I ran across this, listed at $350, and thought it was quite a sweet watch with the Eterna 1158H movement 'recently serviced' . I was tempted to nab it as my first Eterna, but thought best to ask the crew first... @ulackfocus @Northernman @citizenrich :
Wondering, I suppose the watches from the 40's, like this one, were mostly 'hand-painted'? If so, then lettering is never 'perfect', right? I can see though, that this one has lettering that is much too far off to be considered original; 'AU' of automatic, the five marker, yadda, yadda...
Got an example? Dress, as in baton indices, maybe? (still trying to push Dennis further over the edge)
You just missed a beautiful 18k dress on ebay. I lost to another bidder and was left wondering what his / her top price was. This watch had a single issue which didn't bother me at all. There was ding in the original dial which generally disqualifies a watch from any serious collector. Even though I probably have 100++ watches, I never kid myself that I'm a collector. That requires a certain discipline which I sorely lack and I'm not even sure that's a bad thing lol I couldn't tell if the crown was original (Eterna always uses their 5 ball bearing trademark, always). Not a big deal if it was a replacement - they're easy to source. The pics are a little overexposed...usually a red flag, right? This watch was a total score for 500 bucks - I regret not putting down a higher bid. This is a thousand dollar watch , all day long, even with serious collector disqualifying dent... 151628606048
-- Hello, recently joined. Owner of that website is also a seller of watches, is he reliable? Any good? Thanks, Tristan
I bought a watch from him about a year ago. Peter is a nice person to deal with, all his watches are serviced and mine was in a excellent mint condition. If I remember well, payment are only via bank wire
Let's make it happen then. It's the watch on the rigth hand side http://eterna-fanatic.com/pages/bakery/eterna.matic-1967-113.php