Opinions on this UG Compur?

Beepos · Jun 29, 2017

Hi Yall,

What do you think of this UG Compur?I' no expert on UG chronos, so wanted to get your advice.It's a 22520, date is supposed t be from 1941

Things I am unsure of:

Dial looks Pristine. Is it too Pristine?

And There is no Swiss at the bottom (thanks to Jonathan for pointing this out).

Comes from a reptutable seller, but with UG, always want to do my due diligence

Larry S · Jun 29, 2017

Its sings "too good to be true" to me. Very good redial. No swiss.

kreyke · Jun 29, 2017

Are the hands relumed? It seems like it's bleeding out of the hour hand.

Beepos · Jun 29, 2017

Larry S
Its sings "too good to be true" to me. Very good redial. No swiss.

At first I thought that too, but I found this black dialed version posted on this forum. Now I'm not sure : https://omegaforums.net/threads/my-universal-geneve-collection.17754/page-3

Beepos · Jun 29, 2017

Here's Some more. Pics...the lume on the hands do appear to be bleeding

kreyke · Jun 29, 2017

Subdials look quite good tbh. If it's a redial, it's pretty legit. Is that the max resolution you've got?

Beepos · Jun 29, 2017

Only Other image for now- I've asked the seller to sendme HQ pics of the dial and mvmt

rolokr · Jun 29, 2017

Redial to me, nice work though ! A bit difficult to say.

Larry S · Jun 29, 2017

Sala is useless ... I do agree there is a possibility that this is a sock drawer find and it is legit. Thread you referenced has me rethinking.

Beepos · Jun 29, 2017

Yeah, Sala wasn't too much help here... thanks everyone who has replied

Any other Ug experts wanna chime in?

sjg22 · Jun 29, 2017

Not an expert to preface this.

Lugs look VERY pristine. Which is in line with the condition of the dial. So, ether the whole watch has been "beautified", or the watch is almost NOS.

But then there's the randomly dirty/aged lower pusher...

Hands look to have aged slightly faster than the rest of the watch and the lume looks to have bled out onto the hour hand. If I had to guess, I would say relumed hands. If I say that about the hands, my guess about the superb quality of the rest of the watch might be "too good too be true".

Beepos · Jun 30, 2017

Ok, I agree with y'all- it seems to be too good to be true

But I noticed something curious while flipping through Sala. If you look at his Compur section, the vast majority of those models don't seem to have Swiss written at the vottom. Some do, but certainly not all. Is that just a trick of the light/photography, or did the Compurs really not have Swiss written on the bottom?

Whereas the Uni Compaxes seem yo mostly have Swiss

Modest_Proposal · Jun 30, 2017

Two words: Soft edges.

Look at the subdial edges. Also - the signature looks too wide.

10H10 · Jun 30, 2017

Imo, redial and relumed hands with a nice case.

Beepos · Jun 30, 2017

Here's some HQ Pics the seller sent me. The more I stare at it, the Two creeping into the subdial bothers me.; Thanks Modest.

Florent · Jun 30, 2017

I would say redial

Florent · Jun 30, 2017

Larry S · Jun 30, 2017

Inside case according to Sala is pre-1937. No case back pics? No SN? Also bothered by the lack of markings on the movement. Signature points to redial. I think you have enough feedback here to walk away. I have not seen a Compur this old that look's this good.

10H10 · Jun 30, 2017

The 2 and the 10 are bleeding inside the subdials because of the retooled rounded subdial edges...

Beepos · Jun 30, 2017

Walk away I shall!

Thanks folks! As always, members on this forum are amazing

Opinions on this UG Compur?

Beepos

Larry S

kreyke

Beepos

Beepos

kreyke

Beepos

rolokr

Larry S

Beepos

sjg22

Beepos

Modest_Proposal

10H10

Beepos

Florent

Florent

Larry S

10H10

Beepos

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