Swiss manufacturing and craftsmanship have left their mark on a variety of fields, ranging from mechanical watches to sailplanes and, in the case of small but noteworthy endeavours such as those of Monteverdi, even luxury sports cars. This might raise the question: why, with the Swiss fascination for painstakingly realized mechanical marvels of precision and elegance, did the local photography industry never get off the ground in the little Alpine nation? The answer is that it actually has – the history of Swiss cameras has merely eluded international attention, despite the high praise and success that Swiss cameramakers endured in...