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A decade lost, or a decade won for watchmaking?

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By Serge Maillard / Image: ©Klaus Frahm

December 2020

The watch industry is going through its sharpest decline ever recorded over the last 80 years. How to make a “lost decade for watchmaking” a decade won in some aspects at least?

A decade lost, or a decade won for watchmaking?

EDITORIAL

Español Français Pусский

By Serge Maillard / Image: ©Klaus Frahm

December 2020

A decade lost, or a decade won for watchmaking?

The watch industry is going through its sharpest decline ever recorded over the last 80 years. How to make a “lost decade for watchmaking” a decade won in some aspects at least?

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