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+ | ====== ETA ====== | ||
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+ | **ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse** (commonly called **ETA**) is the best-known Swiss [[ebauche movement]] manufacturer. Part of the [[Swatch Group]], ETA traces its lineage to [[1793]], though the name dates only to [[1923]]. | ||
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+ | ===== History ===== | ||
+ | ETA emerged as a holding company for the majority of Swiss watch movement production in the 20th century. As such, it can trace its roots to some of the earliest factories in Switzerland. In [[1793]], [[Benguerel, | ||
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+ | The true beginning of ETA is [[1856]], when [[Urs Schild]] and [[Girard, Joseph|Dr. Joseph Girard]] founded an [[ebauche]] factory in [[Grenchen]]. This company would become [[Eterna]], which was split 76 years later to become **ETA**. Also in [[Grenchen]], | ||
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+ | The ETA name is first seen in advertisements in January, [[1923]]. Ebauches from the Schild Frères factory in Grenchen had previously been advertised as coming from Eterna but were now listed as " | ||
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+ | On [[December 27]] [[1926]], [[A. Schild AG|A. Schild AG (AS or ASSA)]] and [[Adolphe Michel|Adolphe Michel SA (AMSA)]] of [[Grenchen]] and [[FHF|Fabrique d' Horlogerie de Fontainemelon (FHF)]] of [[Fontainemelon]] agree to join together to form [[Ebauches SA]]. This holding company, registered on [[December 30]] and going into effect on the first day of [[1927]], is intended to bring order to the chaotic watch movement manufacturing industry, and it expands rapidly. Soon, Ebauches SA is the largest producer of watch movement blanks in Switzerland. | ||
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+ | ===== ETA, ASUAG, and Ebauches SA ===== | ||
+ | In [[1931]], Ebauches SA joins with many other Swiss companies to create [[ASUAG]], a larger holding company. [[Eterna]] joins this conglomerate in [[1932]], but is split in two to match the overall organizational structure of ASUAG | ||
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+ | * **[[Eterna|Eterna SA]]** manufactures whole watches | ||
+ | * **ETA SA Fabriques d' | ||
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+ | This is the true birth of ETA, with the name and purpose firmly established. Over the following years, many other companies are absorbed into ASUAG/ | ||
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+ | The [[quartz crisis]] causes another contraction in the industry in the 1970's and, in [[1979]], A. Schild is merged into ETA to become the largest [[ebauche movement]] manufacturer in the world. Three years later, [[FHF]] (owner of [[Landeron]]) is brought into ETA along with other ebauche makers. Finally, in [[1983]], Ebauches SA is dissolved and most of the remaining companies, including [[Unitas]], [[Peseux]], and [[Valjoux]] (successor of [[Venus]]), join ETA. | ||
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+ | ===== ETA as part of the Swatch Group ===== | ||
+ | [[ASUAG]] merged with rival [[SSIH]] in [[1983]], and the result was reorganized as [[SMH]] in [[1985]]. This was the predecessor to the modern [[Swatch Group]], the world' | ||
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+ | ETA remained as the primary provider of individual movement parts, tools, kits and complete [[watch movement]]s within and outside the Swatch Group. The kits are still processed, refined and sometimes provided with additional features by some manufacturers. ETA is also the primary source for [[balance spring]]s, [[assortment]]s, | ||
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+ | ETA launched a new sub-brand, **Valgranges** in [[2005]]. The name, derived from [[Valjoux]] and " | ||
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+ | In recent decades, management has wanted to restrict sales of ETA movements outside the Swatch Group. The explosion of new and re-born Swiss watch companies in the 2000's is built primarily on ETA movement production and expertise, and this impacts sales of Swatch Group companies. Additionally, | ||
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+ | As of 2016, this process is ongoing, with companies like [[Sellita]] and [[Soprod]] increasing production to supply the industry with complete movements and luxury makers increasingly producing their own parts and movements. | ||
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+ | ===== Current Products ===== | ||
+ | ETA is well-known as a producer of many watch movements, but the following are particularly popular today | ||
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+ | * 2800 family (based on ETA/ | ||
+ | * [[ETA 2824-2]] - 25 jewel automatic movement | ||
+ | * [[ETA 2836-2]] - 25 jewel automatic movement | ||
+ | * 2900 family | ||
+ | * [[ETA 2892-A2]] - 21 jewel automatic movement | ||
+ | * [[Valjoux]] family (including [[Venus]] technology) | ||
+ | * [[ETA 7750]] (formerly [[Valjoux 7750]] - 25 jewel automatic chronograph movement | ||
+ | * [[Unitas]] family | ||
+ | * [[ETA 6597]] | ||
+ | * [[Peseux]] family | ||
+ | * [[ETA 7001]] | ||
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+ | For more information, | ||
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+ | ===== See Also ===== | ||
+ | * [[Eterna]], predecessor of ETA | ||
+ | * [[Ebauches SA]], which ETA inherited | ||
+ | * [[ASUAG]], predecessor of Swatch Group | ||
+ | * [[Swatch Group]], owner of ETA today | ||
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+ | ===== Literature ===== | ||
+ | *Das große Uhren-ABC, Band 1, Firmen, Geschichte, Uhrwerke, Uhren-Lexikon, | ||
+ | *Das große Uhren-ABC, Band 2, Firmen, Uhrwerke, Technik; Authors Gerhard Seelen, Karl-Hermann Ströde, Edda Gräfje; ISBN 3980367517 | ||
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+ | ===== Weblinks ===== | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
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