oagaspar
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What Ken said makes much sense as what we are seeing is posturing within the Swiss Watch community not much less than what Swatch Group did 30 yrs. ago when they bought the "wheels and gears' to eta and purchasing that company along with Valjoux and Nivarox not to mention a few other key components neccessary to build a movement and secure their futurehand6.gif....so what Rolex/Tudor has done by purchasing the rights to the wheels and gears neccessary to assemble the Sellita SW200 is in fact the same and will modify that movement in their factories for the European Tudor market....Like Swatch Group did they are posturing to solidify their future existance in the Swiss Made community due to the upcoming vote on the 80% "Swiss Made" regulations coming to vote in April by the Swiss Watch Federation and more than likely passing since it is backed by all the big Swiss Watch manufacturerswatch2.gif
Now we get back to the good old Asian eta which has been cloned for years by the Japanese and Seagull along with a few others and I am sure we all have at least one of these in our watches right now....Seagull is the largest manufacturer of watch movements at about 52% worldwide;) Seagull is a large manufacturer with a huge following around the world and are in Japan a very large Watch Manufacturing Country....so I believe we will be seeing the Seagull eta clones appear in more watches as to me a clone is a clone is a clone.....and the Seagull eta clone has a history of longevity and sells for what eta's sold for 2 yrs. ago!hand6.gif
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