Horological Meandering

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Knew there had to be other watches. It seems though, the majority of COSC timepieces are ETA or Based ETA movements, excluding Rolex. There numbers are mind boggling.

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Kevin

COSC Certificate numbers for 2006

By: SJX : September 22nd, 2007-10:10

From Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry: COSC Certificates in 2006 (September 18, 2007) Last year, the Contrôle officiel suisse des chronomètres (COSC) issued 1,300,140 certificates, or 10.7% more than in 2005. The number of registered pieces rose by ...

COSC Certified, besides Rolex. Just curious how many other manufacturers have their movements certified. Thanks, Best Regards, Kevin

Chopard and Zenith are the only non-ETA

By: SJX : September 24th, 2007-19:48

Of the brands listed, Chopard is 100% in-house and non-ETA, so is Zenith. Ebel and UN do use ETA ebauches, but some of their movements are in-house as well. Of course officially a good number of Omega movements are "in-house" too. - SJX

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By: Kevinometer : September 25th, 2007-10:54

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COSC Certificate numbers for 2006

Interesting to see who do not send their watches to COSC.-Patek ,VC

Patek and Vacheron both certify some, but less than 1000 each apparently (nt)

Patek only certifies its tourbillons...

What non based ETA movements are...

Chopard and Zenith are the only non-ETA

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