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{{Short description|Watchmaking collective}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Sowind Group
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| location = [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], Switzerland
| key_people = Patrick Pruniaux
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = Watchmaking
| products = Watches
| brands = [[Girard-Perregaux]] <br> [[Ulysse Nardin]]
| revenue =
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| locations = La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle
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The '''Sowind Group SA''' is an independent parent company of the [[Girard-Perregaux]] and [[Ulysse Nardin]] Swiss watch brands.<ref name="brands departure">{{cite web
|first=Jack
|last=Forster
|work=Hodinkee
| url=https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ulysse-nardin-girard-perregaux-ceo-patrick-pruniaux-on-the-brands-departure-from-the-kering-group
| title=Interview: Ulysse Nardin, Girard-Perregaux CEO Patrick Pruniaux on the Brands' Departure from the Kering Group
|date=February 2, 2022 }}</ref><ref name="Kering announces">{{cite web |title=Kering announces the sale of Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin to their management |url=https://www.kering.com/en/news/kering-announces-the-sale-of-girard-perregaux-and-ulysse-nardin-to-their-management/ |website=Kering |date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Leave Kering">{{cite web |last1=Lorentzen |first1=Sean |title=Girard-Perregaux And Ulysse Nardin Leave Kering Group For Independent Management |url=https://www.ablogtowatch.com/kering-group-sells-girard-perregaux-and-ulysse-nardin-to-sowind-group-sa/ |publisher=aBlogtoWatch |date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> The brands were acquired in 2011 and 2014, respectively.<ref name="Victoria Gomelsky">{{cite news |last1=Gomelsky |first1=Victoria |title=Why Did 2 Swiss Watch Brands Leave the Kering Fold? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/fashion/watches-ulysse-nardin-patrick-pruniaux-switzerland.html |publisher=New York Times |date=March 8, 2022}}</ref>
== History ==
Based in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], the Group incorporates the [[Girard-Perregaux]] and [[Ulysse Nardin]] brands, that develops and produces a complete portfolio of high-end movements (more than 100 variations of existing movements) and collections of top-of-the-range watches.
==See also==
*[[List of watch manufactures]]
==Bibliography==
*François Chaille, Girard-Perregaux, Editions Flammarion, 2004, {{ISBN|2-08-011069-1}}
*ArmbandUhren, Special Girard-Perregaux, Peter Braun, 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-89880-808-8}}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.girard-perregaux.com Girard-Perregaux]
*[https://www.ulysse-nardin.com Ulysse Nardin]
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[[Category:Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland]]
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[[Category:18th-century establishments in Switzerland]]
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