The American Watch Association promotes and supports the reduction of taxes and tariffs on watches, the elimination of burdensome regulation on watch companies and their suppliers, and the protection of intellectual property rights of its member companies.

AWA provides its members with exclusive legal advice:

• To minimize the regulatory and tax costs stemming from government regulations
• To promote a marketplace for watches free of unwarranted government obstacles
• To defend the intellectual property rights of member watch companies through strong trademark, copyright and patent laws

AWA members receive legal and lobbying benefits whose value exceeds the costs of annual dues. For instance, AWA member companies have access to formal legal opinions from our attorneys at the blue-chip Washington law firm Covington & Burling, providing a compelling legal basis for exemptions from onerous Federal regulations concerning hazardous materials rules.