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185. The historic collapse of Switzerland’s watch industry

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The Impact of the 1970s on the Swiss Watch Industry

The Swiss watchmaking industry lost 60,000 people in the 1970s. Industrial workers fell by half and home workers by 80%. The shift towards more centralized production led to a substantial change in the employment makeup of the industry In Switzerland.

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