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Recent threads about swiss made on the dial got me thinking, forget about how they may or may not play loosely with the term swiss made on the dial, that is a marketing or sales tactic used by many, many companies, whether to say , swiss made, swiss movt.....etc.......
how many of us really care where the watch is made........Forget about any companies tactics to say where it was made or put a spin on it, the bottom line is, do you care?
my point is this.........does being swiss made automatically make the watch better ? These days, we have seen many companies produce some awesome timepieces, and it they have nothing to do with switzerland......
yes, obviously, the swiss were the firsts and are highly regarded as being the best watchmakers, but does that mean you cant have a good quality watch from elsewhere? Look at the german made watches, and their are many, from Sinn, to Glashutte, to Lacher(pronounced locker) watches..........what about the asian made watches, .......NFW's are asianmade, andwe have all had miyota movements, and bottom line, their movements have proved to be very dependable, accurate workhorses, andGeorge at NFW doesnt stop until the watch meets his specs and is a quality product, and i think anyonewho owns one can attestthat his watches are quality.......What aboutSeiko and Citizen? Seikos have been around a long , long time and theydontjust producewatches that you see inthe dept stores , but they have watches and movements that coststhousands of dollars and are highly regarded as having some of the most amazing movements out there ...........RGM Watches are made in America.......
So, does it matter what the watch is branded, or where it was made? We all know what to look for in quality........we all know what quality products look like, so if you were to look at at a watch, that had everything you liked in a watch, was quality made through and through, had amazing fit and finish, lets say it was an auto, had a decorated rotor, had texturizing to the dial, had an amazing design, quality bracelet or leather strap, etc.......but no where on the watch did it say where it was made, if it exuded nothing but quality ......would you care where it was made? Or is it the prestige and history behind the watch that helps you in your purchase? Most of us all buy watches because of how they look to a certain point, so if you found a watch that looked good, had amazing fit and finish and had a movement that kept great time .......would it matter where it was made?
Recent threads about swiss made on the dial got me thinking, forget about how they may or may not play loosely with the term swiss made on the dial, that is a marketing or sales tactic used by many, many companies, whether to say , swiss made, swiss movt.....etc.......
how many of us really care where the watch is made........Forget about any companies tactics to say where it was made or put a spin on it, the bottom line is, do you care?
my point is this.........does being swiss made automatically make the watch better ? These days, we have seen many companies produce some awesome timepieces, and it they have nothing to do with switzerland......
yes, obviously, the swiss were the firsts and are highly regarded as being the best watchmakers, but does that mean you cant have a good quality watch from elsewhere? Look at the german made watches, and their are many, from Sinn, to Glashutte, to Lacher(pronounced locker) watches..........what about the asian made watches, .......NFW's are asianmade, andwe have all had miyota movements, and bottom line, their movements have proved to be very dependable, accurate workhorses, andGeorge at NFW doesnt stop until the watch meets his specs and is a quality product, and i think anyonewho owns one can attestthat his watches are quality.......What aboutSeiko and Citizen? Seikos have been around a long , long time and theydontjust producewatches that you see inthe dept stores , but they have watches and movements that coststhousands of dollars and are highly regarded as having some of the most amazing movements out there ...........RGM Watches are made in America.......
So, does it matter what the watch is branded, or where it was made? We all know what to look for in quality........we all know what quality products look like, so if you were to look at at a watch, that had everything you liked in a watch, was quality made through and through, had amazing fit and finish, lets say it was an auto, had a decorated rotor, had texturizing to the dial, had an amazing design, quality bracelet or leather strap, etc.......but no where on the watch did it say where it was made, if it exuded nothing but quality ......would you care where it was made? Or is it the prestige and history behind the watch that helps you in your purchase? Most of us all buy watches because of how they look to a certain point, so if you found a watch that looked good, had amazing fit and finish and had a movement that kept great time .......would it matter where it was made?
