One of the most highly sought among the later UG V72-powered Compaxes is the Space Compax. It is also highly forged and frankened, so I thought it might be useful to reach a consensus regarding how many versions there are.

In my opinion, there are two executions

1st Generation (From Chuck Maddox's site): Big 12, white subdials



2nd Generation (from Gianvittorio, multiple fora): All Black



Any additional versions? Is this basically correct?

Also, post one if you have one (and I know you do!)

 

Thank you Laurent. The catalog illustrations are invaluable.

this is rather an important question, as a number of variants have appeared recently, and parts have been available on Ebay. I suspect a number of less-than-authentic frankens are now circulating and am inclined to stick to a relatively strict definition of authentic, especially with regard to the case.

 

I regard the piece as highly suspect - more fake than franken. Compare it with the one credited to Jatucka in Noodia's post above - that's the one it's trying to be. The printing of the hour markers is miserable quality and all of the hands are out of the miscellaneous parts bin - look closely and you'll find no two of these exactly alike. I recall a number of these cases with the angled lug ends and edge chamfers for sale on Ebay in 2009-2010 or thereabouts. Shortly afterwards these watches started to appear out of Germany and Belgium.

I'm interested to hear other people's opinions.

 

Unfortunately, also the German word for jeweler. Would limit your buying options in Germany...

 

No argument at all in this case

 

As far as I know. UG came to colored dials very late in their history, and did not produce many

 

A Space Compax with a diver on the back? Bwahahahaha!
That forger isn't even making an effort.

Just as fake as the one Maurice posted.

 

Here's a representative example of a 1st generation caseback from my photo library - sorry I can't remember the attribution.
Note the typical UG reference with the case number underneath.

It would be lovely if Noodia could confirm a plain caseback, since he actually has the watch.

 

Ah! Beg pardon for not recognizing it! I'll be sure to add the attribution in my files