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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 12:14:34 GMT -8
This was my father's watch...  He purchased it in Singapore around 1967 or 1968. This model is identical to the Kontiki and has the same Eterna 1424UD movement. I've seen many of the Kontiki models on ePrey but never this plain version.  This is probably the finest Swiss watch I own. The current ETA 2824-2 which this Eterna eventually became; doesn't hold a candle to the fit and finish of the 1424 calibre. |
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Post by dad-the-diver on Jul 22, 2013 12:17:54 GMT -8
Nice, simple watch. Sometimes we forget "Less can be more" family connection is of course a massive bonus. Was your dad working in Singapore in the '60's then Pete?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 12:23:38 GMT -8
Nice, simple watch. Sometimes we forget "Less can be more" family connection is of course a massive bonus. Was your dad working in Singapore in the '60's then Pete? Yes; my father went to Singapore in 1960 to work at the Singapore Teacher Training College. I was on contract with the Canadian External Aid office. He was a biology teacher. He and my mother spent a total of 7 years there; Singapore kept requesting him to come back. I was just a teen at the time but got to live there for three years until I graduated high school and came back to Canada for higher education. Those three years were probably the most fun and educational years any teen could have had chinathumbsup.gif |
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Post by dad-the-diver on Jul 22, 2013 12:38:49 GMT -8
Nice, simple watch. Sometimes we forget "Less can be more" family connection is of course a massive bonus. Was your dad working in Singapore in the '60's then Pete? Yes; my father went to Singapore in 1960 to work at the Singapore Teacher Training College. I was on contract with the Canadian External Aid office. He was a biology teacher. He and my mother spent a total of 7 years there; Singapore kept requesting him to come back. I was just a teen at the time but got to live there for three years until I graduated high school and came back to Canada for higher education. Those three years were probably the most fun and educational years any teen could have had chinathumbsup.gif I was 4 when I there in 1968!! I was born in Hong Kong in 1964 (my Dad was in the Army there. We went to Singapore for 6 months for my Dad you work at the Embassy on attachment. When he retired he took my Mom back for a month! Came back like a couple of kids they did. When we lived in London we had a family from there lived two doors up. When they found out we'd been there in the '60's they had my mom &dad round every Tuesday night for dinner for years. Some of the nicest, nicest people ever. chinathumbsup.gif |
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Post by Groundhog66 on Jul 22, 2013 12:42:39 GMT -8
That is a fantastic watch, and a great keepsake. I love simple, and that one really hits home with me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 12:52:11 GMT -8
Yes; my father went to Singapore in 1960 to work at the Singapore Teacher Training College. I was on contract with the Canadian External Aid office. He was a biology teacher. He and my mother spent a total of 7 years there; Singapore kept requesting him to come back. I was just a teen at the time but got to live there for three years until I graduated high school and came back to Canada for higher education. Those three years were probably the most fun and educational years any teen could have had chinathumbsup.gif I was 4 when I there in 1968!! I was born in Hong Kong in 1964 (my Dad was in the Army there. We went to Singapore for 6 months for my Dad you work at the Embassy on attachment. When he retired he took my Mom back for a month! Came back like a couple of kids they did. When we lived in London we had a family from there lived two doors up. When they found out we'd been there in the '60's they had my mom &dad round every Tuesday night for dinner for years. Some of the nicest, nicest people ever. chinathumbsup.gif It's things like this that make the world such a small friendly place for most of us. I attended the Singapore American School the last year I was there(went to local schools before that) and I get the SAS reunion magazine and invite every year. Haven't managed to make on yet but you never know. We made lots of friends among the Singaporeans and many still stay in touch to this day. Occasionally if they are passing through; we get together for a dinner and rehash old times a063 |
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