Word: neuchatel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Their own engineers did not let the watchmakers down. The first quartz-based wristwatch was produced in Neuchatel in 1967, and Switzerland's chemical industry led in developing the liquid crystal displays used in many digital watches. But U.S. manufacturers got a technological lead, using miniaturization techniques largely developed for the space program, and began mass production that sent prices tumbling. Texas Instruments recently announced that it will market a digital watch for $20. Swiss watchmakers had held back, believing digital timepieces would be only...
...Gilroy High School, his brother had graduated from medical school in Mexico, and one day asked him if he would like to finish school in Europe. And so Guizar ended up in Switzerland for his senior year, polishing his French and Italian at the Ecole de Commerce de Neuchatel...