It really looked as though the game was up and time had run out for the Swiss watch industry as the old mechanical, analogue timepieces were being undercut in price and availability.
But he acknowledges that in some Oklahoma cities, the requirements have prompted immigrant entrepreneurs and retirees who did the work as a hobby and who often undercut traditional locksmiths on price to drop out of the trade.
Though the Surface aims to compete with the larger-size iPad, many competitors have been releasing smaller devices at lower price points in attempts to undercut Apple's momentum.