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I can only disagree with one subject and that is 100% Swiss Made. There are a few Brands that won't cost an arm and a leg :P One being Jean Marcel...all of it's components ,case,dial,bracelet,movement etc. are all made and assembled in Switzerland...You also have Patek,Vacheron,etc on the Far end of the Spectrum as Chris mentions:) Popular belief would like to think eta doesn't back door movements to Asia or elsewhere that don't pass eta standards but in the Real World it Is Happening!...it's just the way Big Business Runs :dude: ETA ,Invicta anyone of these manufacturers are only going to let You know what they want you to Believe;) We as WIS and Collectors make up a small portion of the Watch Buying Population...and We don't even know as much as we think :P Anyone with knowledge can put an eta stamp on a Asian eta Copy and 9 out of 10 who would look at it wouldn't know the difference :PWhat I'm trying to say is that as long as You are happy with the Watches you purchase and enjoy wearing them then it doesn't matter What level or Price range of collecting a WIS may be at...learning as you go along and enjoying/sharing our Hobby with Friends is what's important to me as each Watch has it's own charactor ..it's just a great Hobby :) ...just my 2 cents :shock:
I would think that for durability sake they would have some kind of plating on them.
Raw brass will tarnish very fast without something on it.
I guess I should register with ETA so I can get access to there partner website then I would be able to find out information about the movements.
I short changed you on my last post.
The long answer is The Swiss have a long History of buying parts from Russia and China. Since the three countries industrialized they have been sharing either intentionally or unintentionally tooling and manufacturing technology. The idea that something is Swiss made is a myth, there are requirements as to what constitutes “Swiss Made” on the dial of a complete watch but in reality a certain percentage of the components can, are and have been produced elsewhere for a long time. Gear train parts have come from Russia, screws from China and Japan. It wasn’t until the last decade that companies like Swatch Group could even claim that they could make a watch entirely “In House” but that is another longwinded story.
There are very few(if any) “Swiss Made” watches that really are entirely Swiss made. If you think you have a “Swiss Made” watch that doesn’t have any Russian or Chinese parts in it you are probably wrong and if you are shopping for a “Swiss Made” watch that is all Swiss you will go without or buy a watch that costs more than your house and still not be totally sure its 100% “Swiss Made”
As long as the movement meets ETA quality standards It shouldn’t matter where the parts come from.