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After the death of his parents, Louis Maillard, the son of a factory owner, tries to take over the ailing watch factory. His father's illegal transactions are uncovered, and people come from all sides to woo the newcomer to the business. After the deadly car accident of his parents the son Louis Maillard is trying to maintain their seriously indebted watch factory. Many people come running to profit from his situation, at the end he is forced to merge with the big factory of his wily uncle Otmar Nef. —Urs Aebersold After the sudden death of his parents, the young son of a factory owner, Louis Maillard (Fred Haltiner), is faced with the task of running the orphaned watch factory. It turns out that the company is hopelessly in debt. Illegal transactions by his father are uncovered, but people rush in from all sides to woo the newcomer: his uncle Otmar Nef (Walo Lüönd), who wants to expand his own watch factory, offers the young factory owner a seemingly generous co-operation. His old school friend Max Schluep (Hans-Rudolf Twerenbold), who is involved in all kinds of dodgy business, proposes a risky watch smuggling operation. His childhood friend Anna Mondini (Melitta Gautschy), who is also well versed in the watchmaking milieu, wants to support him, as does his lawyer Ernest Junod (Adolph Spalinger), who is playing an opaque double game. After the young factory owner has become hopelessly entangled in all the nets laid out, he finally has no choice but to accept the "co-operation" offered to him.