====== 1981 ======

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  *  [[Biver, Jean-Claude|Jean-Claude Biver]] and [[Piguet, Jacques|Jacques Piguet]] buy the brand name [[Blancpain]] from the [[SSIH]] for about 18,000 Swiss Francs ((Biver interview ([[http://www.persoenlich.com/pdf/interviews/interviews325.pdf|www.persoenlich.com, March 2006]], state of 30.1.2008) )) 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]] ->
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