Poster: Geneva's watchmaking industry in crisis and reorganisation in the 1930s

Geneva's watchmaking industry in crisis and reorganisation in the 1930s

Thursday 12 November · 18:00
Musée d'art et d'histoire
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A specialist in the watchmaking crisis of the 1930s, historian Johann Boillat explores the challenges of restructuring the timekeeping sector in Switzerland and Geneva following the 1929 stock market crash, with a precious Helvetico-American brooch watch featuring Geneva finishing as witness.