Do Rep Manufacturer Also Have Regular Business..?

[Pix]

Hi,

here are pictures of a watch I bought some time ago on ebay for 79 EUR. The brand is TRIAS, and obviously only available on the web.

It came with a 2 years warranty and the house claims to be in Germany (Schwarzwald)

In the meantime I fell in the rep world and wandering on Josh's webstore I was surprized by a Chronoswiss which furiously reminded me of my watch.

What's your opinion on that ? Do they come from the same manufacturer... Or does Trias just make some kind of official reps ?

(Sorry the pics could have been better...)

[flavor flav]

probably the same factories build them.

[Pix]

Seems like I bought a kind of rep without even knowing !

Edited January 23, 2007 by Pix

[bklm1234]

Trias is a germasian brand. Most of their watches have asian movements. There are many such "German" watch companies. I'm not surprised our rep factories produce movements for these companies.

-bm

[Frontin]

Hell yes!

Most factories have 2-3 shifts. It would not surprise me if they ran the legit watches on day shifts; you know 7a-3p, 3p-11p. And then pump the fakes out on the late shift; 11p-7a!

At least that's what I would do. I have often wondered this very same thing myself, because how would rep makers be able to purchase eta movt's if they didn't at least have some reputable business?

This is certainly a factor in eta's move to phase out watch movt kit sales to third party builders.

I have a newer Invicta with that sellita sw200/ eta based movt. It's not bad, but you'd better wind it in full turns when you power it up. No rocking back and winding with half turns; you'll tear it up. At least I did. They replaced however.

Peace.