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Legal Reserves Threshold At Which Annual Net Income Not Required To Be Retained

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Represents the minimum percentage of annual net income to be retained in legal reserves.

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A segregation of the portion of retained earnings which is unavailable for dividend distribution representing legal reserves.

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Share Repurchases [Abstract]

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Shares authorized by shareholders for future issuance on conversion or exercise of derivative securities.

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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Aggregate par or stated value of issued nonredeemable common stock (or common stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer). This item includes treasury stock repurchased by the entity. Note: elements for number of nonredeemable common shares, par value and other disclosure concepts are in another section within stockholders' equity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends to common shareholders, preferred shareholders and noncontrolling interests, generally out of earnings.

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A segregation of retained earnings which is available for dividend distribution. Earnings not paid out as dividends but instead reinvested in the core business or used to pay off debt. Unappropriated profit is part of shareholder equity. Also called cumulative distributions or earned surplus or accumulated earnings or unappropriated profit.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Period which shares may be purchased under a stock repurchase plan authorized by an entity's Board of Directors, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and have not been retired and are not held in treasury. Some state laws may govern the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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Shareholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)	1 Months Ended									12 Months Ended			37 Months Ended
Shareholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)	May 26, 2017 USD ($)	May 26, 2017 CHF (SFr)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016 SFr / shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2015 SFr / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 CHF (SFr) SFr / shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2017 CHF (SFr) SFr / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2016 SFr / shares	Sep. 30, 2008 shares
Shareholder's equity
Nominal share capital issued (CHF) \| SFr														SFr 43,276,655
Shares, issued (in shares) \| shares			173,106,620							173,106,620	173,106,620		173,106,620	173,106,620
Shares, par value (in CHF per share) \| SFr / shares														SFr 0.25	SFr 0.25
Treasury shares (in shares) \| shares			10,726,943							10,726,943	10,697,000		10,726,943	10,726,943
Conditionally authorized shares (in shares) \| shares			50,000,000							50,000,000	50,000,000		50,000,000	50,000,000
Dividends
Unappropriated retained earnings			$ 740,300,000							$ 740,300,000			$ 740,300,000	SFr 740,700,000
Payment of cash dividends \| $				$ 93,100,000		$ 85,900,000		$ 43,800,000		$ 93,093,000	$ 85,915,000	$ 43,767,000
Cash dividends per share (in dollars/CHF per share) \| (per share)				$ 0.57	SFr 0.56	$ 0.53	SFr 0.51	$ 0.27	SFr 0.26	$ 0.57	$ 0.53	$ 0.27
Approved dividend out of retained earnings (CHF) \| SFr									SFr 43,100,000
Legal Reserves
Minimum percentage of annual net income to be retained in legal reserves										5.00%
Threshold of legal reserves as a percentage of issued and outstanding aggregate par value per share capital at which a minimum percentage of annual net income is no longer required to be retained			20.00%							20.00%			20.00%	20.00%
Portion of appropriated retained earnings representing legal reserves \| $			$ 9,600,000							$ 9,600,000			$ 9,600,000
Share Repurchases
Share repurchase, amount \| $										83,786,000	$ 70,358,000	$ 1,663,000
Common Stock Capital Shares Reserved For Future Issuance Employee Equity Incentive Plans
Shareholder's equity
Conditionally authorized shares (in shares) \| shares																25,000,000
Common Stock Capital Shares Reserved For Future Issuance Conversion Rights Under Future Convertible Bond Issuance
Shareholder's equity
Conditionally authorized shares (in shares) \| shares																25,000,000
March 2014 program
Share Repurchases
Share repurchase, authorized amount \| $			250,000,000							250,000,000	$ 250,000,000.0		$ 250,000,000
Repurchases of registered shares/common stock (in shares) \| shares													9,093,000
Share repurchase, amount \| $													$ 155,358,000
March 2017 program
Share Repurchases
Share repurchase, authorized amount \| $			$ 250,000,000.0							$ 250,000,000.0			$ 250,000,000.0
Period for which repurchase program will remain in effect											3 years
Repurchases of registered shares/common stock (in shares) \| shares			0
Share repurchase, amount \| $			$ 0
Scenario, Forecast \| Subsequent Event
Dividends
Payment of cash dividends	$ 100,000,000	SFr 100,000,000