1930 Titus Geneve - 1940 Eterna Automatic

1930'lardan altın kaplama mini Titus Geneve ve 1940'lardan Eterna Automatic sanırım. İkiside sorunsuz çalışmakta, Hiç servis görmemesine rağmen Titus çok iyi durumda.





History of Titus / Ditisheim

Paul Ditisheim was born in 1868 and received his diploma from the Horological School of La Chaux de Fonds when he was 13. He then worked for several of the major watch makers until he left his father’s company (Vulcain) in 1892 when he founded both Solvil and Titus. Most items signed Solvil also were signed Paul Ditisheim while Titus was generally marked separately.

Paul Ditisheim developed many improvements for chronometers through his studies on how atmospheric pressure and magnetic fields impacted the performance of chronometers as well as the use of different watch oils. He invented the affix balance and his pieces won many time trials, including the 1903 Kew Observatory contest. His historical significance to watch-making is in this, the realm of the chronometer.

Paul Ditisheim died in 1945, but his commitment to technical excellence and design continued for decades under the names Titus and Vulcain.

History of Eterna

Eterna is a Swiss watch company founded in Grenchen, Canton Solothurn on the 7th of November 1856 by Dr Josef Girard and Urs Schild. They initially specialised in producing pocket watches with alarms. In 1906 the company name changed from U. Schild to Eterna. In 1908 they became the first company to produce an alarm wris****ch. The movement production part of the company eventually became ETA SA.

In 1995 Eterna was bought by the German company Porsche Design.

The basis of the Eterna Watch Company was founded in 1851. By the 1900’s wris****ches were just starting to become fashionable. Schild Fréres, as the company was then known, started to produce Lady’s wris****ches from adapted small pocket watches. In 1905 the company changed their name to Eterna. The company continued to be at the leading edge of watch developments and in 1908 they patented the first alarm wris****ch. The watch went into production in 1914 and was launched at the Swiss National Exhibition at Berne in that year.

By 1932 Eterna had set up a subsidiary company, ETA, to make movements for itself and other Swiss watch companies. This same year Theodore retired and handed over the control of the company to his nephew Rudolf Schild. Although retired, Theodore remained on the board of directors until his death in 1950. Eterna produced many innovations in their history, the smallest production wris****ch with a Baguette movement in 1930, an 8 day alarm watch in the 1930’s and their first automatic watch in 1938. Probably the most famous Eterna watch was their Eterna-matic. This watch was launched in 1948. The design of the automatic winding was one of Eterna’s greatest designs. The weight ran on small ball bearings making it very efficient, hence the trademark of 5 ball bearings. The Eterna-matic continued in various styles and was still available in 1998, and has indeed been relaunched.

After 1982 the Eterna company was sold several times. By 1995 it ended up being owned by F.A.P. Beteiligungs GmbH. In 1999 Eterna produced a range of watches that were marketed under the ‘Porsche Design’ label. The company is still at the forefront of modern wristwatch design.