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  1. Duracuir1 Never Used A Kodak Apr 22, 2020

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    My beloved old UG chrono appears to be squinting a bit. Is the right hand side register a bit larger than the left? Is this an illusion caused by the register’s outer ring? Hoping to get your opinion.

    I bought the watch after reading about it in a Hodinkee Bring A Loupe article. The wonderful Sala book shows some Compur photos with the (to me) similar “illusion”. I added one pic from the book. Tell me what you think. Do yours do that too? Any pictures?

    It looks like Columbo a bit! Oh, and “one more thing!” It’s ugly but I absolutely love it! Favorite of my modest collection and the one that I would pull out of the house if there was a fire. This old watch picked up 5 seconds since 9am today (Eastern) and works without having been serviced. 448E44FC-7A85-4173-AE78-503DE515D120.jpeg 66671D98-28A5-4E1A-A932-F26070A0FB71.jpeg 834FACC1-4EF4-4D10-9736-FB290E3B489E.jpeg FFF06384-0D91-430E-805D-D737A4F1181B.jpeg 425C30D2-1BE8-40EB-806E-463602CB6ABA.jpeg D5DDD494-FF27-47F0-9328-54765618EEE0.jpeg 7DA8388F-8863-43F2-9ED1-600B887CD400.jpeg F93AE3E3-DC8E-4D23-AB3F-80ED55D3789A.jpeg
     
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  2. timecube Apr 22, 2020

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    I don't know UG, but unless you did some very weird camera magic the right register is definitely larger than the left.

    Around 5%, comparing inner ring to inner ring.
     
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  3. timecube Apr 22, 2020

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    Comparing outer ring to outer ring, it's 5% as well.
     
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  5. madjestikmoose Can’t bat, can’t bowl Apr 22, 2020

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    The ‘Thom Yorke’ of watches. Love both!
     
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