Swissness in the Watch Industry

A watch is to be regarded as a Swiss watch if:

1. its technical development has taken place in Switzerland;
   1. in the case of exclusively mechanical watches, at least the mechanical construction and prototyping of the watch as a whole,
   2. in the case of watches that are not exclusively mechanical, at least the    mechanical construction and prototyping of the watch as a whole, together with the conception of the printed circuit or circuits, the display and the software;
2. its movement is Swiss;
3. its movement has been cased up in Switzerland;
4. final inspection by the manufacturer took place in Switzerland and
5. at least 60% of the manufacturing costs is generated in Switzerland

Regulation "Swiss Made" 2017

Definition of the Swiss watch movement

To be regarded as a Swiss movement, the movement must:

1. have undergone technical development in Switzerland:
   1. for exclusively mechanical movements, at least mechanical construction and prototyping of the movement as a whole,
   2. for movements that are not exclusively mechanical, at least mechanical construction and prototyping of the movement as a whole, together with the conception of the printed circuit or circuits, conception of the display and conception of the software;
2. have been assembled in Switzerland;
3. have been inspected by the manufacturer in Switzerland and
4. at least 60% of the manufacturing costs must be generated in Switzerland
5. and at least 50% of the value of all the constituent parts, but excluding the cost of assembly, must be of Swiss manufacture.