Breguet
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources
Swiss luxury watchmaker making high-end mechanical watches.
Breguet makes its luxury mechanical watches in its own factories in Switzerland, where legal wages are about a living wage.
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It shows where its movements, cases and parts come from.
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Why it's graded On Track
- Not met: Meets 6 of 7 Good requirements.
- Met: No red flags.
Good requirements 6 of 7
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in Switzerland are about a living wage, not checked at the company
- Met: Respects worker rights
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: Shows where its earlier production stages happen, not just the final oneEarlier stages shown
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Met: Conflict-free: diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough)
Red flags 0
None found.
| Star | Awarded for |
|---|---|
| Open supply chain |
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Where it's made
From Breguet's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | Regular violations | About a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Passes the raw-material check for jewellery and watches: conflict-free diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough).
- Owns or runs its own production
- Uses high-risk raw materials such as tanned leather, mica or artisanal gold.
- Traces high-risk raw materials to the mine or farm and fixes problems found
- Shows where its earlier production stages happen (materials and components), and they're in low-risk countries or independently audited
Research notes Breguet makes its watches at its own manufacture in L'Orient, in Switzerland's Vallée de Joux, with about 830 staff. Swatch Group says primary gold comes only from certified industrial mines (all from Australia in 2023-2025), origin-tested by trace-element analysis, and its gold foundry Nivarox-FAR is RJC certified. Its supplier code bans child labour and requires independent sourcing audits of supplier sites every two years, but it publishes no supplier list, audit results or living wage commitment.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| News reporting and NGO investigations | Listed | WWF's 2023 watch and jewellery rating placed Swatch Group brands, including Breguet, in the 'upper midfield' for environmental and social practices. View |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Unclear | Its Swatch Group company page lists no labour abuse allegations about the group's factories or suppliers. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 5
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- Jewelry and Watch Brands Must Be More Transparent, Says WWF (Rapaport, 2023) · search the archive · WWF 2023 rating placed Swatch Group brands in the upper midfield.
- Breguet Manufacture - High-Tech Robots and Gentle Hands (Swisswatches Magazine) · search the archive · Breguet's manufacture is in L'Orient, Vallée de Joux; about 830 employees; part of the Swatch Group since 1999.
- Swatch Group - Sourcing of materials · search the archive · Primary gold 100% from Australian mines in 2023-2025, origin-tested; Nivarox-FAR RJC certified; supplier sites audited at least every two years.
- The New Watches of Switzerland Perth is Open · search the archive · Watches of Switzerland stores in Australia (Perth, Sydney) sell Breguet.
- Swisswatches Magazine: Inside the Manufacture Breguet · search the archive · Movements, incl. tourbillons, plates, guilloché dials, bridges and rotors are made in-house at L'Orient.
Company details
- Owned by
- The Swatch Group
- Headquarters
- Switzerland
- Employees
- About 830
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Breguet ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/breguet, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means
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