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The business of time
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Description
Watch production today is concentrated in three countries: Switzerland for luxury products, Japan for mid-range and China for mass-produced. The industry is dominated by a dozen large companies, most of them organised on a global scale. But a hundred years ago the picture was quite different. Throughout the twentieth century, countries such as Great Britain, France and the United States saw the industrial manufacture of watches disappear from their territory, while Hong Kong went from being a subcontractor to an intermediary between China and the world market.
Highlighting the conditions that enabled watch production to spread around the globe, The business of time explains how multinationals came to dominate the industry and how Swiss companies established themselves as the undisputed leader in luxury watches.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
214
Release Date:
2024-07-09
Publication Date:
2024-07-09
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1526176254
ISBN13:
9781526176257
Weight:
379 g
Height:
170 cm
Width:
244 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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