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     jdelikat Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
I know this is a JLC forum. I recently had an excellent refurb of my fathers JLC vintage 1945 watch by ZAF. JUst received a gift from a relative. It is a stainless steel two tone watch(retirement watch from a major school board)two tone bracelet and body with 18 karat gold plating. It has never been worn, comes in its original box, outer container and documentation. Watch distributed by Jostens. Docs state that its swiss movement was made by ETA.Currently does not run but docs state it uses a 1.55 battery. Any idea wher I can get info or a similar thread like this. I tried searching the net with no success. Honestly this may be a waste of time but the watch does present itself well | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 1893 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
What are you looking for specifically? The battery size? | ||
| jdelikat Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Zaf Honestly I am not sure. I assume I can take it to a local watchsmith and get the battery replaced. From there I do not know where to go?. Prior post decribes watch. Its never worn, in original box with docs and looks very good. It's a Jostens distributed watch with an ETA Swiss quartz movement. Believe it or not the local MAJOR school board (whose name will remain unknown) was throwing out junk and this was part of it. As I said in an earlier post, its abeautiful looking timepiece with ss and 18K gold plating and a watch face compatible with the band. Just looking foe a thread that covers this ETA movement watch. Through passing of friends/relatives I now have 5 watches. 1 Tag Diver , 2 SEikos, 1 JCL 1945 vintage (you fixed it ) and now this Jostens/ETA. I know the Seikos are minimal value but I am clueless as to ETA movement watch. If u know of another thread i will go there and not bother u with this drivel any more Regards Jdelikat | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 1896 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Yes, battery change is a simple affair, assuming it did not leak it is easy to do. Make sure they do not scratch the back in the process. When they're in there they can jot down which ETA it is for future reference (there are at least 50 calibers) and the battery number. | ||
| jdelikat Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
TKS. When searching the WEB for ETA, I discover that SWISS mfgrs sell ROLEX replicas with ETA movements for $500-$1000 stating that ROLEXES use ETA movements. Cosmetically they look good but are they reliable. I can always go to downtown Philadelphia and get a REAL Rolex for $20 bucks. If I go around the corner to Jewelers Row (8th and Chestnut) I can pay reasonable $2-5K rates.... Difference must be the overhead, Street vendors do not pay rent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
| GregB Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Rolexes don't use ETA movements and never have. Rolexes manufactures their own movements. Tudors use a modified ETA, but not Rolexes. With regards to quality, ETA is the largest ebauche (raw movement) manufacturer in the world and a vast majority of the mid-market watches you'll ever see have an ETA-derived movement. Most are quite reliable and well-built. Also, an ETA mechanical movement is quite different than the ETA quartz movement in the watch you own. Apples and oranges. I'm also not sure what that "$20 street-vendor Rolex" comment is all about. Surely you were jesting about believing that overhead is the reason. Greg | ||
| jdelikat Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
GregB Yes I was joking, of course. Street Vendors walk around Center City Philadelphia with a brief case filled with fake watches including Rolexes at $20-25 a pop. when police show up they can easily shut the briefcase and move on to another street location. They usually also carry a small collapseable waiters stand like u see in restaurants. Philly.......Home of the cheese steak, soft pretzel and fake watches. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 1897 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
I just fixed my mail man's fake Rolex. Very funny. I was curious and opned it up to see what was inside, if had a cheapo chinese made movement, mechanical to boot. The ball bearings holding the rotor dropped out into the movement, one caught a gear and the stamping was so thin, it took a few teeth with it. I was able to source the same movement for $9, popped in there and I have one happy mail man. The mail will never be lost again. | ||
| Hex onX New member Username: Hexonx Post Number: 125 Registered: 09-2005 Rating: N/A |
What is ironic is that there is a grade of fakes out there now. The marketing scrubs are plugging the Italian fakes over the chinese. They are comparing fakes from one country to the other etc. I also have read that many real Rolexes and other authentic watches are being replaced with ETA movements that are signed Rolex because the original owner doesn't want to pay the cost of the repair for the real movements. These are all things that have to be considered. |