Q&A with Sellita in Switzerland

Q&A with Sellita in Switzerland | Chrono24 Visits

Рет қаралды 45,469

Күн бұрын

Together with ETA, Sellita is the most important and well-known watch movement manufacturer. Popular watch brands like TAG Heuer, Sinn, and Oris trust in these movements designed and produced in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Chrono24 was lucky enough to interview Dr. Sébastien Chaulmontet, Sellita’s head of innovation and marketing, and ask him the questions YOU shared on our social media and KZfaq channels. Find out what Sébastien Chaulmontet has to say about whether Sellita movements are as good as those from ETA, and whether the movement makers copy one another. The chronograph enthusiast, who owns more than 1,000 watches himself, also describes Sellita’s newest innovations and challenges in the watch world.
Music: www.epidemicsound.com
Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel here: / @chrono24official
Chrono24 Website: www.chrono24.com
Facebook: / chrono24
Instagram: / chrono24
Twitter: / chrono24
Pinterest: / chrono24
iPhone App: itunes.apple.com/us/app/chron...
Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Want to learn more? Sign up for our newsletter here: www.chrono24.com/newsletter/s...
#chrono24 #sellita #switzerland
00:00 Intro
00:40 What's new at Sellita?
01:56 Question 1
03:20 Question 2
06:38 Question 3
09:29 Question 4
12:32 Question 5
16:46 Question 6
18:00 Question 7
19:19 Question 8
21:10 Question 9
23:03 Question 10
24:07 Question 11
25:16 Question 12
26:08 Question 13
26:25 Question 14
28:03 Question 15
32:39 Outro

Пікірлер: 132

@Fischi4711 Жыл бұрын

This was one of the best interviews I recently watched. I find it always refreshing, to hear industry insights from somebody knowledgeable without bullshit bingo marketing stories.

@thereissomecoolstuff Жыл бұрын

This is a remarkable interview. Every question answered expertly and transparently...very impressed.

@joshuaychung Жыл бұрын

And calmly, I might add. There was a question about whether Selita 200 will be "fixed" to be more like 2824-2 (which is already an old movement). He began with, well, we fixed that 12 years ago, but he went on to answer it anyways.

@airbhidhmacpharlain 3 ай бұрын

I am an avid outdoorsman, and very tough on wrist watches. While I've been pleased with quartz field watches from several brands, every one of them stopped when, unpredictably their batteries died 'exactly' when I was reliant on them; so, I thought I would try one with an automatic movement and purchased a $1,200 Seiko diver - attractive and robust, 6R35 movement good for seventy hours . . . but miserably inaccurate losing thirty seconds daily. I returned it to Seiko for regulating three different times, with no improvment. Next, I purchased a Marathon MSAR with their proprietary version of the Sellita 200-1 movement, and not only has that movement proven robust and reliable, it only loses one to two seconds daily on average. I couldn't be happier with my purchase. Thank you Sellita (and of course, Marathon) for a wonderful product, and outstanding value for money spent!

@theaussiewhinger Жыл бұрын

Great interview and interviewee. I think a lot of people don't really understand Sellita. They really are not just an ETA clone manufacturer. I hope that the new and exciting movements Dr Sebastien spoke about will become more widely available in brands like Tag Heuer, Oris etc.

@Chrono24Official Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@JimmieJohn 9 ай бұрын

This dude is full of shiii

@JJ-fb1pw Жыл бұрын

Great interview, someone who knows their stuff and is not just from a marketing team. Good job Chrono24.

@larryc Жыл бұрын

I like the update to the sw330. Really enjoy the 56 hour power reserve without sacrificing the 4HZ beat rate! I also agree with him about the quick set date being more useful than a jumping hour hand in day-to-day life for most people.

@donaldneo4317 Жыл бұрын

The bread and butter SW200 need a PR upgrade too! 38hrs is terrible in today's standard.

@chriscon8463 Жыл бұрын

I’m not transiting time zones frequently, but it’s useful for me to know what time it is in another time zone. An “office GMT” is fine for what I need! I suspect this is the case for half the GMT watch crowd.

