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Originally Posted by mact3333
Alot of bad vibes going on about Panerai when someone took apart their exclusive Panerai and found a mediocre ETA or Valjoux movement inside of it.
The high end watch companies make their own movements.
That is why Jaeger LeCoultre has such a following cause many of the major watch companies used to get their movements from JLC.
Breitling just started making their own movements for their high end watches recently.
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Panerai only recently started making movements in-house and those have not found their way into all of their currently available models. This isn't anything new, and it's not uncommon for most "high-end" watch companies. Saying "The high end watch companies make their own movements.", is an exaggeration and generally not the case. That said the example you gave above about the bad vibes, is true, well to a point. The model in question was a limited model and when it was opened, there was in-fact an ETA movement inside. However the ETA movement wasn't the issue as it was the expected movement, what caused the riff was that Panerai typically pretties up the movement e.g. engraving, design, special screws etc. and in this case it was plain out of the box movement. The watch wasn't an exhibition back so one could argue what's the difference, but I understand the frustration.. You can read all about it on paneristi.
Truth is until your in the neighborhood with Vacheron Constantin, Patek Philipe, boutique two plus axis tourbillons and the likes you're not really talking high end, so the argument about JLC, Breitling, Rolex, IWC, Panerai, etc about being high-end is pretty moot.