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Swiss Stores107 Harbour Street - Kingston
Phone: +1 876-922 8050
Fax: +1 876-922-8403

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Welcome to the Swiss Store.

We are situated in Kingston and Montego Bay. 
Our qualified sales representative in all locations will be happy to assist you with any information you may require. Please do not hesitate to contact us at a location near to you.
 
As an officially appointed retailer, you can expect competent service once you shop with us. We are not only watch experts, but are also highly equipped to advise you on the quality, character and style of a timepiece, to ensure that you will be happy with your purchase and wear more than just a watch.
 
It goes without saying that we guarantee the authenticity and perfect condition of all the timepieces which we sell, and we also offer the best after-sales service at our certified workshop any time needed.
For more information we invite you to visit the official homepage of the brands listed on this page.
 
Buying jewellery is a matter of trust!
We are proud to be selling high quality jewellery since 1935. All of our pieces on display are hand selected from the finest Ateliers mainly in Europe or made in our own workshops.
For more information we invite you to visit us in Jamaica at any one of our locations in Kingston, Ocho Rios or Montego Bay and be expertly advised by our trained sales staff.
The "little" History of Swiss Stores
 
Around 1932, Rudolf Wäckerlin, a Swiss-born rum merchant living in Jamaica, travelled regularly by train through Switzerland trying to sell rum for his company, Rum Basel - more popularly known under the name Coruba. On one of these many train trips through Switzerland, Mr. Wäckerlin happened to be seated across from a business man named Hans Wilsdorf, who was also travelling through Switzerland trying to sell Rolex watches. Hans Wilsdorf was able to convince Rudolf Wäckerlin to take a couple of his Rolex watches back to Jamaica and try to sell them there. 
 
So said, so done. The Rolex watches were sold, more were ordered and the business began. Although Rolex already belonged to the pioneers in watch-making even at that time, they were not yet so robust and were often brought back for repairs. By now, it was no longer possible to do business with both the watches and the rum at the same time and so another business was opened and bore the name Swiss Stores. 
 
By 1958 Swiss Stores had established itself as the finest jewellery and watch store in Jamaica, which at that time, and until its independence in 1962, was still part of the British Empire. In 1958 Swiss Stores opened Jamaica's first fully air-conditioned store, in the face of strong criticism that a store with a closed storefront would never work. Swiss Stores was, however, a pioneer, and it did work to this day's...
The "little" History of Swiss Stores
 
Around 1932, Rudolf Wäckerlin, a Swiss-born rum merchant living in Jamaica, travelled regularly by train through Switzerland trying to sell rum for his company, Rum Basel - more popularly known under the name Coruba. On one of these many train trips through Switzerland, Mr. Wäckerlin happened to be seated across from a business man named Hans Wilsdorf, who was also travelling through Switzerland trying to sell Rolex watches. Hans Wilsdorf was able to convince Rudolf Wäckerlin to take a couple of his Rolex watches back to Jamaica and try to sell them there. 
 
So said, so done. The Rolex watches were sold, more were ordered and the business began. Although Rolex already belonged to the pioneers in watch-making even at that time, they were not yet so robust and were often brought back for repairs. By now, it was no longer possible to do business with both the watches and the rum at the same time and so another business was opened and bore the name Swiss Stores. 
 
By 1958 Swiss Stores had established itself as the finest jewellery and watch store in Jamaica, which at that time, and until its independence in 1962, was still part of the British Empire. In 1958 Swiss Stores opened Jamaica's first fully air-conditioned store, in the face of strong criticism that a store with a closed storefront would never work. Swiss Stores was, however, a pioneer, and it did work to this day's...

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