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Secondly, they standardized the specifications of some of the movement parts to optimize manufacturing and lower the related costs.
In they were accompanied by Lemania, now enabling the group to create chronographs. Despite all the clever co-operations between the Swiss companies, they had no chance to avoid the next crisis coming their way.
Closely following the internal pricing issues of the s is the financial crisis stemming from The Great Depression, of course, hindered the entire industry causing some 20, watch makers to lose their jobs. There was an obvious need for another organization, one with the power to overview and regulate Swiss movement making as a whole.
All that money was to serve one clear intention: to create a super holding that would amalgamate and subsequently direct the industry. By it united several manufacturers of movement parts under its subsidiaries of FAR and FBR, responsible for lever assortments and balance wheels, respectively.
Missing from the participants of any of these giants was Eterna — and with this we really are getting closer to understanding how ETA SA came to be as we presently know it. Regardless of the name changes and one heir following the other in leading the company, by the crisis of , Eterna had already employed more than people and produced about two million parts annually.
He felt great responsibility for the company his father had created, but he also had to see that Eterna was affected by the economical meltdown no less than any other company around it. This meant that Eterna had to be split into two parts: one to join the holding and one to manufacture complete watches. Once he eventually came to an agreement with the super holdings, the company was split into two indeed. Eterna remained a company assembling watches while it created its new movement maker division that was called ETA SA.
As we can see, ETA could never have come to existence had it not been for the countless ups and downs of the industry and all the crises that needed urgent solutions. It is just that legally, this movement-maker facility was separated from the mother company of Eterna in and started its new life as ETA SA.
However, many place their names on modified ETA movements. To design, develop, and manufacture a watch caliber completely in-house is expensive and time-consuming. Some people believe that the best watch movements can only come from watchmakers that produce them entirely in-house.
Others would argue ETA has better quality control, and their movements are more reliable, accurate, and time-tested. Plenty of industry veterans recognize the steadfast performance of ETA mechanical movements. They produce calibers in different grades and with the top specs, like COSC certification. These movements are arguably some of the best available, regardless of where your opinion stands.
The is one of best-known ETA movements. The is a self-winding movement with a hour power reserve. You can find it in watches produced by brands like Tudor and Breitling. However, its thinner construction makes it a more premium option, particularly for chronograph models.
IWC and Omega are just two of the brands who employ the This movement vibrates at 28, beats per hour with 42 hours of power reserve and 21 jewels. It offers as an exceptional base for most chronograph movements. A2, for this matter. They rebranded the movement as Omega for the Omega Seamaster Professional A2 as well. The ETA is by far the most popular and recognisable automatic chronograph movement. Valjoux joined Ebauches SA in So, it was part of the many mergers that went in between various organisations in the Swiss watch industry through the 20th century.
This traces back to its base movement, the manual wind Valjoux Calibre This movement comes in three grades of production quality: Elaborated, Top, and Chronometer grade. With as base calibre, ETA grew its line with three more variations. This sprung up various other versions of the movement from other brands such as the Sellita SW The movement weighs a bit hefty at 30mm in diameter and 7.
It also features up to 48 hours of power reserve. Given that this company ultimately responds to the Quartz Crisis, ETA took a shot at quartz movements as well. Quartz movements definitely changed the industry in more ways than one.
We might as well be looking at shorter lifespans and perhaps effortless shock resistance. The ETA This series features a selection of high-end brass movements.
With its extremely thin thus, its name and customisable exterior, the movements from this collection easily becomes removable and repairable. ETA It is, in fact, the thinnest available movement on the Swiss Made market. With a thickness of only 1.
This anti-shock system is exclusive only to ETA.
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