====== Soprod ======

{{wst>author|[[Foskett, Stephen|Stephen Foskett]] ([[https://grail-watch.com/|Grail Watch]])}}

**Soprod** is a Swiss manufacturer of [[watch movement]]s and parts and is now part of the [[Festina Group]].

===== Overview =====
**Soprod SA Les Reussilles** was founded on September 16, [[1966]] in [[Tramelan]] in the [[Jura]] region of Switzerland. It was founded by [[Arly|Arly SA]], [[Béguelin|Béguelin & Cie SA]]/[[Damas|Damas Watches]], [[Choffat|Willy Chofat & Cie SA]]/[[Rila]], [[Dulux|Dulux SA]], [[Hoga|Hoga Watch SA]], [[A. Reymond|A. Reymond SA]], and [[Spera|Spera SA]]. All of the companies were centered in [[Tramelan]], and Soprod was to produce mechanical watch components for them on an industrial scale.

Later, Soprod became a general movement producer and assembled movements by other companies, including [[ETA]]. The company was purchased by [[Léman Capital]] and merged with Swiss low-end quartz specialist, [[SFT Group]] in [[2005]] as a new company, [[STM Holding]]. SFT subsidiary, Indtec SA of Sion, Switzerland, had licensed the design for the [[Seiko 4L]] movement and announced the new [[Soprod A-10|Alternance 10]] the year before. Together with SFT subsidiary Ineltec of Maiche, France, and Les Reussilles, Switzerland-based Soprod, the company hoped to create an alternative to the [[ETA 2892A2]].

This group was purchased by [[Peace Mark]] of Hong Kong in [[2007]] but that company became insolvent the following year. STM was repurchased in [[2008]] by [[Festina]] management without the mass-market quartz manufacturing operations the company had established in China. Indtec was renamed Soprod, Sion, and continues to produce movements.

Today, Soprod is the corporate parent within [[Festina Group]] that produces Swiss watch components 

  * Soprod mechanical movements in [[Tramelan]]/[[Les Reussilles]]
  * Soprod high-end quartz movements and components in [[Sion]]
  * Soprod wheel trains in [[Le Saignelégier]]
  * IMM Ineltec milling and preforms in [[Maiche]]
  * Manufacture Horlogère Vallée de Joux ("MHVJ", formerly Dubois Technique Horlogère) regulators in [[Le Sentier]]
  * MSE/Astral Technologies hairsprings in [[Porrentruy]]

Soprod's main mechanical movement is the [[Soprod A-10]], based on the [[Seiko 4L]] family. On this base, Soprod also produces a number of complications, including "big date", second time zone, [[power reserve indicator]], [[24 hour]] indicator, [[chronograph]], [[moon phase]], and more. Soprod also produces [[escapement]]s and [[hairspring]]s for other manufacturers.

===== Members =====
A [[1970]] list of member companies included the following 

  * [[Arly|Montres Arly SA]], [[Tramelan]]
  * [[Spera|Spera SA]], [[Tramelan]]
  * [[Hoga|Hoga Watch Ltd]], [[Tramelan]]
  * [[Beguelin|Beguelin & Cie SA, Fabrique des Montres Damas]], [[Tramelan]]
  * [[Rila|Willy Choffat & Cie, Montres Rila]], [[Tramelan]]
  * [[Auguste Reymond|Auguste Reymond SA]], [[Tramelan]]

===== See Also =====
  * [[ETA 2892 modules]]


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