The knowledge for making watches came to Switzerland in the 17th century with the Huguenots (Protestants) fleeing France.
No one country invented the quartz watch. America, Swiss and Japan all made important contributions to the making of the quartz watch.
Swiss
From Swiss 1395
April 20th, 69 BC
We think it comes from the shoes, 'K Swiss'.Sorry, no cigar this time... The shoe company 'K Swiss' was formed in 1966. Conversely, the German surname Swissis actually a topographically-oriented name, given to persons living near stream, hill, a type of tree, or a church. The further a person lives from their home territory, the larger the territory they were named after. The German surname Swiss tells us that the first holder of that name immigrated to Austriafrom Switzerland.
The knowledge for making watches came to Switzerland in the 17th century with the Huguenots (Protestants) fleeing France.
Bob sleighing was invented by the Swiss
K-Swiss was invented by Art and Ernie Brunner, who were Swiss brothers. K-Swiss was founded in 1966 in Los Angeles.
The same people that invented Swiss Cheese.
pi is a universal constant and was not invented by anybody. It was known to the ancient Babylonians long before the Swiss were literate.
Pascal
Yodeling was invented in switzerland
The turbocharger was invented by Swiss engineer Alfred Büchi in 1905.
It was invented in 1948 by the Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral.
Leonhard Euler
The Man Who Invented Swiss Cheese.
Dynamite was invented by the Swiss scientist and inventor Alfred B Nobel in Switzerland.