@baze3SC Жыл бұрын

@@chriscon8463 Yep, plenty of people need to sync with colleagues in a different time zone nowadays. Although a rotating bezel with twelve hour marks on it is sufficient for that purpose. To be absolutely honest though I could do without either cause I just remember the time difference.

@duc996desmo Ай бұрын

@@donaldneo4317 did't you saw him say its 42/43 hours now?

@vdbdg Жыл бұрын

Excellent video that sets the record straight on many misconceptions perpetuated by forum cowboys

@lamaludwig1470 Жыл бұрын

well said 🙂

@flemmingsorensen5470 Жыл бұрын

Spot on 👍👍👍👍👍

@superfast30 Жыл бұрын

By far the most informative watch related video Ive seen in years. Thank you so much for this!

@flemmingsorensen5470 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic !!! Great interview - and what a fantastic company. This gentleman is very open in regards to the technical topics, and equally so on the business topics. Very impressive indeed. I was a Sellita fan before, and now even more so!🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭

@Chrono24Official Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure! Don't forget to subscribe to our channel to stay tuned! :)

@milanchristi7939 Жыл бұрын

Great interview with great answers. I'm a big Sellita fan. Bang for buck!!

@watchreviews4k Жыл бұрын

Interesting content. Keep up the good work on your channel. Regards, WR4K.

@juniorjohnson5961 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad he spoke about Silicon hairspring a lot of people believe it's better he explains why it's not 👍

@Tribalius Жыл бұрын

Amen!

@auang Жыл бұрын

As a child, I played with the metal waste from the factory in the backyard of the Certina in Grenchen. all these watch small parts have fired my imagination. i have been wearing a certina ds for 40 years.

@Chrono24Official Жыл бұрын

Love this!

@piotrszmidel Жыл бұрын

Good job,great interview👍Would be nice to see Soprod,Ronda and La Joux-Perret too someday.

@Chrono24Official Жыл бұрын

Let's see what we can do about that 🙂

@mitchmitchell9588 Жыл бұрын

La Joux-Perret please. Citizen is slowly moving then into a very competitive position.

@MartlRS Жыл бұрын

And they have quite a interesting history.😅

@gackerman99 2 ай бұрын

man this guy knows his stuff. awesome.

@demetrioskosmas9695 Жыл бұрын

Great movements, real workhorses.

@Roddy1965 9 ай бұрын

Openess and transparency, best marketing tool ever. Fantastic interview and much better understand the industry and Sellita.

@alexscharoff5028 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this fantastic interview! It nice to hear that they are open to supply everybody with movements and spare parts!

@Csibu89 Жыл бұрын

Both Balázs and Sébastien have this tendency to be straight to the point, no BS, while still presenting incredible enthusiasm towards watchmaking, just without the sugarcoating. Great interview!

@Andrew-rc3vh Жыл бұрын

The whole concept of a mechanical watch in the 21st century is BS. A fool and their money...

@Csibu89 Жыл бұрын

@@Andrew-rc3vh i agree and i am still a fan of mechanical watches. It makes no sense from a rational standpoint, but i guess it is more an emotional thing.

@Andrew-rc3vh Жыл бұрын

@@Csibu89 De Beers made a fortune out of an emotional thing.

@looplop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Love these insights!

@Me-pz5by Жыл бұрын

Now I want to buy more watches with Sellita movement 🙂👍

@FrickedUp 6 ай бұрын

'dilutes the Swiss-ness" is my favourite quote from this video.

@Bhatakti_Hawas Жыл бұрын

Make a chronograph movement with column wheel and vertical clutch

@STEVEARABIA1 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know the history of Sellita and ETA. Great interview.

@Canteaus Жыл бұрын

Amazing interview! This guy was super transparent, knowledgeable, and really working hard to preserve & improve the swiss movement industry! bravo and looking forward to what sellita offers in the future!

@Chrono24Official Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@tiberiuvincze8288 Жыл бұрын

Hello, best interview and put Sellita in a new power position !

@ghengiskoan Жыл бұрын

Well done! Very informative despite viewer questions.

