Chrono24 Visits - Sellita | Swiss Watch Movement Manufacture
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- čas přidán 19. 02. 2018
- Chrono24 visits Sellita | Sellita is the second largest Swiss Made movement manufacturer after ETA. They are also 100% Swiss owned having one single owner who is the CEO of the company; Mr. Miguel Garcia. Chrono24 traveled to La-Chaux-de-Fonds to meet with Mr. Garcia and Mr. Sébastien Chaulmontet, Head of Innovation and Marketing. After our talks and a short interview, Mr. Chaulmontet walked us around the Sellita building. It is a huge and modern complex with state of the art technology, specialized ateliers and research department. From manufacturing parts to the final assembly, we saw every step of how a movement is made. Sellita. The brand has a rich past and a promising future, which is in safe hands with the current management. We wish them nothing but the best and thank them again for their openness and friendliness towards us during our visit.
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In the early days of watch collecting, I wanted only ETA and "in-house". But in reality Sellita really are the selfless underdogs of the Swiss watch industry. They often get a bad rep, but from my experience, their movements are robust, accurate and reliable. As I learnt more about them, I began to respect them for being a very open, transparent and down to Earth company. This is very evident when one visits their websites, they have complete details of all movements including parts, maintenance guidelines etc. Only a honest company with nothing to hide will do this.
Given they are a for-profit company, they are anything but selfless, and could not afford to be. Other than that, great assessment.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 You are right, selfless is probably the wrong word to use. I guess what I meant is they seem like an unpretentious company ready to supply and collaborate with anyone - big or small.
100%
Where do they got a bad reputation? From Rolex owners?
@@keb6213 Ignorant watch snobs for the most part - pretty much parroting what they apparently hear from forums.
Third-party high-quality movements like Sellita are definitely to be preferred over various in-house movements as they can be serviced and repaired by any skilled independent watchmaker.
My Oris BC3 Advanced has a Sellita movement. From new it was running 9 seconds per day slow. I adjusted it myself and it now gains 1 second per week when worn 24/7! A remarkable movement. My new Omega 8800 Seamaster (not user adjustable) gains 2 seconds a day yet was almost 4 times the price of the Oris.
These folks really do make it possible for smaller brands to give the world acess to unique, good quality, swiss made watches. Bravo.
Thanks for this visit, the end consumer does appreciate such insights.
Watchmaker also 😉
SW-200s in my Christopher Wards. All 3 are + - 2 seconds a day, Excellent!
I have a Sellita in my Glycine and it is extraordinarily accurate. Merci
I have a watch with sw200 and it is very reliable movement. As I am servicing my watches myself I can say it is very well done. Compared to other European competition I’d say it is exceptional in terms quality vs. price 👍
Love videos like this. Makes me more passionate about horology.
I have a sellita in a oris diver and it's dead on balls accurate
Dead on balls accurate 🤣. Haven’t heard that term in years.
They and ETA make the movements for most brands you know and confidentiality make the movements for the brands that you think make their own - but don’t.
I have an Invicta seamonster with a ploygonal bezel. It has a Sellita SW200 movement in it. The winding stem cracked something inside and Invicta fixed it. It took them a while but they did it.
we want more of this!
Com'on maaan, give us a wrist watch check.
Great idea for the episode, very interesting content. Thank you!!!
this! this is what we want to see!
Absolutely amazing 👍👍👍
I know through a very reliable source that Oris buy SW200-1 movements from Sellita for £28.07 per unit .
I think I have this movment in my Steinhart Ocean one 39 mm . They come with a ETA 2824 - 2 also .
I got a frederique constant classic with the selitta SW 200. Plus 5 to 7 seconds, this could be the standard configuration for this movement.
Great video !
I have a Sellita SW200 in my divers watch and runs +2 second a day which isn't to bad!
it's excellent... just like a certified chronometer
@@laurentmnt6777 99..... % IS NOT TOO BAD... ITS AMAZING NOT UNCOMMON BUT YET AMAZING
... too* bad. If you care so much for precision in watches, why not in written communication?
@@einundsiebenziger5488 Fuck off mate! How's that for grammar?
