ABSTRACT
The development of a clock and watch industry in Japan was not only the consequence of technology transfer and the acquisition of new know-how. The commercial side of this success was as important as was the technological side. During the fi rst part of the 20th century Japanese clock and watch companies not only established themselves as the dominant actors on the domestic market, over and above Swiss and American importers, but also adopted a particularly active export strategy, from the 1890s for clocks and from the 1930s for watches.
