Rolex has hired three construction companies with years of combined experience for its most expensive project to date. While construction equipment can already be spotted on Rolex's future manufacturing site in Bulle, Switzerland β Rolex received last August an advance authorization to prep the site β the construction won't officially begin until mid-January. Grisoni has been in business for over 75 years; JPF, 98 years; and Antiglio was founded in Together, next month, they will begin a four-year, one-billion-franc project that will include five buildings, indoor car spaces, 60 spaces for two-wheelers and bicycles spaces.
Rolex has started to post job listings for the canton of Fribourg, where Bulle is located. While the Bulle manufacturing site is not scheduled to be up and running until , Rolex is going ahead with plans to use temporary sites in the same canton, as reported by Coronet. There are four times more preowned Rolex watches listed for sale today than in On its employment page , Rolex has listed five job openings for the Fribourg site.
Rolex's other temporary site will be in Villaz-Saint-Pierre. Credit: Rolex. Out of 27, residents, only one opposition was submitted by an individual, according to the city. But that individual does not live in Bulle. Bulle is planning to build at least two new elementary schools, add one junior high school and is mulling revamping its recreation center.
To secure the financing for new schools, the Bulle Municipal Council plans to submit a bond request in December , according to Council member David Seydoux. This will be the second bond request in three years, as the Bulle General Council already approved a bond of 1. Rolex has revealed new details ahead of an application for a building permit published Friday in the Feuille officielle du canton de Fribourg , including the first rendering of the project, which is estimated to top one billion Swiss francs.
The manufacture will span meters, or yards. At the southern tip, a fifth building will house the main entrance to the site. Rolex will also set up a system to collect and treat rainwater for the grounds; no drinking water will be used for the 32, square meters [7.
