No other industry is as strongly associated with one nation as watchmaking is with Switzerland. Despite elite timepieces being produced in several other countries, no one uses “like a German watch” or ...

A: No, you are not being bamboozled, hoodwinked or conned. But you have raised one of the thorniest questions in the watch world, one of which anyone buying a timepiece should be aware: When is a ...

Not-so-fun fact: a watch designated as “Swiss Made” doesn’t need to be 100 percent made in Switzerland (unlike the US’s stricter requirements). Instead, the industry operates under a 60 percent rule, ...

Jan. 20 (UPI) --Swiss watchmakers H. Moser & Cie poked fun at changes to the "Swiss Made" label by crafting a "100 percent Swiss Made" watch featuring real Swiss cheese. The company shared a video to ...

An insurgent start-up brand aims to bring more transparency to the watchmaking industry The CODE41 X41 qualifies for the Swiss Made tag but uses a TTO label instead Image courtesy: CODE41 If your ...

The mark of many luxury watches — indeed, most — is a mark on the face, usually just below where the hands attach to the case. It reads: "Swiss-made." The label was created by the Swiss government in ...

Just when Swiss watchmakers are struggling with the strong franc, weaker Asian demand, and new technologies such as smartwatches, the last thing they need is a threat from within their clubby ranks.

A reform of the rules governing the use of the Swiss Made trademark for timepieces is one of the mostly hotly debated issues in the Swiss watchmaking industry. swissinfo caught up with Karl-Friederich ...

For 2015, Swiss Tudor watches surprised the luxury timepiece industry with the announcement that it will now be producing its own watch movements - and presented both a new timepiece, as well as an ...

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Donald Trump announced last month he is selling “truly special” Trump Watches priced up to $100,000 and constructed with “premium, Swiss-made” materials. The watches were part of the latest ...

The new law foresees that at least 60 per cent of the value of an industrial product – ranging from machines to pocket knives – must originate in Switzerland to benefit from the label Made in ...