Swiss Or Asian Copy

[kaiowas]

wuts the diff in swiss mov or its asian copy that can be spotted easily.

[trustywatchguy]

Check the movement for the ETA insignia which will be stamped on it. =)

[insane]

Wouldn't it be easy for the guys who make the asian movements to also stamp an ETA insignia on it?

Thats what I would do.

[r11co]

Wouldn't it be easy for the guys who make the asian movements to also stamp an ETA insignia on it?

Thats what I would do.

Just as easy as (easier, in fact than) printing Rolex/Omega etc. etc. on the front, I would have thought....

[Pugwash]

Wouldn't it be easy for the guys who make the asian movements to also stamp an ETA insignia on it?

The people who make the movements aren't making replicas, they're making movements. To stamp ETA on it, you'd need to disassemble the whole movement, stamp it and put it back together. Why bother?

[ncbuckeye3]

The people who make the movements aren't making replicas, they're making movements. To stamp ETA on it, you'd need to disassemble the whole movement, stamp it and put it back together. Why bother?

Don't know about all of them, but I have some ETA movements in some Omegas and Rolexes and some Asian in similar watches. When you wind them, the ETA movement feels more solid, and it takes more turns of the crown to move the hour hand when setting the time, the asian hour hand flies around the dial when you turn the crown while it takes about twice as many turns for the ETA crown.

Hope this helps.

[insane]

The people who make the movements aren't making replicas, they're making movements. To stamp ETA on it, you'd need to disassemble the whole movement, stamp it and put it back together. Why bother?

But why not stamp in during production?

[Pugwash]

But why not stamp in during production?

... because the people who make the movements are not making replicas. The factories are probably too visible to risk?