S.A.?
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CardShark

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4,249 posts

203 months

Thursday 20th January 2011
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Was talking to a friend of mine last night about watches and he asked me what the S.A. bit meant that sometimes seen after a watch model's name/model type. Now I've seen S.A. a few times but I can't seem to find an example right now (how typical hehe), my initial guess was Swiss Automatic but, like I said, this was just a guess.
Any ideas? Is this a dumb question rolleyeslaugh?

ross-456

168 posts

231 months

Thursday 20th January 2011
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Stuart, is the S.A. you're referring to after the company/brand name? If so (and particularly if the brand is Swiss) then it's just a way of saying that it's a Limited (Ltd) company.

e.g Rolex S.A.

Alternatively you could be talking about something completely different, in whcih case I'll get my coat...

CardShark

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4,249 posts

203 months

Thursday 20th January 2011
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Thanks chaps!

Yes, I was referring to the S.A. being after the name of the watch as in the example you've given though I couldn't remember if I'd seen it after the model name eg Milguass or the brand name eg Rolex, now it all makes sence beer

Nemisis - I hope that you got all that from a well known internet search engine rather than knowing it all in such detail already wink