10/1 Update:  A report this morning from WorldTempus via Romandie News appears to definitively confirm the story we broke yesterday.

Sources indicate that Manuel Emch has or is leaving Montres Jaquet Droz, although this is still not 100% confirmed by First In Watches.  Emch has been President of Jaquet Droz, part of the Swatch Group, since 2001.  I will provide an update as soon as Swatch Group, which would neither confirm nor deny the rumor, issues an official statement.

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