DEPA movements is an indepedent company specialized in assembling 100% Swiss made mechanical automatic watch movements and watches. Well aware of the technology changes in a competitive market, DEPA movements decided in 2007 to develop and produce their own mechanical movements.
Over the years DEPA provided mechanical movements to the mid-range as well as top-of-the-end markets and watch brands. With the successfull introduction of the 3/4 platine movement DEPA 97.000 and DEPA 98.000 series. DEPA movements has kept on developing and further calibers have been introduced in the market.
The introduction of new complications on the DEPA 97.000 and DEPA 98.000 movements, has brought us multiple luxury brands that reinforced our market position and presence.
DEPA Movements is located in Porrentruy Switzerland. There you will find within a single location our complete production, test- and design environment, but also in the perfectly legitimate title of "Manufacture"
DEPA Offers Two Ranges of Swiss Movements
Premium Movements, are 100% Swiss made, 100% Swiss movements parts, including Swiss made certificate. 
Economy Movements, Swiss made movements, with Far East made Parts, including Swiss made certificate.
Economy Movements
Our movements are based on a Chinese caliber we have chosen after exhausting testing for more than 4 years with very hard labor. With our liaison person based in China, trained in our factory in Ticino (Switzerland). He´s supervising the control of every execution of this specific complex job, fallowing every step of our manufacturing delicate guide line process exclusively for us. Our based main plate is also outsourced to a small company in China that is collaborating with us on this project. We supervise our entire manufacturing cycle directly with our Chinese partner and staff, so that the components meet the maximum necessary requirements of accuracy.
Special care is put in control of the movement hairspring, clearances, roundness and centering of the wheels. At our facility in Switzerland, the components are further inspected one by one before assembly and then finished with other parts of our own production. Additional components are outsourced to other Swiss companies in Switzerland on our behalf.
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