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1940-1960s custom made Universal watches

  1. Jonatan Aug 18, 2015

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    I just found this old advertisement regarding custom made Universal Geneva watches with Masonic, Rotary or Shriner dials.

    Has anyone ever come across one of these watches? If you have some please show some picture.

    Thanks for your input.

    J
     
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  2. Modest_Proposal Trying too hard to be one of the cool kids Aug 18, 2015

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    Very interesting! I've never come across one before, but it looks they were using the early polerouter model for the base watch. Very cool
     
  3. gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Aug 18, 2015

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    Possibly, but I see nothing indicating an automatic movement inside. These are likely thin manual wind dress watches.

    Universal made dozens of similar models.
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  4. Modest_Proposal Trying too hard to be one of the cool kids Aug 18, 2015

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    I've only ever seen this case with their Polerouter line. If you have a reference to a manual wind movement in this case, I'd be interested to see. it.

    ,David
     
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  5. Jonatan Aug 6, 2018

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    Just found a couple of these unique dials for sale.

    It still doesn't answer if they were made for simple manual or microtor movements although that case resembles the Polerouter Jet case.

    The diameter of each one is 27.8 mm.
    @Vitezi I added the pictures of the back.
     
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  6. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Aug 6, 2018

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    Thing is ...I'd not want to wear any of these if I weren't a member .
     
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  7. Jonatan Aug 6, 2018

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    Yes, you're right, yet it doesn't take away their uniqueness and rarity.
     
  8. Vitezi Aug 6, 2018

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    @Jonatan any pictures of the back? Who made them?

    We know UG did advertising with a similar dial:
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  9. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Aug 6, 2018

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    That ....Is cool. Believe it our not, really fresh Budweiser tastes pretty good. I'd wear that.
     
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  10. auxpomme Aug 10, 2018

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    I’d want to drink Budweiser that’s the same age as the watch :)
     
  11. aap Aug 11, 2018

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    Interesting find, J!
     
  12. bimbim1207 Aug 14, 2018

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    I have certainly seen a Shriner dial at a local vintage watch store here in Singapore few years back. It was equipped with a UG hand-wounded movement (can't recall the exact movement) but at that time I thought this is just another "Asian-franken" piece of garbage so I didn't look into it closely. Until recently a few spare dials popped up on eBay (shown above) that made me recall the time I actual saw it in person.
     
  13. Bobhoftime Aug 24, 2018

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    [QUOTE = "Jonatan, post: 1025694, membro: 10465"] Ho appena trovato un paio di questi quadranti unici in vendita.

    Non sono mai stati così creati per la protezione dei dati Polerouter Jet.

    Il diametro di ciascuno è 27,8 mm.
    [USER = 21324] @Vitezi [/ USER] Ho aggiunto le immagini del retro. [/ CITAZIONE]
    Anch'io ho un quadrante personalizzato ma non saprei se del modello pelerouter jet. Vorrei sapere a che modello appartiene.
    Cosa pensate?
    [QUOTE = "Jonatan, post: 1025694, member: 10465"] Ho appena trovato un paio di questi quadranti unici in vendita.

    Non risponde ancora se sono stati creati per semplici movimenti manuali o microtori, anche se questo caso ricorda la custodia Polerouter Jet.

    Il diametro di ciascuno è 27,8 mm.
    [USER = 21324] @Vitezi [/ USER] Ho aggiunto le immagini del retro. [/ QUOTE]
     
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