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Festina is a Spanish watch manufacturer. Pocket watch A watch is a small portable clock that displays the current time and sometimes the current day, date, month and year. ... Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures. ...


It is (in)famous for the cycling team that it used to support up to 1998, when it was caught in a doping scandal on the Tour de France. Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... A team comprises any group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is an epic long distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ... The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is an epic long distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ...


External link

  • Official website


Festina actually sponsored their cycling team until 2001.


http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/teams2001/FES.shtml


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Festina (203 words)
Since their founding in 1902, Festina has continued to innovate and design watches that are stylish, elegant, solid, and precise.
Festina is part of a global company, The Festina-Lotus Group, and its styles unify traditional and avant-garde design elements in a precision instrument.
Festina's sports watches are made especially for cycling, running, and diving.
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Festina, founded in Switzerland in 1902, is the best selling watch in Spain and has consistently performed as one of the best selling mid-priced watches in Europe.
Festina watches are built with fashionable attributes, stylish designs and beautiful features.
Festina Dive watches have fl, durable rubber straps and come with a second watchband that is neon yellow in appearance.
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