The War of Time: Five Hundred Years of Clock Game History
by Fan Master
About This Novel
The history of watches is not only a history of technology and business, but also a history of culture, life, and even more, a history of war. Since modern times, watchmaking has been the darling of war. Tables prospered because of war and served war. From the transformation of a country, the rise and destruction of an industry, to the birth of a brand and the popularity of a category, they are often closely related to war: Why did Switzerland become the "country of watches"? How was Patek Philippe, known as the "King of Watches", founded? Any history is also a history about people. The watchmaker who fled to Geneva, Switzerland, during the Holocaust eventually built this watch city; the "King's Watchmaker" who was almost killed by the guillotine during the vigorous French Revolution was always thinking about how to fight gravity; a Polish soldier who was exiled in a foreign land and sold watches just for a meal finally founded the "King of Watches"; outside of the real war, the game within the watchmaking industry has never stopped. Watchmakers from different brands and countries each show their talents. When people no longer want to rely on tall clock towers, they have smaller pendulum clocks; when sailors don't want to get lost in the sea, they have navigation bells; when pilots can't spare their hands to take out their pocket watches, they find ways to put the watches on their hands; when divers almost die from oxygen depletion, then they make a diving watch that can time... Business competition may even evolve into a "war without gunpowder." The innovation of production methods, the game between technology and tradition, and the manipulation of major brands and watchmaking groups in the shopping mall have jointly created a "war of time".
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Official(1)Scraped 12d ago
The war of time, to the point
The perspective is unique, the illustrations are detailed, and the writing is excellent. It's hard to imagine that it took more than a year to polish it. The author's writing skills and fashion sense are really outstanding!
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Official(1)Scraped 12d ago
The war of time, to the point
The perspective is unique, the illustrations are detailed, and the writing is excellent. It's hard to imagine that it took more than a year to polish it. The author's writing skills and fashion sense are really outstanding!
