Why are some watch companies called a “manufacture?”

As simple as that sounds, there are very few companies that actually do this. Partly, it is because there are so many diverse parts of a watch. The case, movement, dial, hands, crystal, jewelry work, and strap or bracelet are all very different things to manufacture. Not only that, for small watch companies, the cost of research and development of all of their own parts would simply cost too much, versus the other options. The other options, for example, are to buy an ebauche from a movement company, and personalize it. The ebauche is a movement blank, a basic movement design that is delivered as a set of parts that includes the plates, gear train, winding mechanism, and regulator, but does not include the timing system, mainspring, or escapement. Watch companies can use the ebauche to build their own movements, and build legitimately good watches. Great companies, from Rolex, to Cartier, to Breitling have done this for decades.bekijk meer Replica horloges Zwitserse en Rolex Explorer