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Watch repairers take antitrust fight against luxury-goods makers to EU’s top court

By Matthew Newman ( January 3, 2018, 09:53 GMT | Insight) -- Independent watch repairers have taken their 13-year fight for access to spare parts from luxury watchmakers including Rolex, LVMH and Patek Philippe to the EU’s highest court, MLex has learned. Their industry group CEAHR is appealing a lower court's rejection of its antitrust complaint, where it alleged that watchmakers abused their market power by restricting the supply of parts.Independent watch repairers have taken their 13-year fight for access to spare parts from luxury watchmakers including Rolex, LVMH and Patek Philippe to the EU’s highest court....

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