Stilty,
I appreciate your feedback. It confirms my decision to go with a sellita movement for my fraken tudor project. And specially, it's a gen swiss movement to the exact same measurements as eta for less the price for a eta 2824-2.
From the additional research I've read Sellita is going to fill the void of eta is creating, as well as, expand its movement portfolio and go after more mid and luxury tier brands. It's going to get interesting since Sellita used do some work for eta.
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A few other brands are already using Sellita. Oris comes to mind. The patents are expired for the ETA's, so Sellita is free to produce the identical movement. From what I understand, they are true Swiss Made movements, unlike Eta. What is interesting, is they are 26 jewel movements, while the ETA is 25. I haven't looked into it any further as the where they place the extra jewel.
There are a few that are on ebay, but I have yet to see them listed at any of the material houses. I emailed Sellita a while ago, and was told that they only supply OEM and do not sell individual movements.
I am considering buying one, as I find the Sea-gull Eta versions so-so.
If you can find one, buy one. I'm sure you won't go wrong.