9101 11 — Wrist-watches of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, electrically operated, with mechanical display only (excl. with backs made of steel)

9101 Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches designed to be worn or carried on the person, including stop-watches, with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal: – Wrist-watches, electrically operated, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility: 9101 11 – – With mechanical display only 9101 19 – – Other – Other wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility: 9101 21 – – With automatic winding 9101 29 – – Other – Other: 9101 91 – – Electrically operated 9101 99 – – Other

The Explanatory Note to heading 9102 applies, mutatis mutandis, to this heading. Under Note 2 to this Chapter, the watches of this heading must have cases made entirely of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal. They may be set with precious stones or natural or cultured pearls, and may have a cover or bracelet of precious metal (whether or not set with stones). Under Note 7 to Chapter 71, the expression "metal clad with precious metal" means material made with a base of metal upon one or more surfaces of which there is affixed by soldering, welding, hot-rolling or similar mechanical means a covering of precious metal. However, watches with a case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal having a steel back fall in heading 9102, as do watches with a case of base metal inlaid with precious metal.

Notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) clock or watch glasses or weights (classified according to their constituent material);

(b) watch chains (heading 7113 or 7117, as the case may be);

(c) parts of general use defined in note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39) or of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal (generally heading 7115); clock or watch springs are, however, to be classified as clock or watch parts (heading 9114);

(d) bearing balls (heading 7326 or 8482, as the case may be);

(e) articles of heading 8412 constructed to work without an escapement;

(f) ball bearings (heading 8482); or

(g) articles of Chapter 85, not yet assembled together or with other components into watch or clock movements or into articles suitable for use solely or principally as parts of such movements (Chapter 85).

2. Heading 9101 covers only watches with case wholly of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, or of the same materials combined with natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) of headings 7101 to 7104. Watches with case of base metal inlaid with precious metal fall in heading 9102.

3. For the purposes of this chapter, the expression ‘watch movements’ means devices regulated by a balance-wheel and hairspring, quartz crystal or any other system capable of determining intervals of time, with a display or a system to which a mechanical display can be incorporated. Such watch movements shall not exceed 12 mm in thickness and 50 mm in width, length or diameter.

4. Except as provided in note 1, movements and other parts suitable for use both in clocks or watches and in other articles (for example, precision instruments) are to be classified in this chapter.