====== 1980 ======

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  * The Italian [[Crocco, Carlo|Carlo Crocco]] founds the watch manufacturer //MDM Genève//, which is later renamed to [[Hublot]], accoding to the best known model of the brand. 
  *  At the climax of the [[quartz crisis]], the creditor banks of the [[SSIH]] mandate the marketing specialist [[Hayek, Nicolas|Nicolas Hayek]] to restructure the group. 
  *  [[Wempe, Hellmut|Hellmut Wempe]] dares, with the opening of a [[Wempe]] branch in New York's Fifth Avenue, the big step up to the international stage.
  *  [[ETA]] introduces the [[Delirium|Delirium IV]], which measures just 0.96 mm thick.
<- [[1979]] | [[1981]] ->
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