Horological Meandering

vintage eternas...i love them....  

i think people forget how revolutionary they were with their 5 ball bearing rotor system. i'm very glad that ETA took it on board so many of my watches have great rotor bearings. best G

they were one and the same before the 30s. then swiss law changed and they separated the ebauche maker and the manufacturer. there is speculation among those who know more than i that the division was in name only, and that operations continued under the ... 

thats interesting. i just thought that the swatch group took over eterna and then used the ball bearings in eta calibres. how wrong i was :) i would love to find an Eterna chronometer from 1964, but you rarely see them from any year. thanks again for that... 

if you seek one out. chronometers were not so marked on the movements. adjustments occasionally so. but a tell tale sign that i have come to rely on...the micrometric regulation. the lack of which doesn't necessarily mean it isn't a chronometer, but helps...  

thank you, i will bear that in mind. G On 9 Jan 2013 20:58, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* eterna-fan (registered) on January 9th, 2013 - 12:58 > > *Title: and caution must be exercised > * > > *