The Watch Factories of America, Past and Present. a Complete History of Watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 Inclusive.. - Scholar's Choice Edition

The Watch Factories of America, Past and Present. a Complete History of Watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 Inclusive.. - Scholar's Choice Edition PDF

Author: George Henry Abbott 1858-1905 Hazlitt

Publisher: Scholar's Choice

Published: 2015-02-15

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9781296035006

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Florentine Ariosto Jones: A Yankee in Switzerland and the Early Globalization of the American System of Watchmaking

Florentine Ariosto Jones: A Yankee in Switzerland and the Early Globalization of the American System of Watchmaking PDF

Author: Frank Jacob

Publisher: Vernon Press

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1648893090

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This book recounts the story of Florentine Ariosto Jones, who after the Civil War decided to manufacture watches. Combining the cheap labor available at the time in Switzerland with US manufacturing technologies, Jones embarked on his venture to produce affordable watches for the American market. Consequently, he became a pioneer in the business of outsourcing labor for economic purposes through his contracting of labor to Europe. While the company still exists today, very little is known about Jones. The present book will undoubtedly change this by telling the fascinating story of an American adventurer and his pursuit to globalize American watchmaking at the end of the 19th Century.