Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
The Business of Time : A Global History of the Watch Industry, Hardback Book

The Business of Time : A Global History of the Watch Industry Hardback

Part of the Studies in Design and Material Culture series

Hardback

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

World watch production today is concentrated in three countries: Switzerland, Japan and China.

Former centres such as Great Britain, France, the United States and Russia saw the industrial manufacture of watches disappear from their territory during the twentieth century.

How did this situation come about? The business of time aims to answer this question by presenting the first comprehensive history of the sector.

It traces the evolution and transformation of the global watch industry from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, highlighting the conditions that enabled watch production to expand across the globe and revealing how multinational companies gradually emerged to dominate the industry. -- .

Information

Save 4%

£85.00

£81.45

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information

Also in the Studies in Design and Material Culture series  |  View all

Italian Graphic Design

£85.00

£81.45

Pre-Order

Showing Resistance

£35.00

£34.05

Pre-Order

At Home with the Poor

£85.00

£81.45

Pre-Order

Threads of Globalization

£90.00

£86.05

Add to Basket