Native name | ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse |
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Company type | Private (subsidiary of The Swatch Group Ltd.) |
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Predecessor | Ebauches SA |
Founded | Grenchen, Switzerland 1856 |
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Headquarters | , Switzerland |
Key people | Damiano Casafina, CEO |
Products | ETA 2824-2 movement Valjoux 7750 movement and ETA 2892 movement Powermatic 80 |
Parent | The Swatch Group Ltd. |
Website | eta |
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse (ETA SA Swiss Watch Manufacturer) designs and manufactures quartz watches and both hand-wound and automatic-winding mechanical ébauches and movements. Commonly referred to as ETA, the company is headquartered in Grenchen, Switzerland, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Swatch Group.
Though ETA was founded by Eterna in 1856 some part of its production line can be traced back to the 1793 founding of Fabriques d’Horlogerie de Fontainemelon (FHF) by David Benguerel, Isaac Benguerel, François Humbert-Droz and Julien Humbert-Droz.
Through a series of mergers, ETA has become the largest manufacturer of Swiss watch movements and controls a virtual monopoly over their production and supply. ETA has undergone several Swiss government investigations due to its market position. To resolve the concerns of Swiss government regulators, ETA has entered into an agreement that governs certain business practices.[citation needed]