Time Concepts (TC) has been developing watches for almost 20 years, and its owners for more than 3 decades. We manufacture watches in Europe (Switzerland) and Asia (China, Hong Kong), and have relationships with several factories in both locales, having worked in both regions for many years. After many years of working with various factories in (delete "both") Switzerland, China and Hong Kong, we now have superlative manufacturers of watches with whom we work today. We pay particular attention to the way our watches are manufactured and produced. Over the years, we've observed many brands that tout themselves as Swiss Made as if this was the most important aspect of how a watch is manufactured, but we've come to realize it's not where they are made, but rather how they are made that matters most. Since components for most lower and moderate priced Swiss Made watches are made in China, imported to Switzerland, assembled in Switzerland with Swiss labor and with a Swiss movement, and then defined as Swiss Made, the big differences from one watch to another is the quality of the components, the quality of the assembly facility itself, and attention to detail by the workers in the manufacturing process. Our Swiss Made watches are made in this same manner, but we do not believe this process necessarily makes them any better made than an Asia Made watch IF it is made the right way, and uses high quality components.

We feel very fortunate to work with factories in China and Hong Kong that are every bit as professional as any we've ever seen in Switzerland, and in fact are superior to many. We have (delete "a") special relationships with our primary factories that make most of our watches, and share with you here information about their exceedingly high quality standards. Working with these facilities, we experience very few defectives and we almost never have a water issue. These facilities make all watches in a dust-free clean-room environment that is both temperature and humidity controlled, and they even stock all parts in the same environment. We have had our watches tested and evaluated by Master Watchmakers and received reports that no dust could be found inside our watches, even under magnification. Our dive style watches go through an additional step in the manufacturing process - they go into a proprietary "Hot Box" that ensures elimination of any trace of moisture from them before final assembly.