Eterna Super Kontiki 1973 Heritage on blowout at Ashford

[Mr_Pacman]

$799 plus there is a 10% coupon for an additional discount:

https://www.ashford.com/eterna-heritage ... watch.html

coupon code: SC10PSEP31P

Really makes me wonder how many watches Eterna actually sells. This came out in 2010 and was limited to 1973 watches. 10 years later and they still didn't sell out the stock.

I've owned this one a few times. Really like it but too big for my wrists.

[Abmw]

Damn that’s cheap. Too bad I own one already.

[tmw]

That is an amazing deal. So many of us bought this new at around 1400ish.....


And it’s still a great watch.

[mattcantwin]

I came close, but bailed; available coupon took care of the tax.

[hoppyjr]

That’s a heck of a deal!

I came close several times, but the hour hand always kept me from buying. Now I’m feeling weak.

[gr8sw]

heck, if Eterna had made these in the original 40mm size they could've sold 19,730 in a flash

[ChuckW]

I came close, but bailed; available coupon took care of the tax.

If you have a Discover Card, you can get 5% cashback on PayPal purchases through the end of September. Considering how long these watches have been sitting around, I wonder if they need service.

[Chocodove]

Do these wear frigging huge?

[aikiman44]

No

[Mr_Pacman]

Do these wear frigging huge?

Short lugs make them wear smaller but it's still a big watch on my 7" wrist.

[r.palace]

Wow, very tempting. I owned one briefly some years ago. Definitely an original design

[Ryeguy]

Watch these go on sale at WUS for $1,200 in a couple weeks.

[Mr_Pacman]

Watch these go on sale at WUS for $1,200 in a couple weeks.

Seems to be a common trend for blowout Eterna watches. Last year they had moonphase chronographs on blowout for $900 and I haven't seen one for sale for less than $1,400 on the secondary market.

[mellonb1]

No

I thought that it wore rather large on my 7.25".

[aikiman44]

Cushion style case wears nicely.

[Chocodove]

No

I thought that it wore rather large on my 7.25".

How does it compare to say a MM300 (if you can recall)?

[mattcantwin]

No

I thought that it wore rather large on my 7.25".

I bought one from Mark years ago.

It didn't stick; wore larger than I'd hoped.

[Ryeguy]

No

I thought that it wore rather large on my 7.25".

How does it compare to say a MM300 (if you can recall)?

I’d be curious to hear this as well. I’ll bet it wears visually larger as the MM300 hides its size very well due to the smaller dial.

I wanted one of these badly a while ago. Ironically, now that it is available for the price of a micro, I find myself a bit lukewarm to it.

[mellonb1]

In my experience it wore huge. Not so much the case size but the dial opening made it wear every bit a 44mm. It definitely looked bigger on the wrist and wore larger than the MM300. Quality piece but not for me. I've owned a couple vintage Eterna-Matic KonTiki's and they were perfect.

[Mr_Pacman]

No

I thought that it wore rather large on my 7.25".

How does it compare to say a MM300 (if you can recall)?

I've owned both but not at the same time. The MM300 definitely wore smaller on my wrist vs the Eterna.

[djh1201]

I had one for years, around 7 actually. Gorgeous watch, but ultimately too big for my 7.25 wrist. L2L isn't too bad, but it is a monster, wears like a 44mm. Wish this was a 41-42 and I'd wear it for life!

[Ryeguy]

OK - slept on it and pulled the trigger. Figure I wear a 43/44mm watches quite a bit in normal rotation anyway, plus getting such a legit diver at a micro price is hard to pass up.

Plus, rereading J’s review from years ago didn’t hurt.

I’ll post up some photos when it arrives. If it doesn’t stick, I’ll put it up here at the BoD price.

[matt.wu]

OK - slept on it and pulled the trigger. Figure I wear a 43/44mm watches quite a bit in normal rotation anyway, plus getting such a legit diver at a micro price is hard to pass up.

Plus, rereading J’s review from years ago didn’t hurt.

I’ll post up some photos when it arrives. If it doesn’t stick, I’ll put it up here at the BoD price.

It’s a steal of a deal. Congrats!

[aikiman44]

You will enjoy it. Looks great on most straps, too.

[djh1201]

You will enjoy it. Looks great on most straps, too.

Most definitely! Really short lugs though, so the spring bar hole needs to be close to the end of the strap.