Hi,
Some of you guys may already know I have ref 12253 cal 481 18K Tri-Compax up for repair and restoration.
I have managed to source most of the parts needed but are still hunting for a part, and possible a moonphase disc.

ANY LEADS WHERE I CAN FIND THESE PARTS ARE HIGHLY VALUED!
I will of course also offer to purchase these from any good member of this great forum!

Part 2552 MOD: plate for the calendar section:

I am also curious to know what you think of the moonphase disc. Should I try to source one "fresher", or leave it be?
The dial itself is in very much better state.


The rest:

 

Try Blake at scotch watch. I was trying to source day and month discs in english and a moonphase disc for my 287 but he only has smaller ones (8.3mm)

He has 287 ones listed on his site but he's confirmed he got the mixed up

That being said anyone with 287 sized day and month discs in english willing to sell or swap for Portugese let me know

Good luck.

 

Thanks for the tip!
I will see what I can find. The 2551 MOD plate is listed as "in stock" so at least I now have all the needed mechanical parts sorted.

 

No problems.

I think the moon disc is #2587/1 (I believe this is interchangeable through all of the calendar models) Could be wrong though.

 

Thanks again,
As far as I have learnt there are two (at least) different designs of the moon disc. The old style (like mine) has a face on the moon symbol, opposed to the more modern one which has a blank moon face.
I will see what comes up, and if any one has one, do not be shy to PM me

 

Oh man, I was going to advocate keeping to moon disc as-is, but then I scrolled down to see the dial. Stunning.

I'll be following this thread as I've always wondered about what it's like to keep a tri-compax running.

 

Blake is a great source for UG parts, but shhhhh let's keep that on the down low .

My vote is to keep the original moonphase disc. These first series discs take on some heavy patina in general, but I think it looks great especially against the backdrop of the gold hour markers and case.

Good luck with finding a sweep second chrono hand! Unfortunately, I think you may have to just take one from a cheap (relatively) redialed compax because I have never seen it in the wild. I look forward to seeing the end result

 

Seeep second hand is secured
Stay tuned!