Lucky you. Your Tri looks soooo nice...

 

I think it's fair to say that the owner wasn't an avid member of the online forums or Instagram community. And for the sake of his mental health, I hope he doesn't get involved after the fact...

 

"Eric Clapton Panda" haha seriously?

http://mentawatches.com/inventory/universal-geneve-tri-compax-eric-clapton-panda/

 

I'm looking for a replacement bezel for one of these and read somewhere that a bezel for a Speedmaster Reduced Automatic will fit. I've studied the letter type and I must say it looks ( almost ) identical.

Has anyone tried this? Or am I wasting my time? Or is there a better alternative?

 

I doubt it. These cases measure 36mm, whereas the Speedy Reduced are 39mm.

 

Back to square one then!

Anybody got any leads on a bezel?

 

Ha. nice marketing. wonder what price he'll end up getting. hard to see the quality of the watch from the one pic.

 

So, I'm almost positive that it's the same Tri-Compax that sold at Knightsbridge. Easier to see on the IG pics of it, but when you compare it to the Knightsbridge pics in our OF forum (from a month ago), the lume plots look identical in terms of the discoloration pattern.

Recall - that one hammered at 6,000 pounds ($11,500)

 

ah, so the guy is flipping it. interesting.

 

The most recent WoK Tri-Compax was white with black subdials...
https://omegaforums.net/threads/panda-tri-compax-at-knightsbridge.26559/



The last one they offered (lot 503, 22 Nov 2014) was estimated at £3,500-£4,500 but didn't sell

 

Yeah, we were discussing the "Eric Clapton" panda that's being offered by Menta Watches

 

My apologies...

 

@ChicagoFrog It's the same compax that sold at Knightsbridge. The glass is cracked at the same place and the bezel has identical damage. I was watching the auction(and spent two days reviewing the images) and I'm sure that it was won by an internet bidder. It makes sense to buy this watch and flip. For sure were going to see a lot of this happen in the future. The supply is limited on these models and finding on in decent shape is very hard.

 

Side by side Mentawatches (left) vs Knightsbridge (right) .
I couldn't be bothered to color match the pictures, still you could clearly see the nick on the tachy scale above the 500 mark and the crack on the glass on both watches.
Don't understand why they don't acknowledge that it was bought from the Watches of Knightsbridge auction. At least that way it has some provenance (in a WoK catalogue)

 

It would be really cool if Eric Clapton had/has a real live Panda.

 

Note to self: refer to inverse-panda Tri-Compax as "Evil Clapton" in any future sales listing.

 

Calling @cicindela

 

Something like:



But a bit more pop-stylish.