Mazoue
·I must admit that I now favour the Henrique Pfeffer Caracas hypothesis, even though I'm aware and agree with some of the reservations expressed earlier in this thread. I think if HPC was a UG "thing" then we would have come across it catalogues or advertising by now.
I've noticed that all of the UG signed "Henrique Pfeffer Caracas" only have "Universal" on the dial and not "Geneve". This suggests to me that these dials were printed specifically for Henrique Pfeffer rather than the retailer adding his signature to a factory dial.
In contrast, all of the HPC dials I've seen have otherwise completely standard dials with "Universal" and "Geneve", which means that the "HPC" could have been added to a factory dial by the retailer.
Is it possible that Henrique Pfeffer had two different approaches to signed dials? A fully bespoke "Henrique Pfeffer Caracas" approach and a much less bespoke approach where "HPC" was added to a standard dial?
I've noticed that all of the UG signed "Henrique Pfeffer Caracas" only have "Universal" on the dial and not "Geneve". This suggests to me that these dials were printed specifically for Henrique Pfeffer rather than the retailer adding his signature to a factory dial.
In contrast, all of the HPC dials I've seen have otherwise completely standard dials with "Universal" and "Geneve", which means that the "HPC" could have been added to a factory dial by the retailer.
Is it possible that Henrique Pfeffer had two different approaches to signed dials? A fully bespoke "Henrique Pfeffer Caracas" approach and a much less bespoke approach where "HPC" was added to a standard dial?