About Swiss Made

Pacific Concepts (H.K.) Ltd. is an affiliated company to Montrichard S.A a traditional Swiss watch maker, located in Chiasso, Switzerland.

Between Pacific Concepts (H.K.) Ltd. technical and sourcing abilities and the traditional know how of Montrichard S.A., the group is offering Swiss Made manufacturing for now many years, from quartz to automatics movements.

Specialized in production on demand and fast replenishment programs, each watch will be produced accordingly to the highest standards of the industry.

Swiss movement : A watch movement is considered Swiss if:

• the movement has been assembled in Switzerland and
• the movement has been inspected by the manufacturer in Switzerland and
  
• the components of Swiss manufacture account for at least 50 percent of the total value, without taking into account the cost of assembly.
  

If a watch movement is intended for export and will not be cased-up in Switzerland, but it otherwise meets the criteria to be considered a Swiss movement, the watch may say "Swiss Movement" but it may not say Swiss Made on the watch case or dial.

Swiss part movement : The “Swiss parts” label means that the movement is assembled in Asia using kits consisting at least partially of Swiss made components.However it is seldom mentioned on watch dials and watches cannot have the " Swiss made" nor " Swiss movement" label.

Swiss made watch : A watch is considered Swiss, according to the Swiss law if:

• its movement is Swiss and
• its movement is cased up in Switzerland and
• the manufacturer carries out the final inspection in Switzerland
• watch can sport a "swiss made" on the dial