@stu632 Жыл бұрын

Excellent interview and Thomas knows his stuff.

@davidcrandall4958 Жыл бұрын

Great interview!Smart person talking to smart person! I would like more of this kind of content!

@karlh6700 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic,eye opening interview,thank you!

@andrewsamuel368 Жыл бұрын

Swiss Teddy Baldassarre?

@jolness1 Жыл бұрын

I much prefer the mobile hour hand, especially on a gmt. If I need to change the date, I can spin the hour hand around 2 times. Even if it’s been a couple weeks, it’s still quick.

@RaulTibe Жыл бұрын

A quality interview with some honest answers. Really liked it : )

@alexr.3919 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic interview, thank you very much

@baze3SC Жыл бұрын

Very informative and interesting! Thank you.

@watchmetwist Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@jeroennishikigoi1164 Жыл бұрын

Great episode!!!

@lemmontree1 Жыл бұрын

Very informative, thank you!

@mitchmitchell9588 Жыл бұрын

I would rather watch a technical and informative interview (like this) then am interview with an Internet “celebrity” about their watch choices and modeling gigs.

@adrianwright6311 Жыл бұрын

Great interview, very interesting to listen to. I also love Sebastian’s shirt, with a cutout for his watch. 😊

@josephmarucci3528 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@eucitizen78 Жыл бұрын

Interesting ,thank you 👍

@backcountrybrian9336 7 ай бұрын

Best quote from the entire video. "Don't go too far, otherwise you'll make a quartz watch..."

@gizmomac1520 Жыл бұрын

Good work!! 👏🙌 (Also, I love how the watch makers are wearing a smart watch while assembling the watch hahah)

@thereissomecoolstuff Жыл бұрын

Geez, right?...there would be a memo, especially when there are cameras on..

@mr.personal-ity Жыл бұрын

They aren't watchmakers though, they're just workers on an assembly line.

@davidcrandall4958 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@TheMrFishnDucks Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Keep up the good work.

@wulfgadebusch9586 Жыл бұрын

very interesting interview

@f_m_b_watch9182 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@ronelljones3327 Жыл бұрын

Just purchased a watch with selita sw200-1

@masterwatch 6 ай бұрын

very interesting, great video.

@johnjames77 Жыл бұрын

it is great to hear a Sellita does not want to compete with its customers like so many in the auto parts industry do. With the advent of the internet many companies bit the hand that built them and sold direct to retail customers.

@pennfootball71 Жыл бұрын

What movement caliber number will have a column wheel and flyback chrono ???

@massl Жыл бұрын

First world problem: Ways of how to set the date 🙈 Still a good interview. Very interesting! :)

@Tribalius Жыл бұрын

Hahahhaa 😂

@MasterOfWTF Жыл бұрын

Anyone know the the model number for the column wheel flyback Chronograph movement he mentioned? Can’t seem to find any info for it.

@EvanDempsey Жыл бұрын

I liike this guy. He's got moxy. I had an oudated view of Sellita and he changed it.

@dustingaddis2423 Жыл бұрын

Also, the question about making their own watches - both Seiko and Citizen are doing what they said "no one else is doing". Both sell movements to other brands and produce their own watches.

@inlandwatchreviews5745 5 ай бұрын

I am getting a watch with a Sellita SW-200-1. I was wondering about the problem with hand winding and the ratchet wheel teeth breaking.

@randombloke10 5 ай бұрын

I’ve had my SW220-1 for 8 years, I hand wind a fair bit more often as the watch is regularly second fiddle to my Apple Watches, the feel of the wind isn’t the greatest but it’s been perfectly reliable 🙂

@D4nielH Жыл бұрын

Next stop; ETA’s factory?

@matthewgates4130 8 ай бұрын

5:27 now I love my Islander Republic GMT even more...if u didn't get on boy u missed out!

@gusseisern1151 Жыл бұрын

Who is wachting this in 2023 ?

@JasonFerguson17t Жыл бұрын

This is 100% on the mark with the GMT function. I won’t buy a GMT if it doesn’t have a quickset date.

