The object
Elmar Mock co-invented the original Swatch with Jacques Müller, combining a low-part-count plastic watch architecture with ultrasonic welding for sealed mass production. Mock-Kett identifies this as the best-selling watch that revived Swiss watchmaking, while an EPO report records Mock delivering an innovation conference in February 2024.
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What Elmar did
co-invented the original Swatch watch with Jacques Müller, including its low-part-count plastic construction and ultrasonic-welding production method
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Why it matters
Swatch transformed the Swiss quartz-watch market through a radically simplified, automated and affordable manufactured watch.
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Living-status check
The European Patent Office records Mock speaking to students at an innovation conference in Sion on 6 February 2024.