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Justinsyndicate · 5 September 2012, 11:54 AM

The 2500 is an ETA 2892 with the co-axial escapement added. The 8500 is fully in-house as I understand it. As Dsio pointed out, the 8500 itself is only 5.5mm thick and thus is my vote, $6k worth of it actually:

5 September 2012, 11:54 AM	#51
Justinsyndicate Banned Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 60	The 2500 is an ETA 2892 with the co-axial escapement added. The 8500 is fully in-house as I understand it. As Dsio pointed out, the 8500 itself is only 5.5mm thick and thus is my vote, $6k worth of it actually: