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HammerfjordSo finally , they sort of came out of the closet after many years of denial...
Has DOXA officially come clean on this issue? I can't stomach WUS and haven't been monitoring the issue.
No, Doxa still says the same again and again...Last claims was "...The DOXA SUB is 80-90% Swiss made..."
The thing is that right now, with the 50% law, we fall there:
“Products are considered Swiss products if they are fundamentally local products or if they have been completely manufactured in Switzerland. In the case of products that have been only partly manufactured in Switzerland, the rule applies that the Swiss portion of the production cost (including basic materials, semi-finished products, accessories, wages and production overhead excluding distribution costs) must be at least 50%. "
Also from the Federation of the Swiss watch industry : "This law is based on a concept according to which Swiss quality depends on the amount of work actually carried out on a watch in Switzerland, even if some foreign components are used in it."
So if I understand well, exactly as a Swiss movement is categorized as "Swiss-Made" , the watch has to get 50% of involved cost from Switzerland to deserve the "Swiss-Made" appellation : Put a good grade 100% Swiss movement of 150$ value and fit it in a 100% Chinese case/bracelet/dial/hands at value 100$ , the watch is already 60% "Swiss".
Put over that 250$ in full assembly and testings in Switzerland, the watch total cost is 500$ and is then 80% Swiss so speaking...
Right now, since years, we still wait for the Walca workshop´s pictures from Bienne...?