this is a rare and spectacular Eterna Delirium from 1979 in 18k yellowgold, with a hight of only 2,5 mm. It features a 25 x 30cm 18k yellowgoldcase and solid gold-bracelet with beautiful hobnail pattern and a heavy total weight of 87 g. The watch currently fits wrists up to 18,5 cm circumference. The allover condition is full original and very well preserved. The caliber 999 is of course running perfectly, being set over a little button on the caseback. It will be more than hard to find any cooler goldwatch for the upcoming summer than this one.
About the history:
as the swiss answer on the previous japanese worldrecord of the thinnest quartz watch, eterna released the deltem series (delirium tres mince = ultrathin) in 1979 featuring the groundbreaking eta cal 999. shortly after the release the series was renamed to the „quartz linea series“. also longines, iwc and concord used the eta 999. some executions have only been produced in a batch of 50 pieces. with sales prices between 20.000 and up to even 50.000 swiss francs the series was too expensive to be a succesful seller, so the production discontinued after only 2 years. only a few pieces still exist today //
