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Word: jeanrichard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...montre," said M. Jeanrichard's friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Electric Watch | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

...friend's montre was a clock no bigger than a large bun. He had bought it in Geneva, where the things were made. Now it was broken. Could M. Jeanrichard do anything about it? M. Jeanrichard could try. He took the watch apart, spent several weeks trying to put it together again. Finally he sold out his forge and went to Geneva. He returned to establish watchmaking in Le Locle. One of his apprentices was a youth named Pellaton. Long after Blacksmith Jeanrichard was dead, Pellatons made watches, saw them grow smaller & smaller, finer & finer. The present Pellaton, Georges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Electric Watch | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

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