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Decline of Japanese watch manufacturers.

In the 1980s, the mechanical watches began to be reevaluated, and the popularity of Swiss manufactured luxury mechanical watches reignited. And the watch industry in Japan lost market share due to the trend of Établisseur in the Swiss watch industry and the emergence of assembly makers in Asia. The craftsmen with Japanese watch technology had been culled because Japanese were inclined to the quartz watch.


1980年代に入り、機械式の腕時計の良さが再評価され始め、スイス製の高級機械式腕時計の人気が再燃する。そして、スイスのエタブリスール化やアジアのアッセンブリーメーカーの出現などにより、日本の時計産業はシェアを失う。クオーツ時計に傾倒していたため、技術を持つ職人は淘汰されていて苦境に立たされた。

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