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Many shops have no clue about what they are selling...
If the owner knows, you can get received by a moron who was selling flowers before arriving there the week before.
Now, for the Authorized Dealers: They should know what they sell.
Anyway: There´s still a bunch folks who don´t understand how the "Swiss-Made" been exploited since years and how much the 50% law been abused to the bone by many brands.
"Swiss-Made" brands.
They are many, have known names.
The boss of Longio been bragging a long time that they was producing cases and parts for "Luxury brands" which he will never give the names of, since it´s against the ethic between the client and him.
You can bet that those "Luxury brands" would hate to be known publicly as having them parts made in Hong-Kong.
It would put them credibility on the line and destroy them reputation.
When you compare the hour price of a Swiss watchmaker and the price of an Asian, since the law was at 50% "Swissness", you could put many hours of work in a 50% Asian and very few in the other 50% Swiss.
Resulting in a watch with a Swiss movement and all parts Chinese and legally declared as "Swiss-Made".
We are now at 60% and it´s a good thing: Still, it´s not enough to cut down the ugly business of those brands who still sell them "Schissnese" watches to us at high price, hiding the fact that they deal with Longio or others.
They don´t promise us 100% in-house and they don´t break the law.
Mose people just assume that they are "100% Swiss-Made" because people don´t know how it works behind the curtains.
This is how a 150$ Asian case&parts will be sold for 2000$+ to you after a slight finish and casing in Switzerland.
Don´t misunderstand me: The quality is there at the end but you´re not sold what you thought you bought.
You been mostly sold a brand´s name.
Ok, now the list actually makes sense to me about why some of the brands are on it. Thanks for the great explanation, this is stuff i had no clue about.
Btw, when you say that the "quality is there". Does that mean both in the material used, and the precision work that goes into the manufacturing of the case?