fitmic Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Is this an Asian or Swiss UNITAS 6497??? Paul offers it for $189 only! If it is an Asian, are they THAT bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Swiss unless the Chinese fabricators have elected to add a swan neck and it even looks like the next gen. I had noticed that too but have not ordered from Paul since oriiginal crazy sale. It is cheaper to buy the whole watch and transplant the movement than to buy a movement only from others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shultz Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Is this an Asian or Swiss UNITAS 6497??? If it is an Asian, are they THAT bad? No, these CN mvts. are not bad, please read The Zigmeister's review. It is even possible to add gen swiss parts (I already swapped a swiss canon pin set). But as kruzer said: I too assume the mvts. will be swiss made. We all know what swiss made really means... Of course it is not a secret that most of industrial work is sourced out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted July 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 I got an e-mail reply from Paul, and he confirmed the movement being swiss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shultz Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 I just opened my 127 with swan neck mvt. and I could see the ETA 6497 engravings on the ground plate. That means it is a swiss made mvt. (but please note my outsourcing argument...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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