Now, I'm primarily talking about the pre Extra-Fort watches, from the 1930s and 40s, (I'll talk about the 50s and 60s in a minute). For the uninitiated, which is pretty much everyone except the Italians, "pre Extra-Fort" is an invented phrase to classify the watches that came before the Extra-Fort model in the 50s. Hence "pre." Pretty self explanatory, no?

There are a few things that immediately distinguish Eberhards from their competitors during this time period.