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oagaspar wrote:my final questions Ben: if you are so confident in the Swiss assembly and QC...then why ship them back to China for final QC and WR Testing, knowing all these horror stories?...are all the components of your watch made in China...bracelet etc., did your prototype go through the entire process you named above,are you even sure you can source eta movements,as I have heard you can not?...and finally were all these services provided through the Chinese manufacturer.
TempestBen wrote:Here are all the points the watch gets QC.sounds like the cart is in front of the horse?...
1. Watch blanks machined in China, QC before they are shipped to Swiss
2. Watch blanks arrive in Swiss, QC once before assembly
3. Then QC again after assembly before they are sent back
4. QC once they get back to Hong Kong and we start the WR testing
5. QC again before they get shipped to the end customers
We want to make sure we offer a quality product.
I will see what I can do to offer a stap only option.
Ben
if it was so important to have your watches Swiss Made,why not contract a Swiss manufacturer who outsources components to China?...why not use Fricker...they have a outsource service to fit the budget of the client if you wanted to have a watch with Asian components?
...wouldn't it have been simpler and more cost effective to just have a Made in HK production?...we could have all saved... by what is being produced by your competition,and those of us who own them,I would say we are very satisfied with the end results.
Oscar, we have it this way so we have control over who actually makes our cases and ultimately we can have better control of the production. I have lived here long enough to hear horror stories of China production (not only watches) that have gone totally wrong. Why not pay a little bit more but sleep better at night knowing it gets assembled by the Swiss who are known for their watches and understands them.
Anyways if you have any further questions please email me.