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Historical Perspectives: The Patek Counterfeiter: Watchmaking's First Great Scandal

How a forged name at an 1885 exposition led to the legal protections that define the Swiss watch industry today

Vuk Radic
Historical Perspectives: The Patek Counterfeiter: Watchmaking's First Great Scandal
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