According to the Swiss Watch Confederation, piracy and counterfeiting costs the industry hundreds of millions of Swiss Francs per year and thousands of jobs. It is estimated that up to one hundred thousand job losses a year in the European Union are a direct result of counterfeiting. To this effect, Frédérique Constant is the first watch manufacturer to implement a new technique against counterfeiting. New FC watches will have invisible marks that only show up under Ultra Fluorescent light.
6/26/03
