Germany's Glashuette is beating Switzerland
Its watchmaking industry produced more than 32,000 watches last year, according to analyst estimates
Zurich
THE German village of Glashuette doesn't look like much: just a handful of streets stretching up and down a narrow valley from a bare station platform, where trains depart once an hour for the 45-minute trip to Dresden. Scratch a bit deeper, though, and you'll find that the town of 7,000 people is home to the greatest concentration of world-class watchmakers outside of Switzerland - with a business that's growing even as Swiss producers retrench.
Glashuette produced more than 32,000 watches last year, with a total value of at least 500 million euros (S$763.4 million), according to analyst estimates. These aren't Swatches: The town's 10 watchmakers tend towards the h…
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