The New Breed: How Bremont, Christopher Ward and Farer are Redefining British Watchmaking
The British won the war but lost their watchmaking. Though watchmaking had existed in Switzerland as a cottage industry since the Age of Enlightenment, the Swiss did not truly dominate commercial watchmaking until World War II when the neutral country freely used resources – from metals to skilled labor to capital – that other countries...
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Jul 7, 2021 by Allen Farmelo