Gabe Oppenheim on How America Lost The Mechanical Time Race

Swiss watchmaking didn’t “naturally” become the gold standard. It got engineered. We sit down with journalist and author Gabe Oppenheim (Borrowed Time) to follow the paper trail behind the Swiss watch industry’s rise and the American collapse most collectors barely hear about. Once you see the mechanics of power behind the marketing, the words on the dial start to mean something different. We start with the forgotten high point of American watchmaking, when Waltham and Elgin showcase industr...