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Schwarz Etienne Brand, What Do You Guys Think?

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For newer brand, I always like Chronoswiss especially the Lunar series (like Dennis').

Today I was offered an interesting watch called Schwarz Etienne which reminded me of Chronoswiss. It seems SE has designed and produced movement since 1902 but since 1992 they produced the whole watch so I categorize it as 'newer brand'.

This is their website link: http://schwarz-etienne.ch/

And this is the watch that they offered me (USD 2,300, pre-owned, I assume they use ETA 2892)

Schwarz Etienne Roma Lunar.png

What do you guys think?
 
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Before I comment I'd like to see the movement. It probably is an ETA with a calendar module on top.
 
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How come the date pointer isn't pointing to an actual date in the picture?
 
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Before I comment I'd like to see the movement. It probably is an ETA with a calendar module on top.

I think so. 21 Jewels, 28,800 vph with 44 hour power reserve sounds an ETA 2892 to me. Does Chronoswiss have in house movement?
 
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How come the date pointer isn't pointing to an actual date in the picture?

NIce catch. I took the picture from their website. I did not have the chance to take picture in the store.
 
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I think so. 21 Jewels, 28,800 vph with 44 hour power reserve sounds an ETA 2892 to me. Does Chronoswiss have in house movement?

They've only just introduced an in-house movement in the past few years, they tend to use ETA movements as a base and heavily modify them (much more so than the general "let's stick our name on the rotor and call it our own" approach that too many brands take). The shop I worked at sold Chronoswiss for a while, they made some lovely products, but they didn't really sell, and one of their more unusual pieces had chronic reliability problems.
 
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They've only just introduced an in-house movement in the past few years, they tend to use ETA movements as a base and heavily modify them (much more so than the general "let's stick our name on the rotor and call it our own" approach that too many brands take). The shop I worked at sold Chronoswiss for a while, they made some lovely products, but they didn't really sell, and one of their more unusual pieces had chronic reliability problems.

Yes, too bad. it is very difficult to fine one in Jakarta,too. I really like their upscale looks and feel. Unfortunately their product is under marketing ,not helping them moving stock and build fan base.
 
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