| Introduction |
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1 The Swiss Watch Industry during the first part of the 19th century (1800--1870) |
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1.1 The triumph of etablissage |
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An example of an etablisseur: the DuBois family of Le Locle |
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Why was etablissage successful? |
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1.2 The technical evolution of products |
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An innovation directed to the quality of products |
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15 | (3) |
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The hard beginnings of mechanization |
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1.3 The outlets of the Swiss watch industry: the global market |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (7) |
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2 The challenge of industrialization (1870--1918) |
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2.1 The shock of Philadelphia: the American competitors |
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30 | (3) |
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2.2 The structural modernization of Swiss watchmaking |
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33 | (23) |
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The emergence of the factory |
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34 | (8) |
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Birth of the machine tools industry |
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42 | (2) |
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The modernization of watchmaking schools |
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44 | (3) |
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Banks and the modernization of watchmaking |
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47 | (2) |
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The organization of trade unions |
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49 | (4) |
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A limited industrial concentration |
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53 | (3) |
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2.3 Selling: evolution of products and markets |
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56 | (5) |
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The beginning of mass communication |
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58 | (3) |
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2.4 Towards organized capitalism |
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61 | (7) |
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The blooming of employers' associations |
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62 | (3) |
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The Societe Intercantonale des Industries du Jura -- Chambre Suisse de L'Horlogerie |
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65 | (1) |
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The temptation of cartels |
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2.5 The Swiss watch industry during World War I |
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The production of munitions |
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68 | (2) |
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The closure of the Russian market |
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70 | (7) |
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3 The watchmaking cartel (1920--1960) |
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3.1 The problem of chablonnage and the struggle against industrial transplantation |
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78 | (7) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (2) |
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3.2 The maintenance of an industrial district structure |
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85 | (2) |
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3.3 The setting up of the cartel |
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The adoption of watchmaking agreements (1928) |
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Setting up a trust: the creation of the ASUAG (1931) |
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The legal intervention of the State (1934) |
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The labor peace agreement |
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3.4 The consequences of the cartel |
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The maintenance of the structures |
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The creation of the Societe suisse pour L'Industrie horlogere SA (SSIH) |
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The failure of the struggle against chablonnage and the emergence of new watchmaking nations |
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105 | (3) |
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3.5 New products, new markets |
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108 | (9) |
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4 Liberalization and globalization (1960--2010) |
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119 | (3) |
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Maintaining control over Swiss production |
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121 | (1) |
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4.2 The quartz revolution |
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122 | (3) |
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4.3 The origins of the "watchmaking crisis" |
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125 | (5) |
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4.4 Industrial concentration and the appearance of watch groups |
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130 | (12) |
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The first wave of mergers |
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The birth of the Swatch Group |
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133 | (3) |
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The main watch groups in the 2000s |
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An independent firm: Rolex |
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The exception of Geneva: the evolution of luxury watch makers during the second part of the 20th century |
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139 | (3) |
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4.5 The globalization of ownership and manufacturing |
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142 | (4) |
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Some subcontractors coping with globalization: the case makers |
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143 | (3) |
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| Conclusion |
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| References |
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