The Eterna Kon-Tiki collection is named after the ocean expedition helmed by Thor Heyerdahl. The Norwegian ethnographer, botanist, and zoologist crossed the Pacific Ocean on a wooden raft in 1947. On board in those days: Eterna replica watches …
I think we all know the story about Thor Heyerdahl. Back in 1947, the 32-year-old Norwegian and five other scientists set out from the Peruvian coast into the Pacific Ocean on a simple raft made of balsa wood named after Kon-Tiki, an Incan sun god. Heyerdahl had embarked on his derring-do expedition to prove that it would have been technically possible for the pre-Columbian Indians of South America to reach Polynesia with the help of the Humboldt Current and the Passat wind. After 101 days and nights on the high seas, with almost 8000 kilometers behind them, Thor Heyerdahl and his crew reached the Raroia atoll in Polynesia…
The official story tells that the crew wore Eterna replica watches during their journey in 1947.
Now I do need your help!
There are persistent rumors indicating that the crew never used Eterna replica watches and that Eterna only later used the brillant story for its communication and marketing purposes.
Once again I do not accuse Eterna, there are persistent rumors and I can not say if they are true or not.
Does any one among you have any information about these replica watches? Who is able to enlighten us? Have they been used? Did the crew wear any replica watches at all?
Please let us know!
So let us stick to the official version that says that the crew used Eterna replica watches and that Eterna, after learning that Thor Heyerdahl succeeded crossing the Pacific Ocean, decided to create a collection named after the balsa wood raft “Kon-Tiki”. That these Eterna “Kon-Tiki” sport replica watches got famous in the end there is no doubt at all! We all know and remember the legendary Eterna “Kon-Tiki” sport replica watches …
The new the new Eterna Super Kon-Tiki Chronograph
Eterna Super Kon-Tiki Chronograph
After years of silence and some turbulences Eterna comes back with a real interesting sign of live. What sets the new Super Kon-Tiki Chronograph apart from all other timepieces of the Kon-Tiki collection is the very special movement it gets: the new flyback chronograph movement designed and manufactured by Eterna. Unlike a normal chronograph, the flyback-function allows the chronograph to be reset to zero and immediately started again at any given time during its operation. The Super Kon-Tiki’s automatic flyback chronograph movement, the calibre 3916A, is part of the “39”-family of Eterna movements. The balance wheel oscillates at 28,800 A/h, the movement has a 60-hour power reserve and is finished with rhodium plating on the surface of the components, as well as a microblasting decoration on the oscillating weight.
Eterna Super Kon-Tiki Chronograph calibre 3916A
Like all Eterna’s in-house movements, the Super Kon-Tiki Chronograph boasts chronometer-level precision with about seventy per cent of the parts being manufactured at Eterna’s Grenchen headquarters.
The Super Kon-Tiki Chronograph is available in two limited edition versions: one on a sporty rubber strap ( for CHF 4 600 / € 4 650 / $ 4 700)
MOVEMENT Calibre Maison Eterna 3916A, power reserve 65h, 28’800 A/h, 35 jewels, 1 ball bearing
CASE Polished and brushed stainless steel, rotating bezel, screw locked down, sapphire crystal opening
CRYSTAL Scratch-resistant, anti-re ective sapphire crystal
DIMENSIONS ∅ 45.0 mm/50.90 mm/16.05 mm, 200 meters waterproof
DIAL Black, matt
STRAP & CLASP Black rubber, pin buckle
FUNCTIONS Hour, minute, second, date, chronograph, flyback
Eterna Super Kon-Tiki Chronograph
and another on an elegant stainless steel Milanese bracelet ( for CHF 4 800 / € 4 850 / $ 4 900).
MOVEMENT Calibre Eterna 3916A, power reserve 65h, 28’800 A/h, 35 jewels, 1 ball bearing
CASE Polished and brushed stainless steel, rotating bezel, screw locked down, sapphire crystal opening
CRYSTAL Scratch-resistant, anti-re ective sapphire crystal
DIMENSIONS ∅ 45.0 mm/50.90 mm/16.05 mm, 200 meters waterproof
DIAL Black, matt
BRACELET & CLASP Mesh SST, folding clasp
FUNCTIONS Hour, minute, second, date, chronograph, flyback
Eterna Super Kon-Tiki Chronograph
