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Eta is a middle of the range movement manufacturer

In Response To: Re: old vs new? ()

Ask any experienced watchmaker about the eta 2892-2 and the older Omega Eta based calibers like the 1109,1110 and 1111. These movements are just engraved etas with no improvements and they need a service every 5 years and their winding system (a rotor ball system) is not better than the jeweled pivot system found on the old ones. I see the eta 2892-2 almost everywhere, it is just a mass produced movement, with a poor finish, poor over the long run accuracy (every 5 years it needs a service) and low power reserve (only 42hours).
Older inhouse Omega movements didn't and don't need a service every 5 years unlike Etas and they have better over the long run accuracy than etas. Eta manufactures cheap and affordable movements but no movements that can play in the same ground than the piguet 1150, lemania 8810 or rolex 3135.