What Watches can be Regarded as “Swiss Watch”

As we all know, Switzerland is watch kingdom that the world’s best watches are made there. Hence, watches of Swiss production are a symbol of quality. Currently imported watches of respective brands are sold in the domestic market, including the widely known and esteemed old brands, less well-known new brands and a great deal of watch brand without authentic Swiss “blood”.The main method for them to feel like Swiss watches are like this:register a trademark of watch brand in Swiss or buy a little Swiss watch brand,then instal a Swiss motion but aspect constituents and assembling are fundamentally made at home, perchance only a very little elements are made in Switzerland so that they may get a good deal of imported documents such as declarations, airway bills, invoices.

What kind of watches may be regarded as “Swiss made ” watches? In regard with this, there ar some rigorous rules. According to a Swiss watch bill watches that may be known as “Swiss watch” afer july 1,1992 must have the following qualification in the same time:
     (1) Have a Swiss movemet

(2) Movement is put into case in Switzerland

(3) Have the final test by manufacturer in Switzerland

Only those watch with the described qualifications may have “Swiss Made” or “Swiss” printed on the watch dial or caseback. Swiss watch is one of the merchandise that have the most counterfeits.And piracy methods are vaired: pirate of brand, pirate of model, pirate of pirate of quality certification and mark on the metal, pirate of “Swiss made”.

In fact, some watch logos are not that “Swiss”. “Swiss Movt” doesn’t mean the motion is made in Switzerland. Movements with” Swiss Parts” are made up of Swiss  spare parts and ordinarily assembled  in a good deal of Asia and Far East countries. Such movements have worse quality than those made in Swiss.

With regard to movement,Swiss Watch Act likewise set the following requirements:

(1) Have beem gathered in Switzerland
      (2)Tested by manufacturer in Switzerland
      (3)Not less than 50% total value of all the constituents and accessaries are produced in Switzerland, not including assemblage cost.

All in all, Swiss motion doesn’t mean a watch is a Swiss watch. A motion doesn’t count that much for a watch. The value of watch comes from it is brand, production place, constituents of aspect as well as the perfective agent, sales and after-sales maintenance systems.