Four decade spanning collection of Universal Geneve

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Though you all might appreciate seeing the Universal Geneve part of my watch collection.

UG Family Photo:

My collection of vintage Universal wristwatches spans the 1940s to the 1970s and includes a pair of manual wind movements, a bumper automatic, a micro-rotor automatic and even a tuning fork movement. I don't have a particular theme here beyond "UG watches" and prefer to collect a breadth of ages, technologies and designs. I recently sourced 4 period correct UG straps (all the black ones) and 3 UG clasps to start to round out the look.

I had a lot of help, mostly from Jonatan, to source these pieces. Thanks so much to @Jonatan and all my collector friends who've helped me build and refine the set.

1943 Henrique Pfeffer co-signed "Universal Caracas" (manual wind)

1957 rose gold ref 10244 Polerouter (138SS bumper movement, not the micro-rotor you might expect. These early versions had the 138SS bumpber)

1960s Polerouter Jet (215-9 micro-rotor movement)

1967+ Unisonic "blue buzzsaw" (2-51 tuning fork movement)

Late 1960s/ early 1970s Ferrovie Stato Italian Railroad watch (manual wind)