jk103
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Eterna and ETA were the same company. in 1932 Eterna split Eterna into 2 companies and the ebauche part was named ETA and and became part of Ebauches SA. Ebauches SA was a organization comprised of 14 manufacturers with government participation for protectionist measures (basically a combination of manufacturers joined to price fix IMHO -reasons why regulated industry came into play here in the 1920's).
To make a long story short the current ETA is the combination of all these companies (as well as what was left of those companies) and not so much the same company Eterna started. ETA was the strongest brand of all and had the Schild family name behind it as well.
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