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The Paul Picot Technicum

A Cultural-Historical Analysis.

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Sergio Galanti
Aug 23, 2025
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In the mid-1980s, Switzerland was still shaking off the aftershocks of the quartz crisis. Whole valleys of watchmaking had fallen quiet, their machines sold for scrap, their traditions seemingly cons…

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