Guy Sémon appointed Director of the Research Institute for the LVMH Group Watch Division
Guy Sémon has been appointed Director of the Research Institute for the Watch Division of the LVMH Group, which includes the TAG Heuer, Hublot and Zenith brands. Originally from Montbéliard, Guy Sémon has until now been Director General of TAG Heuer. Having joined the company 14 years ago, he has been responsible for several of the big innovations developed by the brand, including the Monaco V4, chronographs offering extreme accuracy to 1/1000th and 5/10,000ths of a second and, more recently, the famous TAG Heuer Connected. Guy Sémon was also the brains behind the Zenith Defy Lab and the new oscillator. The Research Institute was created to connect and coordinate the diverse Research and Development skills of the LVMH watchmaking centre.