COSC Certificate numbers for 2006
From Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry: COSC Certificates in 2006 (September 18, 2007) Last year, the Contrôle officiel suisse des chronomètres (COSC) issued 1,300,140 certificates, or 10.7% more than in 2005. The number of registered pieces rose by ...
What non based ETA movements are...
COSC Certified, besides Rolex. Just curious how many other manufacturers have their movements certified. Thanks, Best Regards, Kevin
Chopard and Zenith are the only non-ETA
Of the brands listed, Chopard is 100% in-house and non-ETA, so is Zenith. Ebel and UN do use ETA ebauches, but some of their movements are in-house as well. Of course officially a good number of Omega movements are "in-house" too. - SJX