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Hi everyone

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.

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 of movements with that sparkly silver dial found on so many seamaster chronometers of the period. G

with my Planet Ocean Titanium Liquid Metal...

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. . . of the Planet Ocean family, and represents good value, in my humble opinion.

Congratulations, and thanks for sharing!

Art

Yes, as soon it arrives to my AD I get it inmediately.

. . . like white shirts with blue jeans. 

Speedmasters are on that same list . . .

. . .  fresh image taken this morning. 

Art

I was thinking about running down to the beach for a photo, but I looked in the hall closet for props first. 

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

. . . to you, Mike.  I've never seen another like it.

Look what just sold 10 days ago on the auction site we don't mention! Less than a price of a pool cue.

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. . . 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.

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.

here's a teaser; hasn't left my wrist (other than sleeping) since its arrival yesterday

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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.

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that sounds like a rather modern reference (correct me if I'm wrong). This watch dates to 1945.

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 particular dial (this dial was used on steel models and on SS+ PG bezel models only - from what I have observed so far...)

So I think it might be a re-cased movement in a beautifully sculpted PG case...

Just a thought

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 circulation, though of course there are probably more hidden away.

. . . could you share an image or two on the WristScan forum, Tony? wristscan.watchprosite.com /

... 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 hope you like it too! Enjoy your chrono, as much as I do with mine! Best cordial regards, Abel.

Yours is a excellent example as well.

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

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 called it the 71. i haven't done any research into the naming, although other eterna devotees have had good success in contacting the company with questions, i just haven't done it yet. the centenaires seem to have been the top of eternas line when they were released and this model features the cam micro regulation (pic not mine):

 

 

this was a new feature for eternas as the previous micro regulation was the whiplash seem on teh chronometers (pic mine this time):

 

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

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 development i read about wasn't thrilling. but you can still get some of the really wonderful models like the kon tiki super, the british military model or solid gold centenaires for reasonable sums. well, reasonable to folks here. until i decide to stop feeding my children, they will be objects of affectionate dreaming for me.

good luck, and i hope to see a few more eternas in your collection soon!