The Business of Time, 9781526162571
Hardcover
Global watch industry: rise, fall, and the winners revealed.

The Business of Time

a global history of the watch industry

$270.57

  • Hardcover

    216 pages

  • Release Date

    4 July 2022

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Summary

The Business of Time: A Global History of Watchmaking

World watch production today is concentrated in three countries: Switzerland, Japan and China. Former centres such as Great Britain, France, the United States and Russia saw the industrial manufacture of watches disappear from their territory during the twentieth century.

How did this situation come about? The Business of Time aims to answer this question by presenting the first comprehensive his…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781526162571
ISBN-10:1526162571
Series:Studies in Design and Material Culture
Author:Pierre-Yves Donzé
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Imprint:Manchester University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:216
Release Date:4 July 2022
Weight:544g
Dimensions:240mm x 170mm x 13mm
About The Author

Pierre-Yves Donzé

Pierre-Yves Donze is Professor of Business History at Osaka University.

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