amanico
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Original and interesting. Thanks for the presentation of your watch. [nt]
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Eterna Madison: Quite a rare bird
Just received my latest watch today. While it was not a Black Friday purchase, the price was still very attractive. And the watch is quite interesting: An Eterna Madison Sperodrive, a tonneau-shaped time only (hours, minutes and central seconds) manual wi...
Glad to see this one
You don't see much talk of modern Eterna's, but I have to say that this one looks nice, especially the movement layout and design. Are those heat blued screws on the movement? Congratulations on this acquisition and thanks for sharing with us.
Not sure about the bluing process...
The screws might be heat-blued or chemically blued with bluing only thing I can say is that the slots of the screws are blue too, so there was no nickel coating anywhere on the screws at the time of bluing.
Finally! I'm thrilled to see a Purist taking the plunge . . .
. . . on one of the few watches that have been on my wish-list for many years other than GS or G O. Why? A manufacturer in the truest sense of the term. A case that's utterly pleasing. Fitting dimensions and proportions. An austere dial of classic design....
Winding the watch
Glad you like the watch. The reasons you described are pretty much in sync with my views on it. As for the winding, it feels quite smooth. I'd say it is comparable to the two manual wind Reversos that I have. It's not as smooth as my Rolex Prince (which i...