<div id="subtitle">Watchmaker Swatch says full-year 2009 net income dropped 9 percent</div><div><p>Swatch Group AG, the world's largest watchmaker, said Tuesday that net income dropped 9 percent last year, blaming higher gold prices and lower exports due to the global economic downturn and the strong Swiss franc ...

<div><p>ZURICH (Reuters) - Swatch Group, the world's largest watchmaker by sales, said it is aiming for its best year ever in 2010 after seeing a strong pick-up in sales in January and February, easing worries that a flagging economic recovery might hit demand.</p><p>"We see high double-digit sales ...

<div><p>Swatch Group, the world's biggest watchmaker, on Monday said orders begun picking up in March, suggesting the situation was "improving" for the industry.</p><p>March "confirms that the situation is improving" and that "retailers have began to place orders," Nick Hayek, Swatch's chief executive, told AFP.&lt ...