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if any WIS honestly believes their Swiss Made watches are 100% they better take a closer look....Doxa is not the only Swiss brand that outsources to HK and there are very few Swiss companies that can claim 100% Swiss Made today.
....The Jenny Family/Walca Watch Co. picked up the Doxa brand in 1997 and were not a part of the rich heritage founded 100 years ago in Le Locle by Doxa founder Georges Ducommun...however they do carry on the tradition and Doxa fans like myself will always exist...
....over 900 million watches were exported from China last year and chances are we are all wearing watches that have something that came from there whether it be components or the entire watch...
For sure Oscar, with all this massive Hong-Kong manufacture, we certainly have Chinese cases/parts in our collection, even they are stampeled "Swiss made"...
They just get assembled in Switzerland and that's it!
The question is: How much we paid for those watches?
I can pay 500-800$ for a top-notch hybride like that, with Chinese parts, Swiss ETA movement and assembled in Switzerland: No problem!
But not 1500-2000$ or more...
Because at this price, I've been having 100% German or 100% Swiss.
If the Doxa subs was selling for 600-800$ max, this thread would have very little meaning. Agree?