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well,
hello Erich.
i base this opinion, and it is most certainly just that, on my observations from collecting eterna for many years now. the company just didn't produce that many labeled chronometers. i can't help but think that it wasn't seriously thought of as a flagship of the sort that i think of when i ponder the word. there are marketing materials out there from eterna that claim they were "in the big three" of chronometer certifications during the golden age of teh 50s and 60s. one would have to assume this claim to also include their ebauche wing ETA.
if i were to compare eterna to omega, and i think the comparisons apt, i would say the models line up well, if not in far fewer numbers. for every 10 seamasters, you may have 1 kon tiki. i think the centenaire lines up well with the constellation. but again, one can find a nice constellation fairly quickly. it takes a little searching for a clean centenaire.
but again, these are all opinions. i welcome yours, if different!
in the meantime, have a chronometer!
ok what did you find to wear today....?
Hi everyone I actually had some time to "play" with a watch or two... Here is something I do not think I posted in at lest 10 years... a Pre 321 27 CHRO C12 in a first generation water proof screwback case. This is pre Speedmaster , pre Seamster ( or pret...
Ref. 2287
The first case reference to house the cal. 321 family of movements (then known as 27CHRO C12) in a screwback case. Hard to come by.
sadly, and please punish me, i only bought 1 Omega with me to Bims
and he has taken it to wear all week so i am reduced to wearing a modern ceramic Ocean7 and a 1973 Seiko monaco chrono. the Omega i have with me is my 751 seamaster chronometer. it may not be a 1964 omega, but i love it to bits. the first day/date family ...
I am in complete love...
with my Planet Ocean Titanium Liquid Metal... The watch keeps excellent time (+1 second a day) and is a complete delight see it at different angles and light, it changes and always in stunning. Best ...
It's an especially handsome member . . .
. . . of the Planet Ocean family, and represents good value, in my humble opinion. Congratulations, and thanks for sharing! Art ...
Thank you Art!!
Yes, as soon it arrives to my AD I get it inmediately. My very best regards, Armando
Some things never go out of style . . .
. . . like white shirts with blue jeans. Speedmasters are on that same list . . .
Since today Art & Bill
I was thinking about running down to the beach for a photo, but I looked in the hall closet for props first. We've got almost everything stashed in there ... Cheers, Cazalea ...
I always get a tingly...
I always get a tingly feeling when i see that dial Mike. So beautiful and so unusual for Omega. Have fun at the beach. G On 28 Mar 2013 00:41, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* cazalea (registered) on March 27th, 2013 - 16:4...
That Seamaster is indelibly tied . . .
. . . to you, Mike. I've never seen another like it.
I hadn't either, but lookie here
Look what just sold 10 days ago on the auction site we don't mention! Less than a price of a pool cue. ...
Not bad at all . . .
. . . and given my recent saturation with pool playing paraphernalia, I'd be more inclined now to part with marginal dollars on a similar Omega rather than yet another cue.
What a beautiful and unusual dial Cazalea!...
Never seen one like this before! I really love it! I guess not many were made with this dial, though you show one offered in some web site! Thanks for sharing! Best cordial regards, Abel.
Brand spanking new (to me)...
here's a teaser; hasn't left my wrist (other than sleeping) since its arrival yesterday ...
close...
and a good guess under the circumstances. As you almost certainly deduced from the dial, it is a 30T2ScRg. However, it is a Swiss case, but quite a rare reference, so your French case guess was understandable.
no...
that sounds like a rather modern reference (correct me if I'm wrong). This watch dates to 1945.
I would have also guessed...
Tony, I would have also guessed a ref 14159 from the tiny visible part of the lugs, but you have already given a "no" to Mike... It is none of the 23XX ref., I can not remember any other ref. from around that time which included a 30 T2 SC Rg with this pa...
Hi Erich...
thank you for your thoughts. That you are unaware of this reference surely underscores its rarity. It is, in fact, a 23xx reference, and yes, I do have an archive extract from Omega. I know of only one other example of this reference that is currently in ...
If the opportunity arises this weekend . . .
. . . could you share an image or two on the WristScan forum, Tony? Should be a shoe-in for Watch of the Week ;-) . . .
Hello Bill! Your old Omega Chrono is so gorgeous...
... and it reminds me a "cousin" of yours, which I got in my own collection. It belonged to Argentine Air Force, and so is marked in the outside of screw backlid. It is a reference 2451, with a 27 chro C12-321 inside, happily ticking since circa 1955. I h...
Nice black dial!
Yours is a excellent example as well. Thanks for sharing it with everyone. Good hunting Bill Sohne
Nice looking Eterna. Is there...
Nice looking Eterna. Is there some significance in the model name? Does it show the date of introduction or something else. Please tell us more. Best Graham On 4 Apr 2013 00:09, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* eterna-fan (...
yes,
hello Graham, and thanks for the interest. the name derives from the first 100 year anniversary model, the Centenaire, which was released in 1956. the release of this model, designated the 61, is a total mystery to me. they made one more centenaire and ca...
Thanks for that. I have...
Thanks for that. I have a very simple gold filled eterna-matic from 1964, but i have a lot of interest in their higher end pieces. Best Graham On 4 Apr 2013 17:01, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* eterna-fan (registered) on...
you obviously have good taste
as you're on the omega forum. i have noticed that the really nice examples of eterna are going up, and have been steadily for a few years now. they'll never be as sought after as omega, of course, as the companies similarities only go so far, and the last...
I've had a Kontiki diver,...
I've had a Kontiki diver, allegedly Israeli special forces, a couple of Eterna-Sonics and a 1938 Czech pilots watch. All long gone but not forgotten. You never know, i may add another to my collection in the future, if i can find a nice Kontiki diver from...
I thought the top line watches have been...
Hi, I thought the top line watches of Eterna have been the chronometers!?? regards erich
well,
hello Erich. i base this opinion, and it is most certainly just that, on my observations from collecting eterna for many years now. the company just didn't produce that many labeled chronometers. i can't help but think that it wasn't seriously thought of ...
Very nice Centenaire!
Here are my couple - sorry for the quick pics... Do you know from which time era the two buckles are from? Best Blomman ...
very nice!
an original centenaire. i'm envious! as for your buckle question, i can only guess really. i believe the one on the left to be from the 70s, as i owned this briefly and it had that buckle: the other just looks older to my eye, though i really have nothing...
Funky! :)
That is a funky piece! Wonder what the 2002 refer to..? Thank you for your input. Yes, my guess is the same - if you compare with JLC, IWC, Zenith - all had similar buckles as the one to the right left during the 60-70's. The other one to the right is mor...