Thoughts on this tri-compax?

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blurr77

·Fri. 5:41pm

Hi,

Appreciate thoughts on this tri-compax. Not sure of price yet. Pretty reputed vintage dealer (goldammer) - drops next Thursday. Apologies pics aren’t great - had to take screenshots from a video. (Ref 22250)

Thank you!

 

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TIMElyBehaviour

·Fri. 5:48pm

I don’t know much about these but this is beautiful.

I’ll let the experts tell you good from bad but from a novice, looks pretty.

 

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ErichKeane

·Fri. 6:33pm

There is some inconsistencies with the between-minute markers(see the length of them compared to eachother!), and the '2s' on the calendar are super inconsistent. Not sure if that is authentic or a redial though, if its a redial, it is pretty expertly done (OR, this level of inconsistency is just normal on UG?).

Overall a pretty watch! Though that chrono movement resizing is kinda silly! Rather than a movement ring, they just made all the plates that much bigger on a smaller chrono movement! Thats a funny way to do it, 281->481 apparently is just some plate-resizing, rather than making anything bigger!

 

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Larry S

·Fri. 9:17pm·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Not a redial. It is a factory replacement dial (early 60s) that has been frequently discussed here on OF. Hands have had a re lume regime. Case is correct and sharp. The moon disc appears to be ok as well as I found an ad with that style in Sala. Generally they replaced the moon to a faceless one when changing out the dial because the original discs deteriorated. This is a nice watch.

Edited: Fri. 9:30pm

 

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bgrisso

·Sat. 12:14am

yah that’s the classic UG service dial. All the parts are UG but it looks put together and heavily prepped. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…..if that’s your jam.

 

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theluckyluke

·Sat. 2:36am

The beauty with gold hammer is that they’re really good at teasing you with a nice video. But then I have always wondered - if ever you want the watch, then realistically you have to pull the trigger in three seconds. In that time, you also have to look at the pictures for the first time, read the condition report and digest the price. It’s tough. 🤣

 

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Larry S

·Sat. 12:01pm·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

bgrisso

yah that’s the classic UG service dial. All the parts are UG but it looks put together and heavily prepped. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…..if that’s your jam.

I suspect you are right, it has the look of a prominent dealer near Milan who once had shows and sold such pieces for large money.

 

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banders

·Sat. 3:23pm

There's a similar example coming up for auction soon (see link)

This watch looks to have a service moon phase disk in addition to a service dial. Wish there were more pictures readily available, but I'm sure the auction house will provide more if you ask

Also, the chrono hours and date hands don't look right to me:

But similar package to the Goldammer watch, and you'll have more time to think about the price/condition report/pictures

Edited: Sat. 3:30pm

 

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Larry S

·Sat. 3:26pm·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Yep.. this is what i would expect to see if UG had done the service.

 

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bgrisso

·Sat. 8:25pm

read forward from here for about a page for similar discussions in the past

https://omegaforums.net/posts/2490881/

fizz · Jun 5, 2025

This rather insanely gorgeous looking 22258 (another one!) just sold a few hours ago for about USD 16k.

Full listing here. The watch sold in a few minutes after being teased for a few days on their IG.

It was listed as NOS and looks the part with the partial sticker on the caseback.

But the dial, as striking as it is, has the non-hyphen Tri-Compax that has largely been considered (in these pages at least) as service replacements.

But how could that be if this is purportedly untouched? I know some have debunked this considerations and having now seen a few...

 

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Diabolik

·1:36am yesterday

I have seen that tri compact moon pop up every now and then and it is on my list of desirables …

 

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lsj

·Today at 2:40am

too expensive for me, but its a nice watch with service dial.

 

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Frenkling

·Today at 6:36am

Diabolik

I have seen that tri compact moon pop up every now and then and it is on my list of desirables …

Actually if you compare the serials of all the three 22250 they sold in the last years, they are all different. They bought a stock of NOS cases that they are slowly putting together...

 

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Larry S

·Today at 7:17am·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Frenkling

Actually if you compare the serials of all the three 22250 they sold in the last years, they are all different. They bought a stock of NOS cases that they are slowly putting together...

Well UG is hot again so “make hay while the sun shines” I guess. Nothing wrong with that if the product is high quality and composed of SN /Ref appropriate UG parts. It’s not like it does not happen with other brands and models. I do believe the dealer blurred out the movement SN.

 

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blurr77

·Today at 9:07am

bgrisso

read forward from here for about a page for similar discussions in the past

https://omegaforums.net/posts/2490881/

fizz · Jun 5, 2025

This rather insanely gorgeous looking 22258 (another one!) just sold a few hours ago for about USD 16k.

Full listing here. The watch sold in a few minutes after being teased for a few days on their IG.

It was listed as NOS and looks the part with the partial sticker on the caseback.

But the dial, as striking as it is, has the non-hyphen Tri-Compax that has largely been considered (in these pages at least) as service replacements.

But how could that be if this is purportedly untouched? I know some have debunked this considerations and having now seen a few...

Thanks for sharing this. Gives me an indication of where this will be priced and that’s out of my budget unfortunately. Not to mention there’s still the 35% Swiss watch tariff to the Us. Ugh! Good to know these are legit though.

 

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Diabolik

·Today at 9:39am

Frenkling

Actually if you compare the serials of all the three 22250 they sold in the last years, they are all different. They bought a stock of NOS cases that they are slowly putting together...

A knowledgeable chap here ... Please expand on that 👍

 

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bgrisso

·Today at 1:05pm

blurr77

Thanks for sharing this. Gives me an indication of where this will be priced and that’s out of my budget unfortunately. Not to mention there’s still the 35% Swiss watch tariff to the Us. Ugh! Good to know these are legit though.

Depends on what you call legit I suppose. If putting watches together from various parts, including service dials, and selling them for astronomical prices is legit 🤔
The real question is who is putting them together. I don’t know anything about the seller, how they source and prep inventory, if they are selling consignment from others, etc.

 

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bgrisso

·Today at 1:06pm

Diabolik

A knowledgeable chap here ... Please expand on that 👍

It’s in the discussion I posted, (although if you see three exact same case references, all with service dials, it’s a pretty clear pattern).

 

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Diabolik

·Today at 1:20pm

That is plausible and sort of raises alarm bells 🔔 if it looks too good to be true it usually is.

Where were they sourced and how many are out there is the question. I suppose that they are being sold off at a steady pace, so as to stay under the radar ...

I would be checking case serials and movement serials to put a date on them.

 

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banders

·Today at 1:37pm

Interesting--the Finarte tri-compax up for auction has a serial very close to the Goldammer 22250s: 1154805

I wonder if the same person cobbled together that watch as well...