The Business of Time: A Global History of the Watch Industry - Paperbackby Pierre Yves Donz? (Author) The business of time presents a comprehensive history of the global watch industry from the mid nineteenth century to the present. Watch production in the twenty first century is concentrated in three countries: Switzerland, Japan and China. The industry is dominated by a dozen or so large companies, including the Swatch Group, Richemont, LVMH, Seiko and Fossil. But a hundred years ago the picture was dramatically