Andre Fleury - Swiss Watch Company LLC
Quality and service since 1968
Do you really own your watch?
When you purchased your watch, along with the warranty was there a disclosure?
A disclosure telling you that periodic servicing or any repair needed for the proper working of your watch after the warranty expiries can only be performed by that brand Service Center(s).
That Service Center(s) reserve the right to decide for you what your watch needs and you or the watchmaker of your choice no longer can purchase the necessary parts to perform the servicing of your watch. An estimate will be given to you with your choice to pay or pick-up your watch as is? No, no such disclosure was given to you; however you will be subjected to the described policies.
Companies by restricting the sale of the necessary replacement parts needed for the proper service/repair of your watch successfully monopolized the Service/Repair of their watches and became the sole provider of that servicing repair. Depending of the brand you purchased, you may not really own your watch. You are now at the mercy of that company and no disclosure about this practice ever given to you the consumer!!
What brands you should stay away from would be today the proper question. I advise anyone to stay away of any brands that place you the consumers at their mercy when periodic servicing is needed. Competition keeps quality and price in check not monopoly.
Major companies indulging in parts restriction:
Bertolucci, Blancpain, Cartier, Ebel, Hublot, Mont Blanc, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, Bulgary, Lange Sohne, Alfred Dunhill, Van Cleef & Arpels, Breitling, Omega, Panerai, Glashütte Original, Jaquet Droz, Léon Hatot, Tiffany & Co., Longines, Rado, Union Glashütte, Tissot, ck watch & jewelry, Balmain, Certina, Mido, Hamilton, Swatch, Flik Flak, Endura and Tourbillon.
If any company listed above changed their monopolistic parts policy contact us to be removed from this list immediately.
"Swiss Made" is this fraud and deceit?
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words: I asked Swatch President what I was supposed to tell the consumers, is it Swiss Made or made in China? No answer yet.
