Swarovski History: How a Wattens Innovation Became a Global Crystal House

Swarovski history begins with a technical breakthrough, but the company’s endurance is better explained by what it repeatedly did with that expertise. Daniel Swarovski developed an electricity-powered approach to crystal cutting and applied for a patent in 1892; in 1895, he founded the company in Wattens with Franz Weis and Armand Kosmann. Wattens offered hydropower…