tag Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Calling on experts... Do you think it is worth paying the extra for an ETA rep, or are asian almost as reliable than ETA? Some time ago I did only go for ETA but now did the asian movement improve significantly? Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OiRogers Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 I'll second Repaustria's idea... If the ETA is available as an option, for a reasonable fee... I'll tend to go ETA. But if Asian is the only available... It doesn't slow me down at all. In the 7750 department... as long as the asian is 28.8k version I'm all over it. ETA would be nice.. but too damn expensive for a rep IMHO. I just avoid the 21.6k bph asian version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005SUBMARINER Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 go ETA . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dachshund Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Ever wonder why genuines don't use Asian??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Ever wonder why genuines don't use Asian??? They could not justify their scandalous prices... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 They could not justify their scandalous prices... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Personally, I've always had my best results from Asian movements rather than Swiss. My 2220.80 SMP, for example, Asian movement, completely untouched out of the box (other than re-alligning the bezel insert, but that has no impact on the timing) and it runs at +4 secs a day. That's within COSC standard, so why pay the extra for a Swiss movement when an Asian can be just as accurate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 I haven't had too bad experiences with the asian movements. One arrived dead from my dealer, and was sent back (didn't have a rep friendly watchrepair dude back then). A have an Omega Speedmaster (fantasy model) that's still alive 9(!) years later with absolute NO SERVICE. I must admit that I don't wear it too often, since I stumbled over this website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
export Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Depends on the price, you can pick up an asian sub on cqout for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Depends on the price, you can pick up an asian sub on cqout for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uatchmaker Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Calling on experts... Do you think it is worth paying the extra for an ETA rep, or are asian almost as reliable than ETA? Some time ago I did only go for ETA but now did the asian movement improve significantly? Thanks for the advice. Sorry I am not an expert so I hope you don't mind me replying. I think you should also consider whether the watch is chrono or non-chrono as I have read the chrono function places more stress on the movement for which the swiss eta may be better suited. Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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