Our first black dial Kontiki
Mint dial and hands
Fully serviced and guaranteed (24 months)
We love the Kontikis! A Kontiki 20 with its original Gay Freres signed and dated ( 2nd quarter 1971) bracelet is rare, and details such as a smashing black dial, sharp 37 + mm case in very good condition, and a near mint gold medallion on the back supports this fact. Please notice the 5 balls Eterna trademark/logo in the sail 
. The dial has applied white gold hour markers which are all intact. All the lume is there. The straight minute and hour hands have intact lume near the tip. The ball bearing showing in the Eterna logo can be clearly seen in the centre (top) of the movement. The automatic caliber 1489 numbered 5988181 runs at 21600 beats with good amplitude and little beat error. Many ETA movements come from Eterna´s use of similar movement build. This demonstrates clearly the importance of the Eterna-Matic in the development of Swiss watch movements. The case reference number is 130FTT and the caseback is numbered  5704651. How Eterna came to use the Kontiki name is a secret Thor Heyerdahl seemingly never clearly communicated, but the name has been used by Eterna since 1957 (and still is – from the 10 year commemoration of the 1947 Kontiki expedition). OD0280
