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Show Great Watch Industry Founded by Blacksmith The story of Maniel .lean-llichard Is the story of a blacksmith turned watchmaker, who founded the great watch indusi ry that subsequent l. Hour ished in the cantons through the Men-chatel Men-chatel mountains. It was in P'.TIl that -lean Uiehard mended a walch foi n passing traveler, the lirsl watch he had ever seen. .lean llicliard was then a Macl.sniit h. hut a blacksmith with no love for I he trade. He dreamed of dclirate watch making, and In leisure hours lovlnuly fashioned line lords for the craft that held his imaL'inatlnn. lie continued to Invent and originate line tools, and In IT'lo set up a workshop for watch laakil; at Le I.O' le. The tirst workshop work-shop became a series of factories that sp-ead far beyond .!'.: ti I: i-ha i d's native na-tive villn-e. In Neuchatel raised a monument to the memory of the h'ac!;smi;h who laol the foundations for its great in'in-try. |