I have a SW200 in my Marathon MSAR, and It’s dead on accurate.
Gsar 41mm here!!!
Man i have a invicta pro diver with a sellita w200 movement! And it keep time better than my rolex daydate! it has been my daily watch since 2012! Incredible movement! Paid 130 dollars for it.. insane
This is Awesome! i just ordered two more.. These are perfect! There is a god!
Very impressive.
+\- 2 spd in my watch. ( after regulating). That says it all.
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Cool! Thank you & welcome!
Would STP be rebadging PT 5000's and ST2130's?
I have an SW500 in a Bulova chrono that the seconds hand stutters worse than any of the cheapest Miyotas.
It's as if chinese parts are being used in the process.
Capacity is a problem. Also their customers need to pay upfront, while Sillita can’t promise any delivery schedule
Impressive factory but I wish they would regulate their SW200 movement a little better.
There are four levels of quality - including regulation in an increasing number of positions - of Selitta movements. Then there are watchmakers relying on Selitta's off the shelf regulation, and those who re-regulate the movements upon installation or even add in-house components dedicated to even finer regulation. So bad regulation may not be Selitta's fault alone.
In the construction, SW 200 is same as ETA 2824, but I think the quality of the parts material (Sellita) will have difference to ETA, due to the price difference, also the different production of material.
In some cases that will depend on the clients personal specification they want the movement built to , material wise. For instance IWC specify sellita to use a particular low magnetic material only (SW300-1)
Les finitions ne sont pas superbes mais coté fiabilité et précision je n'ai jamais eu de problème avec mes Tag Heuer en Sellita..
Here at selitta we make ratchet wheels out of cheese
Hahah, yeah but I think they don't use the old tooth profile anymore since the SW200-1 came out.
To be honest, I don’t like Sellita. No doubt they manufacture and supply quality movement to the market. But at the end of the day, this is almost identical movement as ETA 2824. It makes me feel like I’m purchasing an imitation product.
But Sellita was actually contracted by eta for decades to build their movements...facts.
@@semeissafilho1601 Sellita manufactured components for ETA movements for years. When the ETA patents ran out they began assembling the movements in house.
Did you ask them why the teeth of their ratchet wheels still seem to break so easily? 😂
Exactly. What a ridiculous issue! I think they may have addressed this in the -2 version. About time!
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please switch off the background music.. 🚫 🎶
'100% Swiss'...100% owned by Miguel Garcia...who is obviously not Swiss. Choose a different spin.
Sellita produces good calibers, BUT... Sellita SW200 is an ETA 2824, Sellita SW300 is an ETA 2892, etc, etc, etc... So ETA is still ETA, the best and the one all the other are compared to...
Thanks for your input! Do you own a few ETA watches you can recommend? :)
@@Chrono24Official, yes!!. Mido Ocean Star Tribute (ETA CO7.621); Hamilton Pan Europe (ETA special made); Longines Conquest Heritage Chrono (ETA 2894); Tag Heuer Targa Florio (ETA 2894); Longines Master Collection (ETA 2894); Victorinox Infantry Vintage (ETA 2836-2); Longines Evidenza Small Seconds (ETA 2895); Mido Multifort Special Edition II (ETA 2836-2); TUDOR Heritage Chrono (ETA 2892 + Duboiz Depraz module); Montblanc Meisterstruck Chrono (Valjoux 7750); Omega Seamaster Profissional 300M (Caliber 2500 - ETA 2892+ Coaxial escapement); Longines Heritage 1973 (Chrono based on Valjoux 7753 with column wheel); Tissot PR100 Divermatic (ETA 2824). Well, these are just a fell from my collection that houses an ETA movement.
Wouldn’t it the other way around? ETA is a sellita instead of sellita is an ETA?
@@southernstyle8835 If ETA became first... If ETA designed and produced all the original mechanism wich Sellita is coping now... How could it be the other way around??? ETA is the benchmark...
@@andreschmitz1548 ETA will close its doors to brands outside the swatch group. This means that for most small brands which depend on quality Swiss mechanical movements, Sellita is the future