KMII shares his Eterna Sevenday Fastbeat, celebrating its high-frequency movement, distinctive case design, and charming Italian day disc. His post highlights the unique appeal of vintage watches, particularly those with quirky features and a strong sense of character. This piece invites readers to appreciate the often-overlooked details that make vintage timepieces so special.
Returning from holidays is a great way to reconnect with watches you havenβt taken with. And as another watch from the Fastbeat list (here:
www.watchprosite.com
for potential candidates) is inbound, I figured the time came for the Eterna Sevenday Fastbeat to get some wrist time.
In addition to the 36.000VpH movement that I generally have a weak spot for, the funky - era appropriate - case design and some of the grooviest hour markers known to vintage watchmaking, it has one more endearing feature. An Italian day disc.
The watch is a day / date (hence Sevenday) with a semi quickset date. Namely the date is but the day isnβt. Not as tragic as it sounds, as in spite of a relatively compact crown, which is fully recessed into the case in the zero position, one can very easily go through a whole week when setting it. And thereby cycle through the Italian day names, which all just sound so much nicer than their German or English equivalents
I guess non-English date wheels are rarer today than 50 years ago - so another fun aspect of vintage watches
The next Fastbeat has no day complication but a much more elaborate movement, a less dramatic case but a much more interesting dial... Looking forward to adding my fifth Fastbeat soon
Have a great week!
