Eterna Matic Serial Numbers

Nov 16, 2013 - eterna matic 3000 watch serial number 5066703 around 1960s - Watches question.

I am hoping members from this forum could help me identify which year and model this eterna matic this is. When my grandfather passed he gave it to my father. My father has gave it to me. It’s a wind up mechanism (no battery). My mother communicated to me along time ago that she thinks it is 18 karat gold.

The band is super-thin and I’ve not seen one like this on any of the watches that I saw online so I was thinking that maybe it is an aftermarket band? There is a story that I am trying to confirm about my grandfather working for the eterna matic account to do their advertising and thus why he either received the watch as a gift/partial compensation or at a discount. In 2014 I brought it to a watch specialist to have the dial cleaned up a little bit and asked him to replace the glass but he did not want to change the glass because he thought it would be hard to find and also run the uniqueness and originality of the watch. So it has some scratches on the glass but overall was well taken care of over the years and we believe my grandfather got it in the 60s but I’m sure you guys could all confirm a more exact timeframe. Most people I have shown it to over the years don’t give it much love.

It doesn’t have the flash of some of these newer brands or the distinction and snob appeal of a Rolex obviously. I supposed to each their own. It is a very nice piece. We can only decipher the year of production by seeing the serial number on the movement. It's not purely a 'wind-up' mechanism. It's an automatic winding movement.

All eternas marked 'eternamatic' from this era had full rotor automatic winding. Launcher s modem ore spawn mode. If it had been been marked 'eterna automatic' then it would have been a bumper auto. If marked merely eterna, then probably a hand-wind only.

Later on, say, after the late 70s, the dial printing became more fluid as to these distinctions. (edit- statement #2 relies on the correct dial markings. Some refinished dials are incorrectly re-painted thus not emblematic of this notion.) 3. The only way to tell the content of the case is to look for an external hallmark, or to open it and read the caseback. If the bracelet is not marked eterna, then yes, it's probably after-market. In my opinion, the dial has been refinished.

It is a nice watch. Tri bogatirya painting. Eternas are my favorite vintage brand. We can only decipher the year of production by seeing the serial number on the movement.

It's not purely a 'wind-up' mechanism. It's an automatic winding movement. All eternas marked 'eternamatic' from this era had full rotor automatic winding. If it had been been marked 'eterna automatic' then it would have been a bumper auto.

If marked merely eterna, then probably a hand-wind only. Later on, say, after the late 70s, the dial printing became more fluid as to these distinctions. (edit- statement #2 relies on the correct dial markings. Some refinished dials are incorrectly re-painted thus not emblematic of this notion.) 3.

The only way to tell the content of the case is to look for an external hallmark, or to open it and read the caseback. If the bracelet is not marked eterna, then yes, it's probably after-market.

In my opinion, the dial has been refinished. It is a nice watch. Eternas are my favorite vintage brand. Click to expand.Good information here.