Ole Faithful

I don’t want to start watch talks with old dead topics, but here are the facts, routinely customers ask, “How can watch company X and watch company Y use the same movement and charge such different prices?” The ETA 2892 is the best place to start. This movement has been used by so many high-end watch brands that I won’t even attempt to list them. Pick one, you are probably right! What we need to distinguish in the watch business is time on the job. Base movements are just that, base movements. Check out this article: “The Little Engine That Could” An indepth look at the ETA 2892. It demonstrates just some of the modifications that can go into this ETA 2892 movement alone. This is where we start to get a sense for what the skilled people in Switzerland and Germany are doing. To be a collector of fine watches is to know movements, who made them, and more importantly what has been done to make them just a touch better than the competition. Many people have the recipe for bread, but I bet you like grandma’s best, why? The love my friends, the love. CTWG

2 comments April 21st, 2006