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Beautiful pics, as always, and I agree 100%,

 

in that what is made of the ebauches, that's make a movement special or not.

I would suggest it's about as the same as with cars.

The best model of a car is the last one in the serie,

before the new model arrives.

The "old" model has been around for several years and been refined over time.

Of course it's the same with the fine old calibers, like Lemania, ETA, Peseux 7001 etc.

I'm glad that the "inhouse" discussion is mainly silent now,

since all watchmakers have been  "forced" to make their own movements...

But you can't stop wonder why VC and PP used the same ebauches.

It couldn't have been because they were bad!

I'm pretty sure that we will see the day, when ebauches will come back again.

It must be better basic movements if you make 10.000 of them, than if only 100.

BTW, I have a raw new Peseux 7001, that I bought from Stowa some years ago.

Just don't know what to do with it smile

 



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Some of my favorite watches/movements are not in-house:

 
By: SteveG : April 3rd, 2008-13:01
It is hard to miss the recurring comments about the relative desirability and value of watches with in-house versus purchased movements, there are so many aspects regarding exclusivity, prestige, beauty and "fitness", as well as the public relations/adver...  

Other examples...

 
By: nickd : April 3rd, 2008-13:24
Hi Steve, The whole debate amuses me, and your examples are great. I've always particularly enjoyed the fact that Seiko and Rolex are probably the most vertically integrated of manufacturers (I love a good-old Seiko 5 being far more "in-house" than the va... 

Beautiful pics, as always, and I agree 100%,

 
By: Doc : April 3rd, 2008-14:19
in that what is made of the ebauches, that's make a movement special or not. I would suggest it's about as the same as with cars. The best model of a car is the last one in the serie, before the new model arrives. The "old" model has been around for sever...  

Excellent examples, Steve...

 
By: Tony C. : April 4th, 2008-07:56
and I agree completely that it is what the manufacturer does with the ebauche that counts. As I have a soft spot for high-grade vintage automatics, here's a superb example of that genre: a Vacheron & Constantin K1072/1, based on a "reserved" JLC ebauche w...  

I'll parre and riposte

 
By: aaronm : April 4th, 2008-11:50
I look for interesting movements as much, and probably more than, the next guy. My desire is NOT for an inhouse movement name, but for a pretty, well finished movement that I can enjoy watching during the massive number of boring meeting that I attend. Th...