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 Post subject: ETA's good for life?
PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:07 am 
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I was just wondering, as I have noticed that some movements have been discontinued i.e. quartz for the Pluton etc. How future proof are the 7750 movements and others? I know they are very heavily produced, so I would imagine they will be replaceable / repairable for a long time. I guess my bottom line question is, will Breitling, within reason be able to service my CSO for life?

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 Post subject: Re: ETA's good for life?
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sco wrote:
I was just wondering, as I have noticed that some movements have been discontinued i.e. quartz for the Pluton etc. How future proof are the 7750 movements and others? I know they are very heavily produced, so I would imagine they will be replaceable / repairable for a long time. I guess my bottom line question is, will Breitling, within reason be able to service my CSO for life?


Yup! This is one of the real virtues of mechanical watches - a well looked after watch can last lifetimes and will be nowhere close to obsolete in the foreseeable future.

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Iantheklutz wrote:
sco wrote:
I was just wondering, as I have noticed that some movements have been discontinued i.e. quartz for the Pluton etc. How future proof are the 7750 movements and others? I know they are very heavily produced, so I would imagine they will be replaceable / repairable for a long time. I guess my bottom line question is, will Breitling, within reason be able to service my CSO for life?


Yup! This is one of the real virtues of mechanical watches - a well looked after watch can last lifetimes and will be nowhere close to obsolete in the foreseeable future.



And it makes no difference whether anyone still makes the movement. The specs are readily available and parts producers can produce the necessary pieces or if needed a watchmaker can fabricate their own parts - something that just can't be done with quartz.

There was no such thing as an obsolete watch until the quartz revolution.
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 Post subject: Re: ETA's good for life?
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As always, thanks for the help!

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