@dannysimenauer5745 Жыл бұрын

From an engineering/design point of view, what factors prevents Sellita from making movements that run for a full week? Or even run for a month? I know how a watch works, but I am curious to learn what factors prevent the movement from running significantly longer then 62 hours.

@Chrono24Official Жыл бұрын

A lot of it comes down to barrel capacity. Watches that can run for that long often have oversized barrels or multiple barrels (inside of rather large watch cases that would be too big for most people).

@gchi247 Жыл бұрын

The irony of the employees wearing apple watches 😂

@jodysilvia2 Жыл бұрын

I would be a customer for the jumping hour hand.

@cy9nvs 4 ай бұрын

They definitely didn't solve the issue with teeth breaking on the SW-220 with the .1 version, it's still happening, there are countless examples of that. Although, I think it isn't a big deal and probably mainly comes down to people winding it too quickly and with way too much force.

@notgoodyear7072 Жыл бұрын

Sellita, the swiss sweatshop.

@TalkingTimepieces Жыл бұрын

One thing he got very wrong was that you have to choose between "home time" (flying local hour hand) and quick-set date. The Tag Heuer Carrera 2 GMT has both, and it isn't the only one. Why didn't he know that, especially considering his position?

@TalkingTimepieces Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/epuPac53zdeXY2w.html

@torquey88 Жыл бұрын

From what I could make out from videos of it on the internet (yours included), that seems to behave just like a 2893, but with the hour hand and the GMT hand interchanged - in the sense that when in crown position 2, turning the crown in one direction changes the date and the opposite changes the hour hand (instead of the GMT), and only in one direction.

@TalkingTimepieces Жыл бұрын

@@torquey88 exactly. The local hour changes, and the date changes. It isn't the either-or thing he presents it as.

@chaulmontetsebastien2761 Жыл бұрын

Hello, The movement you are mentioning is not a full-fledged home time. A real home time display should be able to be set forward AND backward while simultaneously dragging the date in both directions (see Rolex and Omega). Because the home time indication needs both direction of the crown in position 1, the traditional date quick-setting gets lost. The movement you are mentioning doesn’t work as described and is something between a GMT and home time. The home time indication can only be adjusted forward on this particular movement. If you turn the crown backward it corrects the date only. So if you want to set back the time, you have to make two full turns forward (because of 12/24h) and then adjusted the date manually. So every time you want to set the time backwards you loose the right date and have to make several manipulations … it is not particularly practical and, to the best of my knowledge, the only movement to operate this way.

@TalkingTimepieces Жыл бұрын

@@chaulmontetsebastien2761 it has a flying local hour hand. You can try to parse it, but that is the fact. It only goes in one direction to allow a quickset date in the other. You can still set it to local time without hacking the movement.

@ivan_nagar Жыл бұрын

nice interview with Andrew Garfield

@MeestroDavid Жыл бұрын

"It's eternal . . . as long as you have spare parts"

@dustingaddis2423 Жыл бұрын

The teeth breaking issue has NOT been resolved over 10 years ago. I warrantied a watch earlier this year that had this problem.

@baze3SC Жыл бұрын

Are you sure it had SW200-1 and not SW200 stocked from an earlier batch? The movement type is engraved just under the balance wheel (if you have a see-through case).

@dustingaddis2423 Жыл бұрын

@@baze3SC Positive. It was in a Christopher Ward Sealander, and it felt gritty when winding it when it was brand new. It was my first 'swiss' movement so I wasn't sure if that feeling was normal or not. Once I sent it back and had it repaired it felt much smoother when winding. The problem may not be as common as it once was, but it's still very common. These movements are far less reliable than a cheap Seiko 4R series movements.

@baze3SC Жыл бұрын

@@dustingaddis2423 Interesting, good to know. I've never experienced it myself but it's something to be aware of.

@moes7862 Жыл бұрын

Sellita will make the " sonnerie " ?

