Sunday, 17 August 2014

NOS vintage 1970s German made Eza Automatic - HB 313

Here we have a German made Eza automatic. Very retro looking and smart with it's red and black contrasting dial. Although Germany made mechanical watches are not as popular as Swiss, they are actually as good as if not better in terms of quality and engineering.
Eza Automatic - HB313
Eza Automatic - HB313
Movement:
  • HB313 (Herman Becker of Pforzheim) automatic movement.
  • Automatic wind.
  • Manual wind.
  • 18000 p/h.
  • 26mm D x 5.2mm H
  • 25 Jewels
  • Power reserve 39h
  • Rotor marked 25 Jewels, Ultramatic


Case:

  • Funky 70s style tonneau shaped case with straight lugs.
  • Polished sides and sunburst grain front case.
  • Case width is 35mm not including the crown, 42mm lug to lug.
  • Lug size is 18mm.
  • The case is stainless steel with stainless steel screw back.
  • Screw back marked Stainless Steel Waterproof 4ATM

The dial and hands:
  • Black dial with sunburst grain and white horizontal strip.
  • Raised baton hourly indexes with applied orange/red strip.
  • Date window at 3 with quickset by back and forth between 8:00 - 12:00
  • The dial marked Eza Automatic, Antimagnetic 25 Rubis and shockproof.
  • Polished steel hands with white strip.
Eza Automatic - HB313
Lovely dial with orange and black - definitively retro looking

Eza Automatic - HB313
Check out the lovely case design

Eza Automatic - HB313
Stainless steel screw back with waterproof 4TM and stainless steel marking

Eza Automatic - HB313
HB 313 from Pforzheim, Germany

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