Alberto
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This could be useful
Hello.
For those who concern very much about "manufactured" movements, this list could be very helpful to solve your questions.
Regards.
List of manufacturers who make their own movements
Chopard: They have just released their first line of watches with the new LUC. 96 auto movement; otherwise they use everything from ETA to Piquet. The LUC isn't sold to other brands.
Corum Chronoswiss: They make Cal. 122 in-house, a movement based on an old Enicar ebauche. They have a large stock of old parts and have the missing parts made, otherwise they use Valjoux for the chronographs. Cal. 122 isn't sold to other brands.
Girard-Perregaux: They make the auto calibre FP 3000 themselves but still use ETAs in many of their models. They provide Daniel Rith and Vacheron Constantin with the GP 3000.
Glasshutte SA: Everything is made in house, two (?) autos and several hand winds, they also make the auto movement for the new brand Union (which also belongs to them).
IWC: They make the auto movement Cal. 8541 in-house, probably mostly out of NOS parts and only fit one model with it, large range of pocket watch calibres and complication moduls, otherwise they use ETA, Valjoux, and JLC; they don't sell the 8541 to other brands.
Jaeger LeCoultre: Everything in-house, wide array of autos and hand winds, they sell to several other brands.
Lange and Soehne: They use in-house movements exclusively: a different one for each model. They also have one auto and several hand winds, they don't sell to other brands.
Minerva: They make the hand wind Cal. 48 themselves; otherwise they use new and NOS Valjoux in their chronographs. Also many different chronograph calibres for hand held stopwatches; they don't furnish other brands.
Patek Philippe: They use in house made movements exclusively except for the chronographs which are NOS Valjoux, two base automatics and several hand winds; they don't furnish other brands with movements.
Piaget: Use in-house movements in most of their watches, chronographs are fitted with the Piguet 1150, 3 automatics and several hand winds. They might occasionally provide for other brands in the Vendome group.
Rolex: Uses in house movements exclusively except in the Daytona chronograph (modified El Primero). They make three automatics and two hand winds. Only Rolex watches use Rolex movements.
Seiko: Everything made in-house, two auto movements, hand winds and a brand new hand wind chronograph calibre. They make the movements for all of the brands under Seiko ownership.
Zenith: Their current line uses in house made movements exclusively. They make the El Primero chrono movement in auto and handwind versions, the Elite auto and Cal. 5011, a handwind pocket-watch movement. The El Primero is sold to several other brands.
Audemars Piguet: Have two auto movements and a handwind which are (now) exclusive to them but they are made by JLC (of which AP own 40, otherwise they use movements from JLC and Piguet.
Corum: Has a tiny hand wind movement which is fitted into the Golden Bridge model that may not be made themselves.
Parmigiani: Make several hand wind pocket watch calibres and
are, at the moment, developing a hand wind wrist watch movement with 8 days power reserve.
Custom Makers: It is also possible that certain individual custom makers make their own movements, but not industrially: by hand.
(edited by PeterCDE: removed link to commercial site)