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**girlsround** · 07-26-2012, 05:16 AM

I can see the forum

Yes but it has been closed to replies since 2010. I wonder if all the links I posted in it are still viable.

I'll refrain from posting lots of watch porn in these forums but can link you to images. This is the original 6S37 Seiko from which the TC78 was developed and later purchased by Tag Heuer outright. http://ninanet.net/watches/others06/...mseikofm91.jpg (note it has a cut down auto weight/rotor)

The basic components remain the same in the Tag Heuer 1887 though as with all Swiss watches, the finish is far more expensive. Seiko never made a watch with polishing on parts that didn't need to be polished. That was one of the secrets to their success. The other was spending more on new and more innovative design rather than more on polishing up old ones.

Another movement mentioned on the Tag Heuer page linked, was the Selitta SW 500 see here; http://blog.breitlingsource.com/2010...w500-movement/ = The Valjoux 7750 which it is basically a cheapened copy of.. is the same movement that's been around long enough to still retain the name Valjoux long after Ebauches SA bought them out and used it to complement their other base movement, the ETA. Another base movement in larger lignes is the Unitas.. All owned now by the Swatch group.

Anyway, a lot of this is in that mechanical watch lovefest link, I posted.. No point in repeating it here.

07-26-2012, 05:16 AM	#26
girlsround Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 510 Senior Member	I can see the forum Yes but it has been closed to replies since 2010. I wonder if all the links I posted in it are still viable. I'll refrain from posting lots of watch porn in these forums but can link you to images. This is the original 6S37 Seiko from which the TC78 was developed and later purchased by Tag Heuer outright. http://ninanet.net/watches/others06/...mseikofm91.jpg (note it has a cut down auto weight/rotor) The basic components remain the same in the Tag Heuer 1887 though as with all Swiss watches, the finish is far more expensive. Seiko never made a watch with polishing on parts that didn't need to be polished. That was one of the secrets to their success. The other was spending more on new and more innovative design rather than more on polishing up old ones. Another movement mentioned on the Tag Heuer page linked, was the Selitta SW 500 see here; http://blog.breitlingsource.com/2010...w500-movement/ = The Valjoux 7750 which it is basically a cheapened copy of.. is the same movement that's been around long enough to still retain the name Valjoux long after Ebauches SA bought them out and used it to complement their other base movement, the ETA. Another base movement in larger lignes is the Unitas.. All owned now by the Swatch group. Anyway, a lot of this is in that mechanical watch lovefest link, I posted.. No point in repeating it here.
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