The ETA 2824-2. The base caliber of 80% of the Swiss Watchmaking Industry.

The ETA 2824-2. The base caliber of 80% of the Swiss Watchmaking Industry. Ebauches, S.A. Became the company, ETA in 1983, from a series of consolidations that happened out of the “Quartz Crisis” in Switzerland. Mechanical watches were quickly becoming phased out due to the much less expensive, and, by some accounts, “funner” quartz watches. SWATCH was the Swiss brand to fully capitalize on the Quartz watch phenomenon and made many different unique and fun…

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What’s the Real Cause of the Parabolic Rise in Prices for Rolex Watches on the Secondary Market?

What’s the Real Cause of the Parabolic Rise in Prices for Rolex Watches on the Secondary Market?? Over the last several years I have heard several theories on why the supply has seemingly dried up for Rolex Watches in the Primary Market (availability from Authorized Dealers). Most sound more like conspiracy theories than fact based on sound business principals. Firstly, what got us to this point? Beginning sometime in 2017 I heard a rumor from…

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