ETA Valjoux 7750 Swiss Automatic Chronograph Movement

ETA Valjoux 7750 Automatic Chronograph Movement

ETA Valjoux 7750 Automatic Chronograph Movement

For those of you well-versed in watch movements this isn’t going to be a surprise, but to those who are not familiar with watch movements, this will be a learning experience.

Most of us that buy and collect watches have heard of the ETA Valjoux 7750 movement. The movement was designed in 1974 and in its present-day iteration comes as a 25-Jewel, 28,800 vph chronograph.

The Valjoux is without question one of the most commonly used movements in modern Swiss timepieces. It seems like nearly every automatic chronograph in existence not using an in-house movement has a Valjoux 7750. The Valjoux 7750 is by far the most common Swiss-made chronograph movement in production, with the ETA 2894-2 in second place (featuring a 37 Jewel movement). The ETA 2894-2 is different in that it uses a base 2892-2 featuring a chronograph module attached to it. The Valjoux 7750 is all Chronograph, however, and utilizes no extras to deliver the ultimate in reliability and affordability.

The interesting thing about the Valjoux 7750 movement is that the watches utilizing the 7750 are priced anywhere from $500 to $12,000 and beyond. I feel sorry for people paying top dollar for a movement one could get for $500, even if it is dressed up in a case with a premium name on the face.