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Swiss-Made and COSC rules are changing
Forumners,
I heard that:
In future, the minimum value of Swiss-ness to qualify as Swiss Made will be 80% but that is easily covered by wages so that means that proportionately MORE of the components can be imported and "finished" or "assembled" in Switzerland.
Secondly, the COSC chronometer tests will be done on complete movements rather than just the base movements i.e. the COSC will apply to the base + module assembled rather than just the base engine as now. This has HUGE implications for true Manufactures and wannabe ones 
A senior executive of a Manufacture that makes it's own integrated chronograph movement was gleefully pointing this out to me.......
Do either statements matter to you...... as a watch user or collector?
Regards,
MTF
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Swiss-Made and COSC rules are changing
Forumners, I heard that: In future, the minimum value of Swiss-ness to qualify as Swiss Made will be 80% but that is easily covered by wages so that means that proportionately MORE of the components can be imported and "finished" or "assembled" in Switzer...
One may matter; the other ismeaningless.
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Testing movements VS watches; historical reasons for COSC
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One more thing...
As I wrote in my post in the Azimuth thread below, the requirement to test base movements fitted with modules will not affect COSC very much. Rolex, Omega and Breitling make up nearly 90% of the movements certified by COSC ( click here for numbers); Rolex...
I see
I was under the impression that most Breitling and Omega chronos use the Valjoux 7750 now, especially since it is now available in the "tricompax" layout, and because the ETA2892-based modular chrono is such a small movement. - SJX
The implications are deeper than at first sight.......
Suppose that whole assembled base + module or integrated movements can be tested. Suppose the most common currently outsourced chronometer movements become exclusive to the original manufacturer/group only.......er.....that would be Swatch Group keeping a...
But that's not caused by COSC
That's because from '08 or '09 Swatch will only supply finished movements and not ebauches to non-Swatch group brands. Already many of the smaller brands are already being squeezed out; dials, hands and ETA movements are tough to get. It's not an issue wi...
Not a cause but
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The 80% Swiss made rule was refused by the Swiss "parliament" as
supposedly it was contrary to the free trade treaties between Switzerland and the EU
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One "Geneva Seal" brand
did precisely that in the beginning. Every watch was supplied with a "birth" certificate with passport size photo of the dial attached and watchmaker's signature. How did you remember that? MTF
