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Wasn't it the same for the Swiss watch industry? I think they basically copied and then perfected British designs. To expand on this, I'd say Switzerland and Ja

Wasn't it the same for the Swiss watch industry? I think they basically copied and then perfected British designs. To expand on this, I'd say Switzerland and Japan have remarkably similar early paths to wealth.

abrowne 8y ago
They also had fine metal workers who had a much smaller jewelry market with Protestantism.
- m_mueller 8y ago
  That’s where the ‘perfected’ part comes in. I wonder what they did before watches or how Western Switzerland got good at metalworking from nothing.