Horological Meandering

davilo
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a basic question on good or desirable movements....i'd like to get some different opinions

It's been a while since I've posted here.....I'm sorry if someone has posted this a similar question before but what makes a desirable movement? I own some Panerai watches and it seems they're always making the same variations of the same watch "8-Day" etc with different movements. What would make one movement better than another given a watch is essentially in the same case. I know that if you go to some watch forums.... some posters make a big deal about the movement ....."oh....it's a Jaeger movement"

Aside from the complication of the movement

Is it aesthetics .... the way a movement looks?

Is it the manufacturer....i.e. Jaeger movement versus "Panerai in-house movement"

Is it the age of the movement .... how long it's been manufactured?

Is it the name?

Or is it how well the movement is designed, (longevity)?

After all, some ETA movements have been around for quite sometime, are reliable timekeepers and yet they don't seem to be on many expensive watches.

I'm quite wondering how people feel about this in their collections?

Your thoughts?

Thanks!