If we think about different types of clocks and watches, we associate some of them with different
countries: grandfather clocks and marine chronometers from England, cuckoo clocks from both
Germany and Switzerland, precision-engineered jeweled watches from Switzerland, too, and digital
watches from countries in south-east Asia such as Japan. Watches are very important to the Swiss
economy as these expensive items are sold all over the world.



Of course, many of the other items that we have in our homes also have clocks in: video-recorders, DVD-
players, PCs, microwave ovens and cameras all tell the time. As most of these goods are made in south-
east Asia, we can safely say that most clocks are made there.