How important is the movement of a watch to you?

[theoldjaffa]

quick questions, the movement found in Omega PO Chrono.. considered inhouse or modified ETA?

[triton]

so if a watch brand uses a based ETA and market it as a limited edition and price it beyond the 8k, how?

depends on the price.
if i am to pay more than 8k for a watch, i'd expect to have a full inhouse movement instead of ETA modified ones.
less than 8k, then brand equity/design/comfort comes more into play because at less than 8k, difficult to find watches with genuine inhouse movements.

[pegasi]

quick questions, the movement found in Omega PO Chrono.. considered inhouse or modified ETA?

Old or new model?

The old PO chrono uses Piguet movement so can't be considered as Omega in-house, but neither is it an ETA.

The new PO chrono's calibre 9300 is marketed as an in-house movement, but believed to be manufactured by ETA (Since Swatch owns both Omega and ETA). I would consider this as in-house since it is a new movement and not based on one of the so called ETA base movement.

[theoldjaffa]

so if a watch brand uses a based ETA and market it as a limited edition and price it beyond the 8k, how?

i won't bite.

limited edition or not doesn't matter to me.

[theoldjaffa]

Old or new model?

The old PO chrono uses Piguet movement so can't be considered as Omega in-house, but neither is it an ETA.

The new PO chrono's calibre 9300 is marketed as an in-house movement, but believed to be manufactured by ETA (Since Swatch owns both Omega and ETA). I would consider this as in-house since it is a new movement and not based on one of the so called ETA base movement.

yup referring to 9300.. the 2 counter chrono.

the watch looks very nice.

[pegasi]

depends on the price.

if i am to pay more than 8k for a watch, i'd expect to have a full inhouse movement instead of ETA modified ones.

less than 8k, then brand equity/design/comfort comes more into play because at less than 8k, difficult to find watches with genuine inhouse movements.

Make sense...but your guideline of 8K refers to brand new or preowned watches? There is quite a difference in term of choices between brand new and preowned, with the same budget.

[jackjack]

I Wouldn't mind a zenith Daytona... In fact I would like to own one. But really appreciate the in house movement Daytona. Somewhat have the impression that it is a full Rolex. Completeness.

[theoldjaffa]

Make sense...but your guideline of 8K refers to brand new or preowned watches? There is quite a difference in term of choices between brand new and preowned, with the same budget.

referring to brand new, final transacted price. not list price.

[pegasi]

Looks like I missed out the non-ETA-and-non-inhouse movements used by another brand, such as

- Zenith used by Rolex
- Piguet/Lemania used by Omega
- JLC/GP used by Panerai
- many more exmaples

In some of these cases, the particular models ended up being more collectible. So maybe we should also treat these as in-house for the sake of this poll?

[Oceanklassik]

For me and like some, I am more incline towards the price point. Being only a low-middle wage worker, I think my primary consideration is the price. Next comes the quality of the movement, be it in-house or otherwise, as long as it gives me reasonable accurate time, it'll work fine for me. My consideration of price will also include how much I will have to service the movement and maintain the wellness of the watch over a long time.

[TanWL]

For me the 'Heart'(movement) is the most important thing. If only possess the 'body'(the watch) and not the heart is meaningless.
As for price, I'll just slowly save up to get that heart .

[cenzosummer]

To me, if i pay the good money, i expect in-house movement. But in-house movement is only second in my list. Some may ask why heritage only ranked third in my list, my natural explanation is that it take times for a watch manufacturer to develop in-house movement and most of these watch manufacturer has rich heritage. Modification of Basic ETA models dun count as in-house movement in my personal context.

1)Finishing & aesthetics
2)In-house movement
3)Heritage

[Watcha]

In house not = reliable movement.
Expensive not = better movement.

Many In house movement performs worst than ETA.
As I know ETA comes in 4 grades.
Standard, er something, top, chronometer .

Non in house is acceptable to me so long the overall package is reasonable.

If talk about in house vs price than first to fail is Pam .

[Mille]

not really that important...most important is design...

[charleslin]

To me it's a balance of everything, a complete package, including price as well.