This is the regulator or the ETA, and even though the movement is used, it’s pretty clean, and the finishes are lovely. There are a few places where they are crucial – such as the balance pivots – but in most places, they are just an indication of the manufacturing process and its quality in general. Let’s be clear here – the finishes only have very limited effect on the functioning of the movement. As this consists of a couple of components, it will be a good detail to compare. To start off with, lets have a look at the finish of one particular detail – the regulator. It would take a lot more to make a conclusive statement about any one of these movements. Also, you can’t really make a conclusion on just inspecting one movement from one production run. Lots of them! Firstly, the ETA is used, and the two other movements are new, so this isn’t quite fair on the ETA. I will then test the performance of all three movements on the timegrapher. Test Planīefore taking the movements apart, I will inspect both Chinese movements and take some microscope shots, then take all three movements apart, clean everything, take some component shots under the microscope, and then put the three movements back together. Thanks to Ron from Texas, I got hold of a used Fortis watch with an ETA2824-2, so we have to take into consideration that the ETA isn’t new, but used. I have a new Sea-Gull in stock, and Torsten sent me a Peacock. The original, the ETA 2824-2, and the well known Sea-Gull ST2130, a Chinese clone, and the new Peacock S元000, another Chinese clone. Torsten, who is very active on the WUS Chinese watch forum, has asked me to compare three movements for him.
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