Good morning guys. I just received my latest find
Early Compurs with snail dial are to my eyes the most handsome. They were produced for a very limited time, I would say between 1934 and 1938 ...
This very
first generation Compur, featuring larger case (38mm), double column wheel, olive pushers, and unsigned movement, have this kind of dial with this fantastic black color. Serial number is
554'*** dating is to 1934.
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(more info about first gen compur here :
https://omegaforums.net/threads/my-latest-find-1934-universal-watch-compur-first-generation.72112/)
I had the opportunity to find a slightly later Compur with serial 600'*** produced only 1/2 years after this first version.
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The case is slightly smaller (35mm). This second generation features not dual column wheel, round pushers and signed cal 285 movement.
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The dial design is very similar, with tachometer and telemeter scale.
The present Compur example features both tachometer and telemeter scale. A tachometer scale is used to measure the speed of a moving item (such as a car, bicycle, or horse). A telemeter scale allows the wearer to measure distance, and is based on the speed of sound. For example, to measure how far away a storm is, the wearer would count from when they saw lightning, and stop when they heard thunder. By multiplying this number by 333 meters per second, they could calculate how far away the storm was. The telemeter scale allows the wearer to determine this information without having to do the calculations.
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Here is another version of this watch in white dial, sold a fews month ago by Vesperco.
https://www.vesperco.com/soldwatches/2015/5/15/universal-geneve-compur
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Hope you enjoyed the watch!
Cheers
Florent
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