Final week, Moser & Cie’s Edouard Meylan accomplished the Jungfrau Marathon 2021 together with his brother, Bertrand (additionally the CEO of quirky watch model, Hautlence). ‘‘That’s 42 km with 2000m ascent’’ Edouard posted on Instagram. The Swiss CEO, 44, has been working in the direction of this feat for months, cheered on by the Moser group that follows him on social media.
The marathon was a part of a fundraiser with RoomtoRead, a non-profit that’s focussed on women’ schooling and kids’s literacy in Asia and Africa.
Meylan, who believes that “every little thing begins with schooling” informed
The Hindu Weekend in an interview earlier this month, “As the daddy of 4 children, three of them women, I understand how necessary it’s to carry younger women to highschool. However to be sincere, this initiative [resonated] throughout the Moser organisation.”
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Responding to a query about his younger crew, he mentioned that the common age of his watchmakers is 27 and agreed that this era is extra involved about causes and the way forward for our planet. “My youngsters inform me, ‘Dad it’s worthwhile to have an electrical automotive!’ Curiously, a variety of concepts come from my colleagues right here. As an example, as an alternative of giving items to our friends at Moser, we now contribute 10 books of their title to RoomtoRead. That’s 1000’s of books supplied to varsities yearly.’’
The intention was to boost near 100,000 francs with the marathon. “That’s already 5 colleges you may open,” he identified. “In fact, you are able to do different large issues, however schooling is the best way to start out.”
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As for the query of sustainability that’s typically raised in relation to luxurious manufacturers, Edouard mentioned, “We’re RJC-certified (Accountable Jewelry Council). It took years to get it and we’re one of many few small [watch] manufacturers with it. “We attempt to compensate our carbon footprint. We don’t have the sources to construct a manufacture like IWC, which break the bank to be self-sustainable. However that’s the longer term.”
And since this watch CEO is refreshingly blunt, there was extra. “We aren’t a model that does the ‘recycled strap’ sort of watch. It’s a great way to boost consciousness, and has been completed many instances, however we attempt to do issues within the background.”