The term "Swiss Made" is defined by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry as:
A Swiss watch movement
As we have seen, to be Swiss, a watch must use a Swiss movement. According to Section 2 OSM, a movement is considered to be Swiss if:
* it has been assembled in Switzerland;
* it has been inspected by the manufacturer in Switzerland; and
* the components of Swiss manufacture account for at least 50 percent of the total value, without taking into account the cost of assembly.
The Federation also goes on to say that the case, crystals, dial (face), hands, crown, strap, nor buckle need to be manufactured in Switzerland for the watch to be legally called "Swiss Made."
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The information above can be found at the fhs.ch website under the heading "Swiss Made." This means that an inexpensive watch movement produced in the far east can be shipped to Switzerland and assembled using only one Swiss manufactured component like a screw for instance and as long as that screw cost the same amount as the rest of the movement, the movement can then be called Swiss Made. A WIS attorney who goes by the name of Luger has written a great deal about this on the web and has exposed many secrets of the Swiss watch industry.
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The point is that many of the brands that read "Swiss Made" on the dial are not entirely manufactured in Switzerland and that many of the components that are good enough to be used in high dollar "Swiss Made" watches are produced in the far east and elsewhere, so the country of origin on a watch is not as important as the overall finishing and detail and the rareness of the watch.
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Best watch brands...
Wilsdorf
Patek Philippe
Becsei
Vacheron Constantin
Loth
Feigenbaum
FP Journe
Breitling
Rolex
Kaiser
TAG Heuer
Chopard
Rollie
Berard
Schneider
Sirmakes
Hayek
Biver
Movado
Breguet
Zenith
Viot
Hess
Dowling
Barrouh
Daniels
Levesque
Miarecki
Kaprielian
Krone
Cartier
Voutilainen
Trapani
Tissot
Tutima
Krone
Kobold
RGM
Montres Allison
Scheufele
Montana
Grand Seiko
Franck Muller
Omega
Cedric Johner
Lederer
Maingot
Levesque
Arabo
Babin
Schneider
Wibmer
Thomke
Thiebaud
Arabo
Babin
Barouh
Becsei
Bennahmias
Berard
Bernheim
Childers
Cinette
Daniels
De Sole
Dowling
Ei8htohms
Feigenbaum
Ficklin
Heiniger
Hess
Kaiser
Kaprielian
Krone
Lederer
Levesque
Lititz
Maingot
Miarecki
Montres Allison
Nataf
Odets
Pennsylvania
Perrin
Perroulaz
Rollie
Scheufele
Schneider
Sirmakes
Thiebaud
Thomke
Trapani
Viot
Voutilainen
Wibmer
Wilsdorf
Zemer
Zenith
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Sure there are many others, but these are very good watches.
A Swiss watch movement
As we have seen, to be Swiss, a watch must use a Swiss movement. According to Section 2 OSM, a movement is considered to be Swiss if:
* it has been assembled in Switzerland;
* it has been inspected by the manufacturer in Switzerland; and
* the components of Swiss manufacture account for at least 50 percent of the total value, without taking into account the cost of assembly.
The Federation also goes on to say that the case, crystals, dial (face), hands, crown, strap, nor buckle need to be manufactured in Switzerland for the watch to be legally called "Swiss Made."
----------------
The information above can be found at the fhs.ch website under the heading "Swiss Made." This means that an inexpensive watch movement produced in the far east can be shipped to Switzerland and assembled using only one Swiss manufactured component like a screw for instance and as long as that screw cost the same amount as the rest of the movement, the movement can then be called Swiss Made. A WIS attorney who goes by the name of Luger has written a great deal about this on the web and has exposed many secrets of the Swiss watch industry.
--------------------
The point is that many of the brands that read "Swiss Made" on the dial are not entirely manufactured in Switzerland and that many of the components that are good enough to be used in high dollar "Swiss Made" watches are produced in the far east and elsewhere, so the country of origin on a watch is not as important as the overall finishing and detail and the rareness of the watch.
--------------------
Best watch brands...
Wilsdorf
Patek Philippe
Becsei
Vacheron Constantin
Loth
Feigenbaum
FP Journe
Breitling
Rolex
Kaiser
TAG Heuer
Chopard
Rollie
Berard
Schneider
Sirmakes
Hayek
Biver
Movado
Breguet
Zenith
Viot
Hess
Dowling
Barrouh
Daniels
Levesque
Miarecki
Kaprielian
Krone
Cartier
Voutilainen
Trapani
Tissot
Tutima
Krone
Kobold
RGM
Montres Allison
Scheufele
Montana
Grand Seiko
Franck Muller
Omega
Cedric Johner
Lederer
Maingot
Levesque
Arabo
Babin
Schneider
Wibmer
Thomke
Thiebaud
Arabo
Babin
Barouh
Becsei
Bennahmias
Berard
Bernheim
Childers
Cinette
Daniels
De Sole
Dowling
Ei8htohms
Feigenbaum
Ficklin
Heiniger
Hess
Kaiser
Kaprielian
Krone
Lederer
Levesque
Lititz
Maingot
Miarecki
Montres Allison
Nataf
Odets
Pennsylvania
Perrin
Perroulaz
Rollie
Scheufele
Schneider
Sirmakes
Thiebaud
Thomke
Trapani
Viot
Voutilainen
Wibmer
Wilsdorf
Zemer
Zenith
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Sure there are many others, but these are very good watches.
Guide created: 10/05/05 (updated 08/29/08)


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