Eterna KonTiki Bronze 44 mm

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Eterna KonTiki Bronze 44 mm

KonTiki Bronze 44 mm
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Eterna goes green
La Cote des Montres - December 4th, 2018

 
strong>Today, Eterna unveils a new version of its KonTiki. Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl’s legendary expedition of the Pacific Ocean, the collection now features a new edition in a deep green, in perfect harmony with its bronze case.

The KonTiki vintage is one of Eterna’s key pieces, a best-selling collection which, each year, sells out in just a few weeks. “We tend to offer our collectors one new model per year”, explains Jérôme Biard, CEO of Eterna. “Each time we release a limited series of 300 pieces. Every year, it sells out in just a few weeks. In their hearts, Eterna collectors are extremely faithful”.

Following last year’s anthracite model, Eterna has chosen a deep green to coat its new vintage of the KonTiki Bronze. This colour choice is no accident: it is the natural shade that bronze turns when it undergoes oxidisation, caused by seawater, for example. As such, small touches of greyish green will appear on the bronze case which will naturally match the green found on the dial, the bezel and the bracelet.

Each of these surfaces, bezel and dial, offers a different finish: the bezel circular satin brushed, the dial grained. This results in a unique depth, a texture that you can almost feel through the sapphire glass. This glass, incidentally, is present on both the front and the back, offering a glimpse of the calibre 3902A, featuring a 65-hour power reserve and created in-house by Eterna (manufacture movement).

These different elements adorn the famous 42 mm bronze case, which is water-resistant to 200 metres and has proven to be the model’s key to success for several years. Meanwhile, the unidirectional bezel is engraved with a diving time scale. It indicates the maximum duration of a dive of a given depth with no need to calculate the decompression stops, providing extremely useful information for divers, compared to simple chronographic scales.

An authentic diving watch, its purpose underscored by the inscription “Diver 200 m” found on its dial, the new 44 mm KonTiki Bronze features large luminescent hours and minutes hands that turn on top of oversized hour markers imbued with SuperLumiNova. Together they provide a level of readability that is perfectly adapted to the darkness of the underwater depths.

This new limited series 44 mm KonTiki Bronze is, just like its predecessors, strictly limited to 300 individually numbered pieces.

Eterna KonTiki Bronze 44 mm

Technical description

 
Reference :1291.78.51.1430
Movement :EMC 3902A
Winding system :Automatic
Functions :Hour & minute, second
Power reserve :65 hours
Frequency :4 Hz, 28'800 vph
Diametre :44 mm
Rubies :30
Specification :1 ball bearing
Dial:Green, matt structured
Brass
Rotating Bezel
Case :Round, brushed bronze
Crown :Green ceramic
Diamètre :44 mm
Thickness :14.50 mm
Crystal :Sapphire crystal opening
Back type :Screwed in case back stainless steel with brushed bronze cover
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
Water-resistance :200 meters / 20 ATM
Hands :Hour and minute: Dauphine, gold, Superluminova
Bracelet :Brown leather
Interhorn/Buckle :22/18 mm
Buckle :Pin buckle
Brushed bronze
 
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