Aletta: On the one hand, we had to discontinue collaboration with our assembly partner in geneva because, among other problems, quality and delivery times were no longer satisfactory. We had nothing but problems. I constantly had to fly back and forth between Hong Kong and Switzerland. We weren't satisfied with that. Peter: Then Philips decided to relocate my business division to Singapore, which meant that we would have to move. We didn't want to leave Hong Kong because that would have been the end of our watch manufacturing venture, which was already flourishing so well that it would have been a pity to abandon it. So I quit. Philips even offered me a job in Palo Alto, California, but the offer came too late. In my mind, I had already left Philips far behind. No Fields Found.