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So I posted what I found about them to present something new.
I'm not specially hooked on them design of the "soft case" but the 44mm "strong" looks better to me.
As you say Chris: One should ask and know about if this bronze is brass before any purchase.
I hope we can find out soon.
For the WR, it's clear that the 100m is not specially what we have in mind with the name "Jules Verne" but I guess that they just made a reference on the ancient porthole look there.
100m WR will content the normal user: Those watches never profiled them self as "adventurer's companion" either.
Oscar: Yes they look like the Seagulls but they are somehow not.
As told in my description:
Valanvron is a new Swiss company( est.2010) who produces clones from ETA as Sellita.
Them seem to use blank parts from Seagull(Chinese) ETA clones which are finished and assembled along with them own parts in Switzerland.
Making those movement "Swiss Made" by the actual laws.
http://valanvron.com/index.html
It is a way for Valanvron to cut on the production price.
I also personally suspected that ETA was doing it somehow since the low cost of them movements is not so representative of the high wages in Switzerland. But who knows: It's just speculation.