History of the Swiss Watch Industry
History of the Swiss Watch Industry

Author: Pierre-Yves Donzé

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783034316453

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This book tackles the history of the Swiss watch industry in a global perspective: it gives particular attention to rival nations such as the United Kingdom, the USA and Japan. The author demonstrates how Swiss watchmakers succeeded in facing various challenges: the industrialization of production at the end of the 19th century, the delocalization of production in the interwar years and globalization since the 1960's. These challenges helped Switzerland to maintain and strengthen its position as a leader on the world market. This study shows how innovation and new technologies, the industrial policy of the Swiss authorities, the industrial district organization and the relations with trade unions explain the worldwide success of the Swiss watch industry.

Swiss Made
Swiss Made

Author: R. James Breiding

Publisher: Profile Books

Published: 2013-01-10

Total Pages: 751

ISBN-13: 1847658091

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Why has Switzerland - a tiny, land-locked country with few natural advantages - become so successful for so long at so many things? In banking, pharmaceuticals, machinery, even textiles, Swiss companies rank alongside the biggest and most powerful global competitors. How did they get there? How do they continue to refresh themselves? Does the Swiss 'Sonderfall' (special case) provide lessons others can learn and benefit from? Can the Swiss continue to perform in a hyper-competitive global economy? Swiss Made offers answers to these and many other questions about the country as it describes the origins, structures and characteristics of the most important Swiss companies. The authors suggest success is due to a large degree to sound entrepreneurial thinking and an openness to new ideas. And they venture a surprising forecast on the country's ability to keep pace in an age of globalisation.

Swiss Watching
Swiss Watching

Author: Diccon Bewes

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2012-03-09

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1857889916

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A Financial Times Book of the Year and international bestseller.

Swiss Wristwatches
Swiss Wristwatches

Author: Gisbert L. Brunner

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780887403019

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An overview of Swiss wristwatch designs in the 20th century with nearly 650 photo illustrations. The many forms and styles of casings, dials, and hands are covered, along with manufacturers' literature, advertising, and catalogs. The firms of Omega, Longines, Tavannes-Cyma, Breitling, Doxa, Universal, Movado, and Zenith are represented, and a price guide makes it a valuable reference for collectors of wristwatches.

Winter in Sokcho
Winter in Sokcho

Author: Élisa Shua Dusapin

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781948830416

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As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman--a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French-Korean author

Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Whittling in the Wild
Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Whittling in the Wild

Author: Felix Immler

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2020-11-01

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13: 1607657708

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Whittling in the Wild features more than 30 fun and exciting objects to make using a simple pocket knife, wood, and a handful of household items. With step-by-step instructions and coordinating high-quality photography, whittle and carve a boat, parachute, and so much more.