- Posts
- 1,695
- Likes
- 3,467
TimeODanaos
路I like this! ^ 馃憤
18kt? Do you happen to know date and movement ref. please?
18kt? Do you happen to know date and movement ref. please?
Eterna Matic
- Posts
- 754
- Likes
- 2,697
Mafkees
路
Case ref. says 1960. Movement caliber unknown to me.
- Posts
- 532
- Likes
- 2,493
joeshoup
路Does anyone have a ladies Kontiki (20) or other high end Eterna laying around, gathering dust? I'm looking for a Christmas present, so PM me please 馃榾
The wife has a Kontiki 10... But she gives it a lot of wrist time (even if she never sets the date). And of course it is April 馃槑
Really a cool design, I love the dramatic angles on the side of the case.
- Posts
- 754
- Likes
- 2,697
Mafkees
路The wife has a Kontiki 10... But she gives it a lot of wrist time (even if she never sets the date). And of course it is April 馃槑
Really a cool design, I love the dramatic angles on the side of the case.
- Posts
- 754
- Likes
- 2,697
Mafkees
路Remarkable 'c case' example with Schild logo and 6 o'clock date.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Eterna-MAT...2-/384872763989?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Eterna-MAT...2-/384872763989?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276
This website may earn commission from Ebay sales.
- Posts
- 1,002
- Likes
- 5,883
Dr.Sascha
路Black Eterna magic . . .
Edited:
- Posts
- 754
- Likes
- 2,697
- Posts
- 2,167
- Likes
- 15,467
- Posts
- 754
- Likes
- 2,697
- Posts
- 1,695
- Likes
- 3,467
- Posts
- 27
- Likes
- 9
redhed18
路Gentlemen, those lugs are the bombe!
"ba dum dum, pssh..."
"ba dum dum, pssh..."
- Posts
- 2,167
- Likes
- 15,467
hejsam
路That's hot! What's up with 'non-matic', and what's the serial range of them?
Here's my 472x (1962) yes-matic, that I've shared before of course. The case is as sharp as yours. What a shape huh.
This one is a 488' serial and the manual non-matic without date I sold here last year had a 500' serial number:
And yes the case on this one is even better than the recent one, probably sharpest shapes I've seen on these:
- Posts
- 754
- Likes
- 2,697
Mafkees
路I actually don't know I did first believe the manual non-matic was the earliest kontikis but that is clearly not correct since most of them seems to appear 1963-1965.
This one is a 488' serial and the manual non-matic without date I sold here last year had a 500' serial number:
And yes the case on this one is even better than the recent one, probably sharpest shapes I've seen on these:
I see there are some readily available through the regular channels, and apparently they come relatively cheap. Did both of your examples feature crowns without the 5 ball logo?
- Posts
- 2,167
- Likes
- 15,467
hejsam
路Thanks, that's some food for thought!
I see there are some readily available through the regular channels, and apparently they come relatively cheap. Did both of your examples feature crowns without the 5 ball logo?
- Posts
- 2,167
- Likes
- 15,467
hejsam
路Something I just noticed is that the non-date (from around -65) did have T swiss T dial while the date (from around 1963) have swiss only dial.
So I guess Eterna did start to mark their dials with T's somewhere in the 63-65 area?
So I guess Eterna did start to mark their dials with T's somewhere in the 63-65 area?
- Posts
- 963
- Likes
- 1,250
sleepyastronaut
路Something I just noticed is that the non-date (from around -65) did have T swiss T dial while the date (from around 1963) have swiss only dial.
So I guess Eterna did start to mark their dials with T's somewhere in the 63-65 area?
According to https://www.watchbooksonly.com/articles/watch-reviews/speedmasters-dials/
"The T indication only appeared in 1964 following a Swiss interior ministry ruling from October 1963 on radiation from luminous watch dials. It required indication of the presence of radioactive substances and set forth a table of radiation limits, which came into force on January 1, 1964.
[...]
From July 1, 1964 manufacturers were only allowed to sell watches complying with the regulations governing the indication of tritium on the dial."
- Posts
- 163
- Likes
- 541
Mooieklokjes
路That's hot! What's up with 'non-matic', and what's the serial range of them?
Here's my 472x (1962) yes-matic, that I've shared before of course. The case is as sharp as yours. What a shape huh.
Great pieces guys! I believe non-Matics are the handwound Kontikis.
- Posts
- 754
- Likes
- 2,697
Mafkees
路Yes both had the unsigned crown and blank caseback, but 5-ball logo in the crystal!
Great pieces guys! I believe non-Matics are the handwound Kontikis.
- Posts
- 2,167
- Likes
- 15,467
- Posts
- 1,002
- Likes
- 5,883
Dr.Sascha
路Does anyone know what the period-correct crown is for the Kontiki first execution, and from whence (if anywhere) they can be sourced?
Similar threads
- Posts
- 12
- Views
- 4K
