Sat, 21 Jun 1997

Swiss innovation

ZURICH: It was only a matter of time ... from the land of Swatch, chocolate, cheese and the Matterhorn comes the latest version of the Swiss army knife that includes a fine needle designed specifically for unblocking frozen water jets on a car's windscreen washer.

The needle will also come in handy to redirect those wayward windscreen jets that always seem to shoot right over the roof.

And if you really want to know, the top model Swiss army knife, the Swiss Champ, has 64 parts and 33 functions.