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Running this one by you, Refurbished dial by UG 1987

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Hi All,
Having returned the last watch, as discussed here, my search continues.
I have come across this and the seller has the receipt for the service and dial refresh in 1987...
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Would love to know your thoughts on this one. Sorry of photos are not of high resolution. Regards

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Mark020
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Extremely poor redial. You need to up your budget
 
bgrisso
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Wow that is really horrible. You are saying UG did the service/redial? If so that is crazy.
 
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Mark020 Mark020
Extremely poor redial. You need to up your budget
That bad hah, Can you explain a little bit more, some pointers for a novice.
 
Mark020
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Perhaps first some homework by yourself… Find 10 22539’s and place pics of the dials next to each other.
 
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Mark020 Mark020
Perhaps first some homework by yourself… Find 10 22539’s and place pics of the dials next to each other.
I have been looking at nothing else for the past 2 weeks, But difficult if you dont know what to look for...Found this useful though,

https://omegaforums.net/threads/ug-tri-compax-dial-evolution-varience-service-dial-redial-referece-guide-read-entire-thread.48137/ Cover Image
Thread 'UG Tri-compax Dial " evolution, varience, service dial & redial referece guide " READ ENTIRE THREAD' ·
This dial looks NOS, great redial ? Let's hear what the experts think ? If it is a redial, it is one of the best I have ever seen ! With the popularity of UG and the increasing value, people...
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some pointers there regarding the numbers,9 and 6,
 
Larry S
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Honestly. I’m always happy to help but you and a few other recent posters are so off track! This is garbage. Yes you need to accept the fact that your budget is too low.
 
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Honestly. I’m always happy to help but you and a few other recent posters are so off track! This is garbage. Yes you need to accept the fact that your budget is too low.
I do not have a fixed budget, but looking around and hoping to learn a bit from others who are experts, as there is rather little information freely available on these watches, unlike other watches that I own. What intrigued me was the refurbishement by UG with a paper trail to prove it. I wondered what the expert opinion on that was. I dont see how increasing my budget might increase my knowledge, but then again maybe it is not here that I should be learning. I will continue to look around and piece the information I need together, before posting here.
 
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I dont think there is ANYTHING identical between these 2 dials but for the very basic layout things…



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Larry S
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The UG sub is full of discussions and pictures spend some time browsing the threads, use the search feature. Sala is a worthy investment if you can find a copy is a worthwhile investment. Slow down. The watches will be there. Understand that the lions share of collector grade watches are in collections and not likely to leave as UG is now an active brand under the Breitling umbrella. Prices are not going down either. We’ve seen this before. People slapping together disparate parts and flogging garbage to the unwary
 
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The UG sub is full of discussions and pictures spend some time browsing the threads, use the search feature. Sala is a worthy investment if you can find a copy is a worthwhile investment. Slow down. The watches will be there. Understand that the lions share of collector grade watches are in collections and not likely to leave as UG is now an active brand under the Breitling umbrella.
Thank you I appreciate the advice. You are right, maybe I am too impatient.
 
babaky
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I dont think there is ANYTHING identical between these 2 dials but for the very basic layout things…



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Cristal clear now, but I just could not tell which dials that I was looking at were in fact original.
 
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Here's another comparison (this one has applied numerals, but just ignore that). For one thing the redial doesn't even say "Tri Compax" on it. And the UG is inside the date circle. And the date circle has rail tracks and overlaps the day/month windows, and some of the subdials are not centered, or overlapping, and all the fonts are wrong, and the print quality is terrible, etc, etc, etc

22539 comparison.webp
 
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Here's another comparison (this one has applied numerals, but just ignore that). For one thing the redial doesn't even say "Tri Compax" on it. And the UG is inside the date circle. And the date circle has rail tracks and overlaps the day/month windows, and some of the subdials are not centered, or overlapping, and all the fonts are wrong, and the print quality is terrible, etc, etc, etc

22539 comparison.webp
thanks, and the day month windows into the date circle.
 
Mark020
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Think I have posted that letter before. Took long because the dial was very hard to replicate 😎::facepalm1::
 
Larry S
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Proof of UG's dark ages....
Wow …wasn’t paying attn. UG did this. Yikes!
 
babaky
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Larry S Larry S
Wow …wasn’t paying attn. UG did this. Yikes!
Maybe it was changed after 1987
 
bgrisso
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At least they only charged $60. (Actually that's $292 today, I guess it's still a decent amount of money).
 
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