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<blockquote data-quote="thor447" data-source="post: 4124122" data-attributes="member: 24867"><p>Among many other makers. We didn't keep up with the Swiss. America (for a time) dominated watchmaking. Swiss makers came to America to get up to speed on new manufacturing processes, machinery, etc. American watchmaking was the first to come up with interchangeable parts, something the Swiss had been trying to do for a while. We got taxed to hell, were slow to transition to the demand for wristwatches after WW1, and very low import tariffs on Swiss goods created a ripe market for the Swiss watchmaking industry to take over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thor447, post: 4124122, member: 24867"] Among many other makers. We didn't keep up with the Swiss. America (for a time) dominated watchmaking. Swiss makers came to America to get up to speed on new manufacturing processes, machinery, etc. American watchmaking was the first to come up with interchangeable parts, something the Swiss had been trying to do for a while. We got taxed to hell, were slow to transition to the demand for wristwatches after WW1, and very low import tariffs on Swiss goods created a ripe market for the Swiss watchmaking industry to take over. [/QUOTE]
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