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New exclusive technology for quartz movements that can cope with heavier hands ETA launches HeavyDrive

ETA SA, a Swatch Group company, is introducing an exclusive new technology to its quartz movements. HeavyDrive technology enables intelligent shock management and is opening up new possibilities for hand design.

Precise and reliable quartz movement BASELWORLD 2017: The new ETA-movement Trendline F05.841

Precision, reliability and performance: such are the criteria governing the development of each ETA movement since 1793. The new Trendline F05.841 is no exception to the rule.

Are there massive price increases at ETA? Certain major customers did not place any orders for 2017

Based on the amicable settlement between Swatch Group and the Competition Commission (Comco), which was signed in 2013, the company ETA has a supply obligation towards third-party customers until the end of 2019.

ETA - Trendline FO BASELWORLD 2016: ETA shows new collection of eleven quartz movements

Every movement that ETA has developed since 1793 is guided by precision, reliability and performance. Now the Swiss movement-maker has raised its standards of quality even higher to propose a record level of precision: +/- 10 seconds per year or 0.027 second per day.

ETA sets new standards BASELWORLD 2016: The new ETA Fashionline G10 movement

ETA pushes the boundaries of precision and versatility for its Fashionline G10 collection by incorporating its exclusive PowerDrive and PreciDrive exclusive technologies into six new quartz movements, including five chronographs. PreciDrive technology guarantees a record level of precision at +/- 10 seconds per year or 0.027 second per day.

A fire broke out in the galvanic department Fire at ETA in Grenchen put out

At Sunday the 29th of december 2013 at around 8:45 A.M. a fire broke out in the galvanic department of the main building of ETA Manufacture Horlogère in Grenchen. While the workshop has been entirely destroyed, nobody was harmed.

A Great Man Takes His Leave! Death of François Habersaat

The former President of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) François Habersaat passed away on 2 August in his 81st year after a short illness. François Habersaat devoted his entire career to the watch industry. After working as Sales Manager with Felsa, he joined Ebauches SA in 1969 as deputy director, before being appointed Head of the Sales and Marketing Department of the company ETA in Granges in 1978. In the autumn of 1993 he took over the presidency of the FH.

Swatch Group Investigation against ETA

The Swiss Competition Commission COMCO informed today on their website that an investigation against ETA Manufacture Horlogère SA has been opened. It is not the first time that the COMCO investigates against a company of the Swatch Group. The Swatch Group is confident that the results of this investigation will again be positive for ETA.

Sentenced to Four Years Head Accountant at ETA guilty of fraud

The District Court of Solothurn-Lebern sentenced the former Head Accountant at the ETA watch factory in Grenchen to a term of imprisonment of four years for business fraud and money laundering. In addition she was ordered to pay back the embezzled 4,765,000 Swiss francs plus 5% interest, as well as the court costs, District Court reporter Kurt Schärer explained.