Thu 16 Dec 2010
Eterna Airforce Cambridge Chronograph Review
Posted by The Breitling Source under Eterna[2] Comments
This is to supplement the Video Review that I posted earlier.
While I recently sold this watch as it wasn’t getting any wrist time, I still loved the way it looked and for a 38mm watch, it received a surprisely large amount of compliments. The intricate dial is very captivating, and my photographs likely don’t do it justice. The Telemetre markings on the dial and subtle circularing patterning on the subdials give the watch that rare charm that some watches just seem to have.
As you can see, the watch has a curved sapphire crystal with AR coating. The hour and minute hands are filled with SuperLuminova, and glow just enough to read at night. The fixed bezel is on the thinner side, which gives the watch a decent presence due to the dial sizing and comes mounted on a Genuine Crocodile strap and signed Tang buckle.
The movement is an ETA 2894-2, with a chronograph and date at 4:30, which is nice and discreet on the dial.
The Screwdown crown is signed with the 5 ball bearing Eterna logo, and the pushers are a classic piston style. The case is a three-piece fully polished one, with 18mm lugs.
Caseback is brushed, with standard Eterna engravings and markings indicating the 30m water resistance, sapphire crystal and Swiss pedigree.
Here’s the Eterna Cambridge strapped on my 6.75″ wrist. Not too shabby. It actually wears pretty good for 38mm on the OEM strap, and looks even better on a Bund Pilot strap, which is what I wore the watch on the majority of the time I owned it.
December 27th, 2010 at 1:02 am
This is a beautiful watch, curious why it didn’t get “much wrist time?” You must have a great collection!
December 29th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Simply too small – Good to see Golden Tree here, you’re the local Ticori dealer and your ads are non-stop on the radio station I listen to!