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CaptainBackfat
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Jun 30, 2016
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One of the best quartz watches you can buy for the money. All the Victorinox watches are built to a level of quality far above their price point and most have a sapphire crystal. However, the ETA G10.211 movement in this model has a dicey track record; so beware - this watch only comes with a 1-year Massdrop warranty instead of the 3-year Victorinox factory warranty.
Jun 30, 2016
lobster
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Jul 1, 2016
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CaptainBackfatI did research for the last few days on the ETA G10.211 since I think its in the watch I'm wearing now. It looks like there are a few failures mentioned on watch forums of chrono hands getting stuck an not functioning, but it's only about 5 people in all the posts I read through who actually report the movement stopped. Seeing how ubiquitous this movement is across the entire swatch line, it must be in hundreds of thousands of watches, so if there was a consistent failure with the design, I imagine more reports would be surfacing. Most of the other complaints I came across were regarding the fact that the movement is riveted together and not capable of being disassembled and thus not serviceable. People were complaining expensive watches in the almost thousand dollar range were putting this movement in the case and they wanted the movement to be serviceable should something break, and or they wanted the movement to be serviceable like a mechanical movement in case they pass the watch down to their children.
Jul 1, 2016
CaptainBackfat
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Jul 1, 2016
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lobsterI'm not sure where you've done your research, but there are hundreds of posts on the forums I use about how to replace their dead G10.211 movement. I have replaced 5 of these movements in less than a year in 5 different brands of watches because they went belly up. Naturally, you'll find more issues since this movement is used in MANY watches. In fact, I would say it's one of the most common quartz chrono movements out there currently. I do see lots of issues with these movements dying completely, and the movement costs about $65 for a replacement. Add on the cost of a watchmaker to replace it and you've eclipsed the value of the watch. Just giving fair warning. You'll find far less failures in Seiko and Miyota quartz chronograph movements.
Jul 1, 2016
lobster
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Jul 1, 2016
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CaptainBackfatI'm using watchuseek for most of my info. There might be hundreds of replies in total to the 9 or 10 threads on the subject, but of those replies, the number of people who actually said they have a failure was small. about three threads are on the subject of replacing the G10.211 and this is usually for a Tissot PR200 or PR50 for some reason. If you had to replace 5 of these movements in one year I can see why you would warn people. Are you a watch maker or repair specialist doing this for other people or were these all your watches? If it's the latter, then there is a serious problem.
Jul 1, 2016
CaptainBackfat
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Jul 3, 2016
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lobsterI am a collector and do lots of restoration and repair projects. Two of the five replacements were for co-workers, two were for family/friends, and one was for a WUS forum member. One was a Victorinox, one was a Wenger, two Invictas, and a Tissot. I'm also currently replacing the G10.711 from a new Charmex that was a DOA. Sucks these G10.xxx movements can't be serviced.
Jul 3, 2016
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