Opinion on Tri-Compax value

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Tempus

·May 20, 2022

Hi All, Slowly thinning out...not my hair... but my collection. Problem is, every time I sell I seem to justify the purchase of another 🤨

Anyway, just canvassing what you think is realistic value for my gold (capped, rolled) Tri-Compax might be. All working fine of course, no gold wear through but a some patina around the tachy

 

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Mark020

·May 20, 2022·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

What reference is it?

 

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Tempus

·May 20, 2022

Mark020

What reference is it?

It's a 42406.

 

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Larry S

·May 20, 2022·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

An obvious redial sold on the Bay for around 2800 USD in April. I’m guessing for a nice piece like your watch 3500-4000 USD, possibly more. Looks like this is mid late 40s? Service moon. Not sure this is the best time to be trying to sell though.

 

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Mark020

·May 20, 2022·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

Couple of them I have on record:
https://www.catawiki.com/l/13479837-universal-geneve-tri-compax-cal-287-men-1901-1949
https://www.catawiki.com/nl/l/51794461-universal-geneve-tri-compax-ref-42406-heren-1950-1959
https://chronograph-seno.com/?pid=118068568
https://chronograph-seno.com/?pid=121292150
Most of the ones I have were on ebay (and links now dead)

 

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Woops

·May 20, 2022

Dear OP that is a lovely watch and good luck with the sale. Please forgive my quick detour on your thread.

I can’t help but agree with Larry here;

Larry S

Not sure this is the best time to be trying to sell though.

The top-end auction houses continue to set records in Patek and Rolex this year but it seems like everyone else is finding it hard to move nice pieces along at the moment. There is a lot of fear in the air, perhaps for good reason. I see spectacular affordable pieces sit on the shelf here at OF (and elsewhere) for much longer than they used to.

 

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bgrisso

·May 20, 2022

I would guess 3-4K, hopefully on the upper side, depending on how patient you can be

is the hour chrono hand reset sticky?

 

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Larry S

·May 20, 2022·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

bgrisso

I would guess 3-4K, hopefully on the upper side, depending on how patient you can be

is the hour chrono hand reset sticky?

Good catch. My recco is to have it serviced and sit out this bear market unless you really need the cash. Despite the fact that this is a GC watch, its in superb shape and will do well in the right market.

 

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Tempus

·May 20, 2022

bgrisso

I would guess 3-4K, hopefully on the upper side, depending on how patient you can be

is the hour chrono hand reset sticky?

No not sticky, resets to zero every time but wanders off to position in photo after wearing for a period of time...

 

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Tempus

·May 20, 2022

Thank you to all for your feedback. To add to the argument of a bear market, I recently caught up with the owner of one of the most prominent dealerships of vintage watches in Melbourne and he mentioned the same...good sales of fairly new watches but the vintage market is stagnant (including sought after models of vintage Rolexes).
I think I may take your advice and hang on and enjoy it for a little longer.

 

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Tempus

·May 20, 2022

Interesting back story, I bought this watch around 10yrs ago from a pawn shop (via Ebay), not working, on a grotty Spidel band and with a heavily scratched crystal. Photos were quite good so could see condition of case and dial were quite good and vendor had a photo of movement which was very clean and appeared intact without any signs of abuse on screws etc. I thought definitely worth a shot. When I received it, I opened it up and found a spring lever installed back to front, 30 secs later a fully functioning watch. As it was on the top of the movement, I'm guessing it must have come loose and an amateur screwed it back on in the position that I found it in.

 

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TexOmega

·May 20, 2022

So, you returned it as "NOT AS DESCRIBED"?


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