A couple of weeks ago my wife took me with her while she went thrift store exploring. I made the best of it and actually found a Universal Geneve in a pile of costume jewelry and paid a whopping $3.00 dollars for it. The crystal was broken and it wasn't working.


After a couple (OK four) wrong crystal replacements, I finally found the correct one and did a quick movement cleaning and now she both works and looks good! Needs a better strap (preferably black) and she's ready to go out on the town!

 

These are the best kinds of finds! Congrats and enjoy!

 

I got the black strap/band on it and I think it looks pretty good.

 

Cal 263? Screw or snap back? 34mm? Looks like an Outdoorsman.

 

Great find, good looking watch for 3 bucks! I think every collection needs an old patina-ed watch like this. I prefer the brown to the black strap, but you wear it how you like it!

 

a good rule of thumb on these is cal 263 have “no tail” seconds hand, and cal 267 have tails

 

267. Screw back with Magnetism shield. I believe it is an Outdoorsman as well, but I'm no expert.

 

Hell of a deal for 3 bucks!

 

@wbaileyii I'll give you $6, that's 100% profit!

 

Great find! Wish thrift stores were open up here in Canada.