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Thank you so much!
This is very interesting information. It does, however, make me wonder all the more why some rather high-end brands use the lower grade movement, if they're not more robust, and the cost differences between the grades is fairly low compared to the total price of the watch.
I know some businesses, such as Wal-Mart, operate completely on their ability to shave tiny slivers off of costs so they can undercut their competitors. I would have thought, however, that brands selling watches for thousands of dollars would worry more about losing a few sales if people feel their movements aren't of the finest quality, at least in functional terms.
To answer my own question, I suppose the vast majority of people buying watches don't care so much about timekeeping. "Chronometer" is more of a marketing ploy than anything else for certain brands. We all have our smart phones, after all. However, now that we all have our smart phones, we can tell much more readily how much our watches are off.
I know a very educated guy with a great collection of first-rate watches, VC, ALS, etc. He's incredibly knowledgeable about watches and goes to watch events. He doesn't care about timekeeping precision at all when the watches are within a minute a day. He points out there is so much more to movements than that. The fact that inexpensive movements can keep great time is, for him, reason not to use it as a metric for quality. I can't say he is wrong. It's just a preference thing...
Regards,
Jon
Precision and Robustness of Different Grades of Same Cailber
My question is regarding different grades of the same caliber, for example the Eta 2824-2. As far as I understand, other than decoration and aesthetic finishes, the main difference between a chronometer grade, a top, an elabore, and a standard grade is, o...
2824-2 Grades
Hi Jon, Looking at the technical documents from ETA of the 2824-2 there are differences between the 4 different grades. Some have only to do with the finishing, some with the testing and regulation and some are different materials. In my opinion it is onl...
Thank you so much!
This is very interesting information. It does, however, make me wonder all the more why some rather high-end brands use the lower grade movement, if they're not more robust, and the cost differences between the grades is fairly low compared to the total p...
Questions for Don
Hi Don, thank you for your inputs: me too I’m interested in the differences between the various grades of the ETA movements. In particular, for the watch I’ve designed I’ve chosen the ETA 2892A2 for its reliability and robustness, but also because of the ...
2892A2
Hi Elio, As you may be aware ETA has removed the manufacturers information from the public portion of their website recently. Because of this I am not able to look into more detail on the 2892A2. In small quantities the only movements that are available a...
Well, Don, I know I've got myself into trouble :-)
Dear Don, thank you for your kind, friendly and very competent reply. I wasn't aware ETA has removed the manufacturers information from the public portion of their website. This means that the files I've downloaded when I started to design my dream-watch,...