(From carrieres-rolex.com)
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 2029, Rolex is going ahead with plans to use temporary sites in the same canton, as reported by Coronet.
The two temporary sites, which will be operational as early as 2025, will likely put pressure further on Rolex’s secondary market. There are four times more preowned Rolex watches listed for sale today than in 2021.
On its employment page, Rolex has listed five job openings for the Fribourg site. Rolex plans to hire between 250 and 300 new employees, who will be trained at those locations before transferring to Bulle in 2029, when Rolex’s new CHF1 billion factory is operational.
Earlier this week, Glâne prefecture gave Rolex the green light to start renovating the defunct Tetra Pak site in Romont, in the Fribourg canton. Rolex's other temporary site will be in Villaz-Saint-Pierre.