Is this a real ETA?

[letter]

Following on from all the ETA discussion...I was wondering if this is a real ETA?

Are these pictures enough to be able to tell??

(Didn't want to clog up the other ETA thread)

Thanks

[RobbieG]

Following on from all the ETA discussion...I was wondering if this is a real ETA?

Are these pictures enough to be able to tell??

(Didn't want to clog up the other ETA thread)

Thanks

For starters, look on all the way down to the bottom of the movement on the baseplate just above the escapement and look for the little ETA logo stamp and the four digit caliber number kinda next to it. In these decorated movement sometimes the perlage swirls can make it hard to see if it is there at all. Per my thread though even that may not tell the story. I would have to take the rotor off and inspect it with a loupe to really be able to tell for sure if it is up to snuff or suspicious. Maybe someone else knows for sure and has looked at it already?

[freddy333]

Hard to tell without inspecting the movement in person & I do not know much about TAGs, but if the watch is a gen, the ETA is a gen. If the watch is a rep that you purchased for less than $200, the ETA may be an Asian copy. Due to their relatively higher cost, I would not expect to find a decorated gen ETA in anything but a high end rep.

[letter]

It's a rep - cost just under $200

[onzenuub]

Maybe this will help:

http://www.tztoolshop.com/FB_Catalog_Movements.html

[letter]

Maybe this will help:

http://www.tztoolshop.com/FB_Catalog_Movements.html

Thanks, I'll take a look at that.