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Bertolucci purchased by a Chinese group

December 2004


According to the Le Temps newspaper, the watch brand Bertolucci has passed into Chinese hands, more precisely the group Dickson Concept International Ltd, based in Hong Kong.
Purchased from its founder Remo Betolucci in 2001 by a group of private investors, the brand, essentially present in Asia and the USA, didn’t achieve its objectives, namely a more concerted effort at internationalization and the doubling of its production figures (around 10,000 watches a year). With fifteen staff today, versus twenty-five three years ago, Bertolucci achieved a turnover of around 15 million Swiss francs.
The new owner, Dickson Concept International Ltd., is an important distributor in Asia, that has already acquired, in 1987, the French company S.T. Dupont, the luxury cigarette lighter manufacturer.

Source: Le Temps, Michel Jeannot(BIPH)