There´s a movement called SW200, made by Sellita in Switzerland.
It's almost exactly the same as the 2824-2, and availability is better. It´s already used by several watch companies, including Meistersinger, Steinhart, Anonimo (!) etc.
AND IT IS NOT ETA! So easy to get in the near future.
http://www.sellita.ch/catalogue/mvts_auto.html
Text i´ve found on the web:
The company lime-of-fonnière reveals two gauges. The litigation with Swatch Group was the release of the process. Christian names: SW 200 and SW 300.
Sellita Watch launches on the market two gauges. “We have the obligation to succeed. We cannot put back us on another thing. We believe in our project, we much invested”, said Miguel Garcia, the director of the company lime-of-fonnière specialized in the assembly of movements. This launching followed upon the litigation which opposed the company to Swatch Group. This one had announced in summer 2002 that it was going to reduce its deliveries of ETA outlines. Last December, Comco (Commission of competition) had decided some differently. Until the end of 2010, ETA will supply its customers normally.
“The business Swatch Group, it is the kick in the fourmillère. There is a research which is done, that creates a dynamics”, notes Miguel Garcia. Conscious of this problem, people of Sellita Watch took their stick of pilgrim to find the suppliers ready to engage in this project.
Swiss partners
Contrary to the generally accepted ideas, Asia did not prove to be cheaper. In the Jurassic Arc, “Swiss suppliers decided to play the game. They brought out the machines of the galetas”, is delighted Miguel Garcia. The volume produced by Sellita Watch, approximately 1 million parts, is certainly not foreign there. The SW 200, for example, is with “more than 95% Swiss made”.
The suppliers of the company lime-of-fonnière wet themselves in the adventure. Employment could benefit from it. Sellita Watch maintained its manpower of 170 people. “Instead of manufacturing the components, we engaged of the suppliers who, them, invest enormously”, Miguel Garcia entrusts. In the five years to come, “a thousand of people could work into external on the project”, estimates the director.
Sellita Watch, on its side, “went up a technical infrastructure and of provisioning of components”. Consequent investments were authorized for machines, control, “the infrastructures of logistics also”, specifies Andreas Deubzer, the director of the operations.
The company also repurchased the building formerly occupied by Festina with the street Cernil-Antoine with the Lime-of-Bottoms.
And customers of Sellita Watch? They “are satisfied of the step and the speed with which that was done. We speak little and work much. Today, we leave wood. The customers were well-informed but there was a very great discretion”, specifies Miguel Garcia.
Automatics
The SW 200 is a gauge of a diameter of 11 ½ with 26 rubies and a reserve of 38 hours walk. Available as of May, it is intended for the segment of means of range at a basic price of 45 frank. The SW 300 will be on the market at the beginning of 2006. It is about a movement of the same diameter with 25 rubies. It will be used for the top-of-the-range segment. Its price will range between 80 and 90 frank. “They have the same gauge as the ETA products”, specifies Miguel Garcia.
Additional information can be found here:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.ph...highlight=sw200