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Introduction
Quality Rules
Ebel has always cultivated quality as a corporate philosophy. Upholding uncom-
promisingly high standards in this respect, worthy of the Swiss Made label, it
applies the highest prevailing norms within the watch industry. Ebel focuses resolu-
tely on making customer satisfaction its chief priority, an overriding concern for
quality that is one of the main characteristics recurrent throughout its different
lines.
This unswerving determination is backed by a number of significant technical
means and procedures, such as the use of tried, tested and patented systems like
the one that guarantees the water-resistance of its winding crowns, even within
the limited volume provided by certain ladies' models. Ebel displays relentless
insistence on even the smallest details in order to maintain the level of quality it
has set for itself. Thus, for example, in a watch crystal such as on the Tarawa line,
the tiniest inclusion or air bubble might be prejudicial to the product reliability and
impair the owner's pleasure.
Ebel products demand the best components and the noblest materials, typified
by the quality of the diamonds used (IF to VVS1), the excellent grade of mother-
of-pearl for the dials, or the full grain and hand-sewn alligator leather straps. The
expert gem-setting specialists calculate the orientation of the diamond tables so
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