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American Watchmakers Rise Again Empty American Watchmakers Rise Again

Post by Mortuus 2013-07-13, 00:33

Writer Michael Clerizo provides an overview of four up-and-coming American watch companies in this Wall Street Journal piece, released today, 12 June 2013.

PHILADELPHIA, 1876. The U.S. celebrates 100 years of nationhood with the Centennial Exhibition, held in a 285-acre park in the country's first capital. Nine million people attend, including a small delegation of Swiss watchmakers eager to visit the pavilions that house exhibitions of the flourishing American watch industry.

That moment became a turning point. What the Swiss saw frightened them.  In Switzerland, watchmaking happened mostly by hand in small workshops with an output of about 1,000 expensive watches a year. In stark contrast, the U.S. manufactured watches in large factories where machines operated by unskilled workers churned out interchangeable parts, enabling the production of hundreds of thousands of affordable timepieces a year.

To read the full article, which includes a sample photo of selections from each watchmaker, please click ** HERE **.
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