So lovely! Dibs on all 3!

So what does compur mean then, and why the subsequent change to compax?

 

amo, amas, amat........

 

Isn't it great to own watches you can give lessons on! All in incredible condition.

 

As someone who has loosely and incorrectly used 'Bi-Compax' in the past, guilty as charged!
And that is an awesome trio of Compaxes.

 

LoUs, how do you feel about the latest Philips watch result? I mean I know you detest the senseless price rise but that shouldn't be totally unwelcoming given the above and the many more you have?

As I would always say, I am not a collector and more like just hanging around. I would say I am a bit sad that I had a few misses in the past and with the current prices (the recent gold tri-compax I posted on eBay UG thread, I actually got the seller to lower down the price a bit but he pulled the listing this morning ), they look unattainable now but I am also not feeling overly bad because some of the pieces I picked up along the way also appreciated in value, not that I would ever sell them (I have yet to sell one, and sometimes i pretend to just to please my Wife ;p ). But from a serious collector perspective, ain't this a good thing?

 

...This was really just to show off your UGs, wasn't it?

Heartless bastard.

 

And what's the plural?

 

Nice trio! I'm standing in line for Uni

 

Such perfect pieces, and in excellent condition. I'm starting to feel that the current collectors just getting started are at a huge disadvantage, from those who started years ago. Finding pieces like these would be near impossible at the prices @LouS likely paid for them. They do still show up but not nearly as often, and hardly ever for a bargain.

Oh, and thanks for the lesson. I've never called it a "bi-compax" but it's good to know why they were named the way they were

 

This is how I feel. It gets worse when I stumble upon older UG listings and see how the prices were at least 20-40% lower than they are now :-(

 

Yeah, I can't figure out prices of UG any more

I found a SS Uni-Compax on ebay Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Networkwhich wasn't a redial (though the crown was wrong). I consulted 2 other forumers (thanks E & M!), put in a Gixen snipe, but got outsniped Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Networktoday and didn't win.

I had put in a bid of EUR2260 (about USD2450), so was this too low for this SS Uni-Compax with a wrong crown? What are the rough prices now? Looks like my price expectations need recalibrating... sigh

 

I was watching this too, good to know it was a decent example... Didn't realise the crown was a replacement though. It was actually looking a good price until the last 2 minutes of bidding

 

Yup, in the last 5min the price went from EUR712 to the final price of EUR2270. Everyone was sniping.