the SSC (Swiss Chronometry Society), and of the jury of the Gaïa Award (MIH)
The work of a lifetime, the book "Le Cadran" by Dr. Helmut Crott (edited by Joël A. Grandjean), the history of the dial in the 20th century, the prestigious history of the Stern dials and of a family that took over the Patek Philippe brand
