ETA / SWATCH PATENT RECORD
CH 638 073: What does ETA have to do with Swatch?
CH 638 073 is an ETA patent record associated with the technical foundations of the early Swatch concept.
Patent record
CH638073B
Control mechanism for watch with analogue display
- Original assignee
- Ebauchesfabrik ETA AG
- Application
- CH127981A
- Filed
- 26 February 1981
- Inventors
- Jean-Claude Schaffner · Jacques Mueller
ETA
The movement maker
ETA develops and produces Swiss mechanical, quartz and Swatch movements. It is a Swatch Group company today.
ETA company history Timeline
1981
ETA-related company files CH 638 073 in Switzerland.
1983
The first Swatch is introduced with ETA-managed production.
Today
ETA remains part of Swatch Group and develops Swatch movements.
The precise wording is important: Swatch did not file this 1981 record as a brand, because the Swatch brand was introduced later. The patent was filed by Ebauchesfabrik ETA AG and later became associated with the early Swatch technology story.