The mechanical side of time DIGITAL ELECTRONICS has transformed many consumer-goods industries, but analogue niches survive and even thrive. Vinyl records have staged a comeback, sales of printed books have been growing faster than e-books in some markets, and cameras that use old-fashioned film have seen a bit of a revival. The Swiss are also still happily making mechanical watches, particularly the high-end sort, and last year exported more than 7m of them worth some SFr15bn ($15bn). Whereas a...
The mechanical side of time DIGITAL ELECTRONICS has transformed many consumer-goods industries, but analogue niches survive and even thrive. Vinyl records have staged a comeback, sales of printed books have been growing faster than e-books in some markets, and cameras that use old-fashioned film have seen a bit of a revival. The Swiss are also still happily making mechanical watches, particularly the high-end sort, and last year exported more than 7m of them worth some SFr15bn ($15bn). Whereas a...
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