Albert Einstein wore a 14k gold Longines for most of his life. He never knew it carried the name of a company whose industrial espionage of American watch manufacturing helped doom an entire domestic industry and seal for the Swiss a dominance of horology not entire deserved.
This is the story of how Helvetic monopolistic bullying eviscerated the once-robust American watch industry. And how the rise of Chinese-made super clones -- the advent of replica-makers -- is a kind of karmic payback for earlier Swiss malfeasance. These watches are a taste of Jura machinists' own medicine. They are comeuppance via a dial and hands.
This is the story of how Helvetic monopolistic bullying eviscerated the once-robust American watch industry. And how the rise of Chinese-made super clones -- the advent of replica-makers -- is a kind of karmic payback for earlier Swiss malfeasance. These watches are a taste of Jura machinists' own medicine. They are comeuppance via a dial and hands.
Philadelphia was essentially the birthplace of boxing in America, the city where matches first took shape in the back of bars. Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champ, fought more times in Philly than any other besides his hometown; Sugar Ray Robinson, perhaps the best boxer ever, fought under his first promotional contract in Philadelphia, appearing there twenty times; and Joe Louis, one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, was trained by a Philadelphia fighter.
In Boxing in Philadelphia, Gabe Oppenheim examines the rise and fall of boxing in Philadelphia, and how it often mirrored the city’s own narrative arc.
In Boxing in Philadelphia, Gabe Oppenheim examines the rise and fall of boxing in Philadelphia, and how it often mirrored the city’s own narrative arc.