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Originally Posted by timkel
What who is ETA? Do they make quality movements? I also have a watch with an ETA 2834-4 movement. Are they good? bad? or ugly?. It has been a very accurate timepiece.
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ETA is the main movement manufacturer for the Swatch Group and for many other non-related watch manfacturers. They have been in business for many decades, and most of their movements have been in production long enough that they have been refined to the point of excellent performance and reliability. For the most part, they are good workhorses, not designed to be pretty like AP, FP, GP, VC, Patek or other horology houses' movements, but some companies decorate them to dress them up. I would consider their design to be form-follows-function, far from ugly. The 2834 is available in several levels of build refinement to improve accuracy and consistency. It is capable of COSC performance in the upper levels of construction.