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jetkins
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Feb 2, 2017
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Too rich for me at this time, but I'm curious about the strap material and method of attachment. Can anyone enlighten me?
WOScope
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Feb 2, 2017
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jetkinsAt $999 it's not a bad price for a COSC watch considering the cost of certification. The strap material is rubberized very similar to the Omega Seamaster straps. Instead of being pinned like the Seamaster these straps are secured by a piece of metal and 2 screws on each side. You can see the attachment in picture of the watch back.
Gary_S
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Feb 4, 2017
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WOScopeDoesn't cost too much to get COSC certification - 30CHF
http://www.watchonista.com/2914/watchonista-blog/news/controle-officiel-suisse-des-chronometres-cosc
http://www.watchonista.com/2914/watchonista-blog/news/controle-officiel-suisse-des-chronometres-cosc
WOScope
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Feb 4, 2017
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Gary_STechnically you're your right, it's like saying it doesn't cost much to get your car checked for air quality (of course that assumes that your car is in a condition where you know it's going to pass). However there are hard costs and soft costs involved with certification.
The hard costs are pretty easy to define, there's the actual cost to have the certify the movements, the shipping to and from etc.
The soft costs are where the expense is often incurred. To have a movement that will meet COSC standards it's going to start life as something better than a standard grade. COSC is -4/+6, if you look for instance at a ETA 2824/ETA 2892/Valjoux 7750 it's their higher grades that meet this number, interestingly enough called their "chronometer grade". Plus the movement needs to be serial numbered as well.
So while the actual hard cost of certification might be minimal, the process that gets that movement ready to be certified is not insubstantial. So for a COSC watch, again this isn't a bad price considering the costs that go into get it certified.
The hard costs are pretty easy to define, there's the actual cost to have the certify the movements, the shipping to and from etc.
The soft costs are where the expense is often incurred. To have a movement that will meet COSC standards it's going to start life as something better than a standard grade. COSC is -4/+6, if you look for instance at a ETA 2824/ETA 2892/Valjoux 7750 it's their higher grades that meet this number, interestingly enough called their "chronometer grade". Plus the movement needs to be serial numbered as well.
So while the actual hard cost of certification might be minimal, the process that gets that movement ready to be certified is not insubstantial. So for a COSC watch, again this isn't a bad price considering the costs that go into get it certified.
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