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According to an ex watchmaker at Swatch Group, not only is the movement assembled by robots in China, along with most of the watch (until its final 'assembly' in Switzerland), the movement itself is not serviced by Swatch, they just bin it and throw in a new one if anything goes wrong with it.
Edit: just read the watchuseek thing that agreed they're designed to be disposable. And as always - absolutely nothing wrong with Chinese manufacturing, but saying made in switzerland is a bit cheeky isn't it.