I just picked this up. SS Tri-Compax. Any thoughts on this from experts? Appears to be unpolished and it's running well.
Yes, I think I see it in your pic above but I can't quite make it out. The issue is that this is a rather late model dial in a what looks like a rather early model case - sort of a stylistic mismatch. It's not beyond UG to make some odd combinations, but I'd be a lot happier if this had a relatively late case number.
when I get a chance to take the back off I'll send you a picture. What range of case #s should there be? thanks for your input
In my opinion (and I stress that, since there is no established evolution of UG dial style), 1.5 million or higher. I'd love to hear from the other obsessives regarding the dial.
Can actually make out the ref. to be 22279. Borrowing a zoom in from OP post. The serial number looks to start from 1 but followed by a 0, need to get a better picture to confirm perhaps. But if it is a 10 then that puts is Early half of 40s right?
here are two new shots...1 of watch face and 1 of movement and inside watch back. reference # is 22279, case # is 1067248 with a little searching, I've seen several examples of 22279s with this case and dial configuration. I've attached 1 similar here as well.
The second watch you posted is a different reference case and one which is thought to be younger than your case reference.
Yes, the watch I posted as an example is a reference 22279 from the 1950s according the Antiquorum. My watch with case # 1067248 is 1940s?? As LouS says above, there is no established evolution of UG dial style, and it's not beyond UG to make different combinations. Here is another example I found. Sold at Sotheby's in 2013. Same case ref 22279 and case # 1155791 circa 1945. Very similar dial except with arabic numbers instead of straight indexes. Thanks everyone for your comments.
I answered one of my questions....1,000,000 case # dates the watch 1943-1945. So, I assume 1067248 makes this 1944.
Sorry wjr, I didn't want to heart your feelings, you wrote "Any thoughts on this from experts?", I gave you mine and if you dig a bit in archives and such you will see that I am right. I can send you docs and photos that will prove it. Anyway, that can be easily fixed with a N.O.S. dial from the 40', I can get you one if you want.