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... Facts & Figures
| WATCH PRODUCTION FIGURES |
| YEAR |
ENGLISH |
CONTINENTAL
/SWISS |
AMERICAN |
| 1800 |
200,000 |
200,000 |
- |
| 1850 |
200,000 |
2,000,000 |
- |
| 1862 |
164,000 |
2,500,000 |
50,000 |
| 1872 |
145,000 |
3,000,000 |
400,000 |
| 1882 |
227,000 |
3,500,000 |
1,250,000 |
| 1892 |
204,000 |
4,500,000 |
2,250,000 |
| 1902 |
226,000 |
6,000,000 |
2,750,000 |
| By 1907 English production had slumped to a mere 74,000 |
NOTES:
- 1800 & 1850 Continental/Swiss figures are for Switzerland only
- 1862-1902 figures from The Coventry Standard, 15 April 1903
| COVENTRY CENSUS FIGURES |
| YEAR |
POPULATION |
WATCHMAKERS
- MALE |
WATCHMAKERS
- FEMALE |
| 1861 |
49,936 |
1,943 |
43 |
| 1871 |
39,474 |
2,368 |
74 |
| 1881 |
45,116 |
n/a |
n/a |
| 1891 |
53,004 |
3,032 |
534 |
[ This information is from 'Moments in Time - The history of the Coventry Watch Industry - Volume 1' available from the Coventry Watch Museum Project ]
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