Even in the extremely turbulent times, the replica watch industry has been enduring for nearly two years, and it is rare news to see major brands exchange hands. until this moment, fake breitling had been one of only a handful of properly independent major brands out there chopard and patek philippe remain two other family owned big players in the industry, with every other mammoth brand either owned by one of the big four groups (swatch group, lvmh, richemont, and kering) or some other major entity, like rolex and tudor with the hans wilsdorf foundation.  B
however, previous majority owner theodore schneider will remain with breitling because, as part of the cvc capital partners deal, he agreed to re invest for a 20% stake in breitling. ironically, it was as recently as may last year that breitling vice president Jean paul girardin told reuters he was confident in breitling retaining its independence despite speculation about its future following the 2015 passing of ernest schneider who bought the brand in 1979.
still, soon after that interview, bloomberg (the breaker of today’s news) had reported in late november last year that breitling was “on the block” for sale, after having been in the hands of the schneider family since 1979. till today, we know that breitling has been acquired for over chf866 million with breitling’s annual sales of about chf420 million, this might give the company the financial stability it needed to make it through these troubling times and, still, we hope that would come out stronger once it’s over.
the fake breitling, who produces some of the quality movements, dials, cases, and bracelets for its watch as huge potential and, on a personal note, i am a bit worried to see them become part of a large financial group. times do change from better to worse and back in the watch industry, there’s nothing new about that, but i do hope that cheap breitling replica will keep away from cheapening its products.
as for cvc’s official plans with breitling, daniel pindur, senior managing director at cvc says: “using our network and expertise, cvc will work to make this global, iconic brand even more renowned and help shape the future of one of switzerland’s last independent watch manufacturers. specifically, we see significant growth potential for breitling in both existing and new geographies by driving the digitization of the marketing and distribution channels in the company, helping to enrich the product and customer experience.”
as for more news from replica breitling, like their producing of chronograph movements for the tudor heritage black bay chrono, they would source a base three hand movement from tudor in return.