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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Dear UG Forum:
I post this with the encouragement of @oinkitt who is the owner of the piece discussed in the 25.12.19 link on this thread. I also invite him after he gets done fighting fires in OZ to opine here as well. As has been discussed, we should have moved this debate away from the FS ad per the rules. Here is an opportunity to add another reference discussion to the UG Sub Forum.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/withdrawn-from-sale-universal-aero-compax.106649/
To make a long story short, one LT member disagreed with the original dial claim and was seconded by another member. No specifics were provided. Per OP request, I posted more detail on what concerns possibly were, others opined and the watch was withdrawn. There was also the matter of the chrono hand not being blue, but I think that has been explained. The challenge herein is that there is a color plate in Sala for this reference that matches the OP watch. The B&W plates however contradict the color plate. @bgrisso and I also own this reference with a very different dial and a 3 in the fourth SN position vs a 2.
Photos provided by @oinkitt: (crystal on and off)
The suspected issues: rounded 3's on hour and seconds subs and odd 3 on the minute sub/Closed and open 6's/printing not as fine on the outer scales, UG logo seems to crowd the upper subdial....and of course the color of the chrono hand. No Swiss.
Pictured next: @bgrisso watch/my watch also 22289 but S/N 1073.......Note that they are the same and track with the OF understanding of mid 40's fonts. (Flat 3's, Open 6) ...Print quality is also finer.
They also appear to match the rather crappy B&W Sala Factory Plates:
And yet, as has been mentioned before, the color plate for the reference looks exactly like @oinkitt 's watch!
So what gives? Is the watch an original dial? Is the forth figure in the reference number 2 vs 3 a meaningful demarcation? Is this yet another problem with color plates? Later dial? Service dial? I don't personally think its a redial.
Anyway, an inappropriate dial debate on a FS post opens an opportunity for posterity on its own thread.
What do you think? We'd love to see some more correlation and examples. I hope I've captured the essence of the issue.
Thanks
I post this with the encouragement of @oinkitt who is the owner of the piece discussed in the 25.12.19 link on this thread. I also invite him after he gets done fighting fires in OZ to opine here as well. As has been discussed, we should have moved this debate away from the FS ad per the rules. Here is an opportunity to add another reference discussion to the UG Sub Forum.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/withdrawn-from-sale-universal-aero-compax.106649/
To make a long story short, one LT member disagreed with the original dial claim and was seconded by another member. No specifics were provided. Per OP request, I posted more detail on what concerns possibly were, others opined and the watch was withdrawn. There was also the matter of the chrono hand not being blue, but I think that has been explained. The challenge herein is that there is a color plate in Sala for this reference that matches the OP watch. The B&W plates however contradict the color plate. @bgrisso and I also own this reference with a very different dial and a 3 in the fourth SN position vs a 2.
Photos provided by @oinkitt: (crystal on and off)
The suspected issues: rounded 3's on hour and seconds subs and odd 3 on the minute sub/Closed and open 6's/printing not as fine on the outer scales, UG logo seems to crowd the upper subdial....and of course the color of the chrono hand. No Swiss.
Pictured next: @bgrisso watch/my watch also 22289 but S/N 1073.......Note that they are the same and track with the OF understanding of mid 40's fonts. (Flat 3's, Open 6) ...Print quality is also finer.
They also appear to match the rather crappy B&W Sala Factory Plates:
And yet, as has been mentioned before, the color plate for the reference looks exactly like @oinkitt 's watch!
So what gives? Is the watch an original dial? Is the forth figure in the reference number 2 vs 3 a meaningful demarcation? Is this yet another problem with color plates? Later dial? Service dial? I don't personally think its a redial.
Anyway, an inappropriate dial debate on a FS post opens an opportunity for posterity on its own thread.
What do you think? We'd love to see some more correlation and examples. I hope I've captured the essence of the issue.
Thanks
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