Swiss Watchmakers
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about Swiss Watchmakers, every show
Walker: Luxury watchmakers over $10K AOV manufacture everything within Switzerland
“I think for most of the brands that we're talking about, everything's made in house and even a lot of the brands that, that are, you know, using generic movements, like they're buying generic Swiss movements for the majority case. And like these, you know, 10,…”
Gilbert: Swiss neutrality in WWII preserved watchmaking industrial capacity
“This is a very engineering-heavy industrial thing, and they didn't have to devote any resources to the war because they were completely neutral, and so all of their craftspeople and machinists and everything can keep making watches.”