Any reliable chart to look up production year for Eternas? Was wondering what year this is from and if the lume is radium or tritium?
http://www.schild-eterna.de/tripletime.htm Scroll down and click on "Liste der Seriennummern von 1900 bis 1974"
I was wondering if you have been able to find anything post 1974. I for one have a late '70s model and I'm wondering what year it is exactly.
Sorry, but I have never tried to find any, as I have (essentially) never collected post '70s watches.
Alright, thanks. From 1970 onward there seem to be 100,000 increments in serial no. per year, but one can never be certain.
Thank you, should be a 1955 since serial starts with 394’. My gut feeling was late 50s and radium so that sounds correct
I have no evidence other than my own experience, but I think these cases were discontinued when the Centenaire was introduced. Therefore no watches younger than 1955 or some transitional models from 1956 should have them. Here's my old pair, sold off a whiiile ago: the black one is from 1955 and the other from 1952. I noticed the earlier one is a tad larger in diameter, in lugs size (chunkiness) and crown. They both took 18mm straps though. After the Centenaire, basic models typically had cases similar to this one, which are vastly inferior in build quality. These are seen more often than not with lugs all bent, or even detached. The earlier cases didn't suffer from that. Internet pic:
Just received this print ad, following yesterday strap that arrived... It is not a Matic per say but it is automatic though Thought I could cheat a bit. The watch is from a fellow OF member whom I won't thank enough It is really a nice time capsule I like wearing a lot.
Adding a few I belive I have not presented in this thread earlier. Not all of them are "EternaMatic's" but...