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ETA based watches only if Richemont I think. Or a movement an independent can service. Never sending anything to Richemont to get serviced.

I do not think fashion played a big part in the correction. Richemont got greedy. Ten years ago when I bought my first PAM, getting a 111 wasn't totally straight forward - they got the balance of...

Uh oh!

i genuinely wonder how they go about this while protecting brand value. Severely limited production? A true limited edition? Let’s see, but personally I think they should leave this area to...

If you see ALS starting to produce steel watches and a sports watch, I'd be very worried about brand dilution. But otherwise it seems they're being very much left alone.

I agree - Richemont destroyed a large portion of Panerai's brand value and same with IWC. Swatch and LVMH have a much better track record.

Well seen mate - apparently the rotor 'wobble' is less prominent on these ones. But otherwise it seems pretty much a 7750. Very deceiving and not right.

One reason why this release is a little interesting is that they decided to deviate from the silver dials. It hasn't quite worked, and I also agree with a previous poster on the spitfire hands versus...

A bit of a thread revival! So the 'dinkee have a hands on with the new Spitfire model - I want to like it, but I'm not sure if I can. Some of the design cues look off to me and they got rid of the...

Ingeneiur AMG 3725. It will be traded to a fellow member soon once we sort out logistics. It is a very nice watch - I'd have kept this if I could, owning it for 3 years. Unfortunately I fancy a...

Jup - thank goodness. A good example was the 127 ('Fiddy') that was going for serious bonkers money. Plus Panerai diluted some of them with the numerous SEs/LEs.

I was reminiscing yesterday, 10...

I still don't get your argument - IWC have used ETA movements for a large part of their history for entry watches, they should (IMO) continue to use them - it has nothing to do with 'doing better' -...

No they started this with the 'regular' line first. It was a New York limited edition - Brooklyn Bridge if memory serves

From a few years back - snap back cases, extremely crude finished movements and reduced depth rating. We've discussed it a few times here, I'll try and dig the thread out.

Jup fully agree - Richemont have been really bad with increasing entry prices and cheapening the quality. Look at what they've done with Panerai entry models.

Nought wrong with ETA - known reliability and ease of service. People are too hung up with in house movements - especially on the lower end of watchmaking.

Richemont are more the problem and...