Thnx for the article takashi. When I first came into the PAM scene, my view of Asian 6497 movements were that they were FAR inferior to the Swiss. After sepending time on the boards, my view has since changed. I was very surprise to learn that a few of the swiss 6497 movements were actually made in China (and possibly contain chinese parts) :-) I have seen some beautiful (and very reliable) Asian movements in some really amazing reps.
Hopefully someday, we'd see the Asian be on par with the Swiss (for much lower cost). That would be the day :-)