This beautiful Eterna is not running and I hope that will change after a service.

The dial has an unfortunate scratch, as it is otherwise in mint condition. The case is gold-plated steel that looks good even though the gold has worn off in certain places.Besides being dirty the movement looks to be in excellent condition.I start by removing the rotor before taking the movement out of the case.One needs to make sure not to loose any balls from the rotor;)I then remove the winding gear.Here you can see the auto winder gears.I have removed the hands. That scratch is the only damage on this original dial and in this condition I don’t have the heart to redial it.This case really needs a clean.Base movement with the auto winder removed. I start by removing the jewels.I remove the balance.The set lever spring hardly has any spring and you can see a crack has developed.I remove the canon pinion.I remove the ratchet wheel.Here you can se the inside of the special crown wheel that is designed to only wind in one direction.Here you can see the gear train and plenty of dirt.The old mainspring is full of solidified grease.Last to be dismantled is the setting mechanismEverything nice and clean the way it is meant to be.I manage to find a new old stock mainspring and decide to use it as the old mainspring is riding up in the barrel.I test that the balance swings freely with the cap jewels in placeThird wheel and barrel back in place, this movement is covered with nice perlage decoration.Gear train and winding wheel back in placeBefore winding the movement I assemble the winding mechanism.Luckily I have a new set lever from a parts movement, It’s not as pretty as the old one but it works fine. Note I’m sorry for not adding an ‘after picture’ of the setting leaver cleaned up, as it was out of focus.I can now wind the movement safely and it beats straight away when I put the balance in.What more do you want from a 70+year movement! This movement is in really good condition and proves just how good these Eterna watches are when they are not totally worn out.Auto winder clean and nice.Complete movement with auto winder back in place.Movement back in the case with the rotor in place looking like new.And here you have a very nice looking classic.It actually looks so good I’m going to test it out for a while;)