{"id":154,"date":"2013-08-21T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T15:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2013-10-21T09:25:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T14:25:01","slug":"interview-with-nick-hayek-jr-ceo-of-the-swatch-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/interview-with-nick-hayek-jr-ceo-of-the-swatch-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Nick Hayek, Jr., CEO of the SWATCH Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

It should come as no surprise that we keep a keen ear to what Nick Hayek has to say.\u00a0\u00a0 He has acted as the CEO of the Swatch Group<\/a> since 2003 when he took the reins from his father.\u00a0 In my daily news scanning, when I came across a recorded interview with Mr. Swatch Jr. by Alexander Linz I was excited.\u00a0\u00a0 Linz and Hayek have a great rapport with each other and the interview is more entertaining than one might think.\u00a0 Don’t just take my word for it, grab a drink and listen to the 45 minute interview.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.watch-insider.com\/reportages\/conversation-nick-hayek-ceo-swatch-group\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The page with the interview also includes a very nice overview of the Swatch Group today, in the past, and the future + some interesting photographs of Nick.<\/p>\n

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Nick Hayek, CEO sporting an Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra >15000 gauss and Swatch \u201cSistem 51\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bernard Watch always has watches from the SWATCH Group for sale.<\/a><\/p>\n

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It should come as no surprise that we keep a keen ear to what Nick Hayek has to say.\u00a0\u00a0 He has acted as the CEO of the Swatch Group since 2003 when he took the reins from his father.\u00a0 In my daily news scanning, when I came across a recorded interview with Mr. Swatch Jr.… Continue reading Interview with Nick Hayek, Jr., CEO of the SWATCH Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watch-knowledge","tag-swatch-group","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14,"url":"https:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/nicholas-hayek\/","url_meta":{"origin":154,"position":0},"title":"Nicholas G. 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