The motorist of time
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse has occupied a unique position in the watchmaking industry since 1793. Drawing inspiration from an unparalleled technical, industrial and human heritage, it has shaped its expertise (handed down over decades) to build the future.
Today, ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse uses this unique expertise as a foundation for the ongoing development of new industrialisation technologies to create Swiss Made quartz and mechanical movements.
Its production sites, located in the foothills of Jura and the Swiss cantons of Valais and Ticino, combine the company’s full expertise in the production and assembly of movements and watches which are considered global benchmarks for their reliability and performance.
Where we are
Grenchen
W01
Schild-Rust-Strasse 17
CH-2540 Grenchen
W02
Mühlestrasse 14
CH-2540 Grenchen
W04
CH-2540 Grenchen
W06
Customer Service
Customer Training Center
Bahnhofstrasse 9
CH-2540 Grenchen
W08
Schmelzistrasse 16
CH-2540 Grenchen
W18
Niklaus Wengistrasse 65
2540 Grenchen
Bettlach
W05
Dorfstrasse 2
CH-2544 Bettlach
Moutier
W15
90, rue de la Paix
CH-2740 Moutier
W16
17, rue des Fleurs
CH-2740 Moutier
Boncourt
W35
Rue du Temps 8
CH-2926 Boncourt
Fontainemelon
W20
Avenue Robert 13
CH-2052 Fontainemelon
St. Imier
W09
Bâtiment Les Longines
CH-2610 St-Imier
Villeret
W37
Rue du Brue 09
2613 Villeret
Sion
W25
Rue de la Piscine 20
CH-1950 Sion
Assemti, Riazzino
W52
Via Campagna 23
CH-6595 Riazzino
Diantus, Mendrisio
W51
via Angelo Maspoli 2
CH-6850 Mendrisio
History
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse develops and produces quartz, mechanical and Swatch watch movements. The company’s headquarters are in Grenchen (Solothurn). ETA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse is the motorist of time at the heart of the Swatch Group www.swatchgroup.com
Before becoming a single undertaking in 1985, the ETA SA brand consisted of a number of ébauche factories across the whole of the Swiss Jura arc grouped together under the name Ebauches SA. This plurality allowed Ebauches SA to offer a wide range of products, as each affiliated company specialised in a particular niche (simple watches for men, chronographs, small watches for women etc.).
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