is a watch manufacturer . the company was founded in 1902 in la chaux de fonds switzerland . the manufacture s motto was festina lente latin for hasten slowly . in 1984 entrepreneur miguel rodr guez already owner of lotus watches bought festina and created the group festina lotus s.a. . since this takeover the company headquarters have been located in barcelona spain . their watches are exclusively assembled on citizen watch company japanese movements in their most popular watches while its high end watches are designed and crafted entirely from its factories in china called heschen . festina owns now candino watch company in bienne switzerland the seat of their swiss distribution . contents 1 festina group 2 sponsorship 3 references 4 external links festina group edit festina candino jaguar perrelet soprod produces swiss made mechanical and quartz watch movements 1 calypso sponsorship edit festina car by the tour de france festina is also known for its sponsorship of the festina cycling team from 1989 to 2001 . during the 1998 tour de france the team was at the center of the doping scandal which became known as the festina affair . in reaction to this the cycling team reorganized itself and festina set up the fondation d entreprise festina whose mission was to promote the fight against doping . 2 references edit soprod company website festina cr e sa fondation d entreprise external links edit official website official us website media related to festina at wikimedia commons this spanish corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title festina & oldid 742712249 categories manufacturing companies established in 1902companies of spainwatch brandsspanish brandsspanish company stubshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipediacommons category with page title same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadanskdeutschespa olfran aisitalianomagyarnederlandspolskiportugu s srpskisuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 09 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view