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Strap and buckle sizes for Tri Compax

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Im very lucky to have gotten my watch with a genuine UG buckle and, also, I think it has a genuine UG strap too.

This is what my buckle looks like. It is 16mm that needs a 14 mm strap width. The only thing that is not right is the pin that look a mm too long.
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I recently received this buckle from an OF member and want to add it to the compendium here. I am told it is 1940s....yellow gold plaque, tang wire style, 16mm.

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Dre Dre
Might as well adding some of mine. Left to right - steel, rose gold plated, yellow gold plated.

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Hello,

It's been a while but received the same buckles as Dre's. Here are the images for posterity.
 
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You wait months and months for a nice buckle to turn up and then two arrive within a few weeks of each other - it's amazing how often that happens with collecting.

Anyway, I recently came by this 14k solid yellow gold UG buckle;

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Here it is side by side with another tang wire one I have in gold plaque from the 1940s;

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I measured them both and they are exactly the same size in every dimension, the only difference being the base material and the stamps. It seems peculiar to me that you'd spend all that money back then on a brand new Universal chronograph and then scrimp on the strap and buckle but there was a war on, I guess.
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@Woops

Hahaha. I also placed a bid for it.
Well done! It is a nice one.

It is the 18mm one, right?
 
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Carlton-Browne Carlton-Browne
It was you who got it 😀. Well done!

Thank you, most kind. I paid up massively, if that is any consolation at all ::facepalm1::
 
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Verdi Mircea
@Woops

Hahaha. I also placed a bid for it.
Well done! It is a nice one.

It is the 18mm one, right?

Thank you.

It's 16mm actually. I don't think I've ever seen a solid gold one in 18mm.
 
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Woops Woops
Thank you.

It's 16mm actually. I don't think I've ever seen a solid gold one in 18mm.

Universal Geneve 14K Solid Gold Buckle on 18 mm Leather Strap for Vintage Watch

This is the recent listing I was talking about. Sold for 171 pounds
 
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Ah I see. The buckle is 16mm. The modest strap it came on is 18mm at the lugs, hence the confusion.
 
Verdi
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Woops Woops
Ah I see. The buckle is 16mm. The modest strap it came on is 18mm at the lugs, hence the confusion.

Ohh, I see. It was a bit confusing. So, thats the one.
Im glad it got to one of the members here!
 
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Woops Woops
Thank you, most kind. I paid up massively, if that is any consolation at all ::facepalm1::

That's not cheap but I wouldn't say really expensive, and certainly not massively expensive 😉
 
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Andrew C Andrew C
Here's a buckle and a strap for an 881101/01 (Clapton Tri-Compax).
I would guess this is a bit too early for a clapton - i usually see these buckles on 50s pieces.
 
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CafeRacer CafeRacer
I dont think thats a 40-50s buckle.
I see them on US-market pieces from the late 60s and through the 70s (e.g. unisonics)

Thank you. For the avoidance of doubt - you're saying this is the one that's 60s/70s?
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Carlton-Browne Carlton-Browne
Thank you. For the avoidance of doubt - you're saying this is the one that's 60s/70s?
I believe so, yes.
Ive seen them a lot on 60s/70s UG signed straps that usually indicate they were for the US-market (e.g. sizing is imperial, not metric).
 
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