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.