@KnobCRICK Жыл бұрын

I didnt think Seth Green would operate a company like Sellita

@Adam-ut9nt Жыл бұрын

Ah...that's why Tissot change from silicium to nivachron. Good move before more and more people complaint on the silicium

@tomasinacovell4293 Жыл бұрын

Hopefully we'll get our silicon parts form Korea or China.

@Nefville Жыл бұрын

Good interview but I'm disappointed with the answer to the 2824-2 issue. It is still very much a problem, they must know about this. I have personally had 2 SW-200-2s with this issue both bought in the last 3 years. The 2824 movement design it seems to me is faulty, I was avoiding it but now I will avoid it like the plague. And its clones.

@micomrkaic Жыл бұрын

I disagree on true GMT. If they made an affordable true GMT I would buy it in a moment, probably more than one. However, the office GMT does nothing for me and whenever I see Sellita GMT, I immediately unplug. I'm sure I'm not alone in this.

@zipitar9018 7 ай бұрын

Seiko 24 and 26 jewels movement is better than sellita 26 jewels , and miyota 9 series better than any super expensive rolex movements

@larsthorwald3338 Жыл бұрын

Movement wish list: 100% accuracy everywhere in the world all the time with total autonomy and zero intervention required. ...oh wait. That's my Casio. hahaha

@Tribalius Жыл бұрын

Hahahhaa

@JayzBeerz 5 ай бұрын

I’ll take a Japanese movement over any Swiss movement any day.

@peasantrobot Жыл бұрын

I have an sw200-1 mechanism, I turn it by balancing it every night... it stopped working because of this - I guess that problematic gear lost her teeth and debris is blocking other gears . The worst mechanism, unworthy of "Switzerland" brand (am ordinary Japanese mechanism NH35A, has no problems turning it by hand). Invicta switched to using Ronda mechanisms.

@Enrico- Жыл бұрын

What? Not sure what you said but If you hand-wound your automatic watch everyday the teeth on ratchet wheel will break. You shouldn't do it. It's self-winding watch, get a manual watch if you want to wind it yourself.

@peasantrobot Жыл бұрын

@@Enrico- sorry man, it is both manual and automatic, as of its technical specifications. Anyway, if you read well, you'll see that I said that sw200-1 was wound by balancing it, mainly because I knew about its problems. Still, the wheel broke. Sellita admitted that it was a bad design.

@obiyahu8889 Жыл бұрын

@@peasantrobot Good enough that even Tudor and Breitling and Tag Huer use it.

@Marty004Cimb Жыл бұрын

I have Oris Aquis and Davosa Ternos, both with SW200-1 over 2 years and never had an issue with teeth breaking. And I manually wind them a few turns when they stop.

@JimmieJohn 9 ай бұрын

Should have asked him why you can’t hand wind the P.O.S. Known as the Sellita SW200-1

@zipitar9018 7 ай бұрын

Swiss made is gimmick now, no brass copper movements its steel movements cheap like Japanese chinese movements

@meow.avocadoandhishappylif3848 Жыл бұрын

The staff working on mechanical watch wear a iwatch, ridiculous?

@thereissomecoolstuff Жыл бұрын

Trump said it best "you're fired!"

@peterdegelaen Жыл бұрын

Do you think everyone working at Rolls Royce drives a Rolls Royce?

@thereissomecoolstuff Жыл бұрын

@@peterdegelaen they have a keychain at least. It's about appearance. If people notice and comment it's a negative. It is trivial but real. I'd fire them personally, I don't know the labor market there. In America we have 5 million more people here in the last 2 years so lots of non English speaking workers. It's actually 5.5 million.

@peterdegelaen Жыл бұрын

@@thereissomecoolstuff I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

@thereissomecoolstuff Жыл бұрын

@@peterdegelaen ditto....

@TheJessfletcher17 Жыл бұрын

The employee wearing the Apple watch should be fired

@sergeyyatskevitch3617 8 ай бұрын

Good interview, but the movements are not good. The one I got with my Oris Aquis is pretty shitty, actually. After about 3 years I got the dreaded “helicopter rotor”. In my collection, which is mostly TAG Heuer and Omega chronographs, it is the only Sellita-based watch, and it looks like it is the worst.