"Eterna Chronometre Pocket Watch , 1930"
Pocket watch 'Eterna', around 1930. The story of Eterna was officially born on November 7, 1856. Its founders, Dr. Joseph Girard (surgeon) and Urs Shild, teacher, named the company U.Shild & Co. Shild was an accountant at F. Kunz & Girard, when one day he managed to become a partner, changing the name to Girard & Shild, producing rough drafts and pocket watches. In 1866, Girard left the company and was replaced by Adolph Shild, brother of Urs. In 1896, Adolph Shild left the company to found one under his own name: A. Shild or AS. In 1905, U. Shild & Co. took the name of Eterna. The success of the Eterna came in 1908 with the first watch with built-in alarm.
The history of the Eterna is in fact a good part of the history of modern watchmaking. In 1930, Eterna marketed the smallest shaped movement called "baguette", dedicated to women’s watches. Eterna founded a new mechanical movement production company in 1932 under the name of ETA and expanded its current production and know-how with the acquisition of Valjoux
. In 1947 was born what would become a symbolic and legendary watch: the Eterna Kon Tiki. In 1948, another successful Eterna watch was released: the Eterna-Matic. On June 30, 2012, Eterna is acquired by the group Volant Ltd.
Splendid silver case 935 in excellent condition.
Internal brand "Eterna".
Internal dedication of 1931.
Diameter 48 mm.
Metal dial with Arabic numerals. Original hands. Mineral glass.
Signed "Eterna Chronometre"
Movement with anchor escapement, spiral Breguet.
Good condition, it works very well, checked by the watchmaker.
To view the video of the watch operation, open the link below:
https://youtu.be/tw78WEuAIFo
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