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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerMe too! Very nice example
Lets see your UG Tri-Compax
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magana_manuel
·My new obsession, recently back from service
I picked this up a few months ago from an Auction house in Malmo, Sweden. The previous owner engraved their telephone number on the caseback in case the watch was ever lost (I guess they were an optimist).
Major shoutouts to @Mark020 for answering my questions about the watch and to @Florent and @bgrisso for helping me get it back to the US!
Coincidentally, a very close relative of this watch just sold at Bonhams. Only 15 serial numbers away!
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billving
·love it
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MarktheTime
·Excited to have the solid 18k gold Ref 181102 Tri just back from a full service, and sporting a fantastic new strap from Matteo at Torre Straps. 😀
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magana_manuel
·Most beautiful TriCompax ever!!
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GadflyShrugs
·I got my first Universal Geneve thanks to this forum! @Mark020 posted this auction listing on the eBay thread. I had been watching the thread for a while since I became interested in getting a Tri-Compax about a year ago.
What drew me to the UG Tri-Compax was how it manages to do so much while somehow still coming off as uncluttered. The perfect balance. That and the moon face, which has so much character. The moon face is why I would pick this watch over even the Patek Philippe 1518 of the same era, if you take out the price!
I also love the story of Universal Geneve, a top-tier watchmaker that didn't make it through the dark era of 70s quartz and 80s digital watches but is about to make a comeback. I wanted to get one before the mainstream public starts talking about Universal Geneve again.
This particular watch also has a great story. A gentleman bought it in 1945 upon the birth of his son and gifted it to his son upon his college graduation, engraving his initials and the year on the back. 80 years between father and son, and now the 80-year-old son was selling. It was obviously very much worn and loved. The condition could be better, but it's still beautiful and so is the story.
This is my first vintage watch and I'm impressed. It feels great on the wrist, and in the first 24 hours it was pretty spot on in keeping time.
What drew me to the UG Tri-Compax was how it manages to do so much while somehow still coming off as uncluttered. The perfect balance. That and the moon face, which has so much character. The moon face is why I would pick this watch over even the Patek Philippe 1518 of the same era, if you take out the price!
I also love the story of Universal Geneve, a top-tier watchmaker that didn't make it through the dark era of 70s quartz and 80s digital watches but is about to make a comeback. I wanted to get one before the mainstream public starts talking about Universal Geneve again.
This particular watch also has a great story. A gentleman bought it in 1945 upon the birth of his son and gifted it to his son upon his college graduation, engraving his initials and the year on the back. 80 years between father and son, and now the 80-year-old son was selling. It was obviously very much worn and loved. The condition could be better, but it's still beautiful and so is the story.
This is my first vintage watch and I'm impressed. It feels great on the wrist, and in the first 24 hours it was pretty spot on in keeping time.
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magana_manuel
·I got my first Universal Geneve thanks to this forum! @Mark020 posted this auction listing on the eBay thread. I had been watching the thread for a while since I became interested in getting a Tri-Compax about a year ago.
What drew me to the UG Tri-Compax was how it manages to do so much while somehow still coming off as uncluttered. The perfect balance. That and the moon face, which has so much character. The moon face is why I would pick this watch over even the Patek Philippe 1518 of the same era, if you take out the price!
I also love the story of Universal Geneve, a top-tier watchmaker that didn't make it through the dark era of 70s quartz and 80s digital watches but is about to make a comeback. I wanted to get one before the mainstream public starts talking about Universal Geneve again.
This particular watch also has a great story. A gentleman bought it in 1945 upon the birth of his son and gifted it to his son upon his college graduation, engraving his initials and the year on the back. 80 years between father and son, and now the 80-year-old son was selling. It was obviously very much worn and loved. The condition could be better, but it's still beautiful and so is the story.
This is my first vintage watch and I'm impressed. It feels great on the wrist, and in the first 24 hours it was pretty spot on in keeping time.
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