Eterna KonTiki Date

Named after Thor Heyerdahl’s most famous raft, the KonTiki line represents the ’sports’ branch in Eterna’s current collection. The new Eterna KonTiki Date model, which is coming in a stainless steel case, is essentially an affordable version of the last year’s red gold KonTiki Anniversary model.

Although much cheaper, the Eterna KonTiki Date with its stainless steel body and the white dial with blue indices and Arabic numerals, looks even more appealing than the Anniversary model.

The differences, however, are not completely visual. While the Anniversary edition was delivered with Eterna’s own 3010 caliber, the new watch is powered by the Sellita SW 200 automatic movement. Being a slightly modified clone of the ever-popular ETA 2824 movement, this little engine is used by such watch companies as the Swiss Oris, and the German Limes and MarcelloC.

Simply put, every third “Swiss Made” watch comes powered by a Sellita-made movement, so I wouldn’t worry about KonTiki Date’s inferiority to the gold model. In fact, the watch with Sellita’s movement may prove to be even more reliable than its more exclusive predecessor.

Eterna KonTiki Date watch’s specification :

Price range: N/A
Movement: Sellita SW 200, 26 jewels, automatic
Complications: Date
Power reserve: 38 hours
Case material: stainless steel
Case dimensions: N/A
Case height: N/A
Dial: White, with a guilloche pattern
Water resistance: N/A
Strap: Canvas
Crystal: Sapphire