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Brand: | Soprod | 
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| Height: | 5.10 mm | ||
| Jewels: | 31 | ||
| Reserve: | 42 hours | ||
| Frequency: | 28800 A/h | ||
| Winding: | Automatic, Bi-Directional Automatic Winding, Central Rotor Automatic Winding | ||
| Diameter: | 25.60 mm (11.5 ligne) | ||
| Complications: | 24 Hour Hand, Date, Independently-Adjustable 24 Hour Hand, Modular, Power Reserve Indicator, Quick Date Correction | ||
| Hands: | 24 Hour Hand at 6:00, Central Hour Hand, Central Minute Hand, Central Seconds Hand, Date Window at 3:00, Power Reserve Pointer at 12:00 | ||
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 Central-Rotor Automatic |
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Sprod Cal. C115 is a modular automatic movement with small seconds, power reserve indicator, and date. It combines a module, likely made by Dubois Depraz, with Soprod’s A10-2 or M100 base. Cal. C115 was formerly known as Calibre SOP 9335/A10-2.
Soprod A10 Family History
Seiko Instruments first designed their Cal. 4L family to create an ETA 2892A2 competitor for the Swiss OEM market. It appears that it was not intended for use in Seiko products initially.
Soprod announced their Swiss Made version, “Alternance 10” or “A-10”, in 2004 and began offering it to Swiss watch makers. The company was not explicit about the design source of the movement. In 2007, Soprod was acquired by Peace Mark of Hong Kong for the company’s quartz movement operations in China, and the Swiss mechanical operations were sold to Festina Group the following year. Seiko introduced their own 4L25-powered Brightz and Credor models, though the 4L family remained rare and was retired after 2013. Soprod continued to produce the A-10 as well as many modules in partnership with Dubois-Depràz.
Soprod redesigned the movement and announced the updated and renamed Cal. A10-2 in 2012. At this time the company also reworked and renamed the module series to differentiate their products from the simpler offerings of the competition. The A10-2 was renamed Soprod M100 in 2016, along with another refresh of the modular offerings.
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