Show us your stone dials

[nitediver]

Fellow OF members.

I am really glad to share with you this amazing set of Universal Genève watches that I recently acquired.
Each watch comes with a solid gold case, either manufactured by Max Fuchs or Weber & Cie, two master casemakers based in Geneva. They also come with the "Fat U" crown logo as well as signed leather straps and golden pin buckles.

Now let's talk about the show stopping element here, the semi precious stone dials are vivid and warm, worthy of a Wes Anderson movie! I have to say that in person, they appear more alive. Will leave the pictures continue the narration!

Malachite dial.



Bloodstone dials



I believe this one is Red Jasper, but not entirely sure.



This Obsidian dial has a very beautiful brown hue which is almost transluscent and hard to capture on camera.



Onyx dial.



Any stone dial fans out here? Would love to see some Piaget, Cartier; Rolex and even Omega like this one!

Best regards from Switzerland.

Stefan.

 

[Donko1100]

I had this Raketa. Jasper dial

 

[nitediver]

Absolutely Gorgeous! I have never seen a stone dial on a Soviet watch. I assume the case was solid gold as well?

 

[ahartfie]

Gorgeous! I would love a watch with a malachite dial but only the recent Formex was in my budget but I was dumb and didn’t buy one.

 

[Donko1100]

Hello!
There is no gold Raketa from the models with stone dials. No luxury watches were worn. They are available with green and white stone. The Raketa 2209's 23-stone movement is very thin and is set in quite different patterns than typical watches of the period. It had weak points and was not produced for long. It is certainly the thinnest case in Soviet watches, and I think it was also the thinnest in general during this period.

 

[Donko1100]

Donko1100

Hello!
There is no gold Raketa from the models with stone dials. No luxury watches were worn. They are available with green and white stone. The Raketa 2209's 23-stone movement is very thin and is set in quite different patterns than typical watches of the period. It had weak points and was not produced for long. It is certainly the thinnest case in Soviet watches, and I think it was also the thinnest in general during this period.

 

[Dimitar Adamski]

This green is just so deep and soft.