Fifty years ago | New watches with Swiss assistance
This archival piece from 1976 discusses plans for a Horological Institute in India to be established with Swiss assistance. The goal was to train personnel and achieve self-sufficiency in watch manufacturing.
Why it matters
It provides historical context on India's industrial development and its efforts to collaborate with international partners for technological advancement.
As there was no issue dated October 2, 1976 from the issue dated October 1, 1976
New Delhi, September 30: A Horological Institute is likely to be set up in India with Swiss assistance for training Indian personnel in the highly sophisticated technology of watch-making to meet the vast domestic demand, which is expected to reach ten million pieces a year by 1980.
A Swiss delegation is arriving shortly for follow-up discussions on a phased programme for importing components and assembling them in India during the first stage, obtaining machinery for making these components and finally making the machines in India itself for achieving near self-sufficiency both in design and production, keeping pace with the rapid technological advances in the industry.
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