Manufacturing and trade of watches, watch components, timing equipment, sports accessories and similar articles, as well as manufacturing and trade of products and components in microtechnology; commercial, industrial and financial operations related or unrelated to the watchmaking or microtechnology industry; participation in the acquisition or operation of other companies or businesses in Switzerland or abroad; holding and marketing of intellectual property rights; provision of services and other performances, in particular in the strategic, operational and commercial fields, to other companies of the same group; financial assistance to other companies of the same group, in particular through loans, pledges and guarantees.