The same day his wife, a journalist back home, was laid off as a packer at a watch factory.
New businesses opened as well, including a watch factory.
The Depression forced him to leave school after eighth grade and work in a watch factory.
Between 1855 and 1885 there was a watch factory in Cortaillod.
Around 1900 a watch factory and a brick works opened in the village.
He was clerk and owner of a watch factory which led to bankruptcy.
She speaks even less English than he does but is employed in a watch factory, earning $150 a week.
Around 1960 a chemical plant and a watch factory moved into the village.
In 1888 electricity began to take over at the watch factory.
The watch factory changed the entire socio-economic structure of the village.