martinc
·Hello, dear OF members and UG experts in particular.
I have recently come across a little strange Compur on eBay. It has been sold a few weeks ago and now has resurfaced with better photos and better description.
Looking at the watch, I was in agreement with the seller, who declares that "these curved fixed lugs were added a long time ago and appear to have been done fairly well, I'd have to imagine that original lugs perhaps broke off and these were the solution".
It´s fairly obvious that the lower lugs were repaired and resoldered not too nicely... for the rest it´s a clean job, but still very unusual for UG, so I thought they cannot be original....
...until... I came across another Compur with exactly the same lugs, this time on Chrono 24.
What do you think?
Pictures and links follow:
Example no. 1
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-19...-Chronograph-Watch-ORIGINAL-Dial/124422896649
(last photo is from the earlier eBay offer, but it is the same watch)
Example no. 2
https://www.chrono24.com/universalgenve/pre-compur--id17084075.htm
P.S. I am not the seller and I am not buying any of the watches either... I just have never seen this type of lugs before and it´s strange seeing 2 within just a few days.
Thanks,
Martin
I have recently come across a little strange Compur on eBay. It has been sold a few weeks ago and now has resurfaced with better photos and better description.
Looking at the watch, I was in agreement with the seller, who declares that "these curved fixed lugs were added a long time ago and appear to have been done fairly well, I'd have to imagine that original lugs perhaps broke off and these were the solution".
It´s fairly obvious that the lower lugs were repaired and resoldered not too nicely... for the rest it´s a clean job, but still very unusual for UG, so I thought they cannot be original....
...until... I came across another Compur with exactly the same lugs, this time on Chrono 24.
What do you think?
Pictures and links follow:
Example no. 1
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-19...-Chronograph-Watch-ORIGINAL-Dial/124422896649
(last photo is from the earlier eBay offer, but it is the same watch)
Example no. 2
https://www.chrono24.com/universalgenve/pre-compur--id17084075.htm
P.S. I am not the seller and I am not buying any of the watches either... I just have never seen this type of lugs before and it´s strange seeing 2 within just a few days.
Thanks,
Martin
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