Unboxing & Mini Review: Eterna KonTiki Adventure 44 (blue)
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:09 pm
Fresh from the Gooroo eBay clearout, the grey/blue KonTiki Adventure 1910.41.40.1429.
Arrived in an Ashford box, no surprise there to anyone who’s been following things. No packing slip. Nice enough eterna box that showed a little wear, probably from storage and transport. Manual confirms the movement is a Soprod. There’s also an Eterna-branded polishing cloth under the manual.
Styling is a bit more modern than I expected from photos. Nice mix of polished and brushed surfaces. The stainless seemed a little darker shade than I expected, but was probably at least partly due to not removing wrap and some of the lighting. The watch seems...flat (physically)...in person, which is probably good for wearability. The styling of the watch makes the vintage strap (which seems to be of good quality) seem just the slightest bit off to me.
Some nice details like the 5-ball logo on the crown.
And finally...yes, the blue is lumed. All of it, although the light blue is significantly brighter lume than the dark blue (can’t really tell from the photo below). One nice effect is it really makes that lighter blue pop in lower light. Would also note in certain light you may have slight readability issues due to lack of contrast between hands and face.
I measured the lug to lug at about 51, not huge for a 44 mm watch (about the same as my Hydroconquest 41).
Overall, a nicely finished watch and feels like a good value at the closeout price point ($700) if you like a bit more modern styling. Would be a bit of a departure for me, so will probably hold a couple of days and then return.
Arrived in an Ashford box, no surprise there to anyone who’s been following things. No packing slip. Nice enough eterna box that showed a little wear, probably from storage and transport. Manual confirms the movement is a Soprod. There’s also an Eterna-branded polishing cloth under the manual.
Styling is a bit more modern than I expected from photos. Nice mix of polished and brushed surfaces. The stainless seemed a little darker shade than I expected, but was probably at least partly due to not removing wrap and some of the lighting. The watch seems...flat (physically)...in person, which is probably good for wearability. The styling of the watch makes the vintage strap (which seems to be of good quality) seem just the slightest bit off to me.
Some nice details like the 5-ball logo on the crown.
And finally...yes, the blue is lumed. All of it, although the light blue is significantly brighter lume than the dark blue (can’t really tell from the photo below). One nice effect is it really makes that lighter blue pop in lower light. Would also note in certain light you may have slight readability issues due to lack of contrast between hands and face.
I measured the lug to lug at about 51, not huge for a 44 mm watch (about the same as my Hydroconquest 41).
Overall, a nicely finished watch and feels like a good value at the closeout price point ($700) if you like a bit more modern styling. Would be a bit of a departure for me, so will probably hold a couple of days and then return.
