Where would I be able to find correct silver color Dauphine minute and hour hands for a Tri-Compax with Waterproof case and round pushers?

Thanks,
Seth

 

If you find out please let me know.

 

Hands don't correspond to case type, really. They correspond to dial type, caliber and diameter. So you'll need to show us some pics.

And the hunt will be long and long.

 

very difficult. probably impossible unless you have bags of luck. those hands were used in late 50s and early 60s 22XXX-X and 2221XX-X references

 

Dauphine hands needed are for the exact matte silver dial in the photo above posted by Diabolik. The top photo. Minute hand needed is approx. 12.8mm and hour hand is approx. 10.3mm.

 

Will these dauphine hands be the same as those used in the regular Compaxes also from similar year and ref number? I'm speaking of the Compaxes with the similar bombay downturned lugs and silver dial.

 

Same hands as long as the length of the minute hand needed coordinates with the tricompax dial pictured. On this style dial, which is exact to mine, the minute markers are set further away from the outer perifery of the dial, which necessities a slightly shorter minute hand. Approx. 12.3mm in length.

 

Try to find best fit hands may be an option!

 

Picture ?

 

Below is an example I saw today. Forgive me if this is redialed in any way, I didn't look closely, but there is an example of this one in Sala. I wouldn't replace the hands in this case, but just theoretically are these the same hands you see on similarly dialed tricompaxes?

 

@jljl123 so you're asking if these hands are original in a round-about way?

 

No just if UG used the same dauphine hands interchangeably between the compaxes and tricompaxes of this similar silver linen dial/downturned lug style.

With cases you've got the case number to make it clear when UG was using the same case amongst different styled models but with hands you don't have the same luxury. I just didn't know if someone out there already compared the hands from similar compax and tricompax models. Asking more out of curiosity.

 

I believe part of the thread just dissapeared, anyhoo...

Well as you may know UG was ahem... quite freewheeling' with their handsets in the later years, but yes there are Compax with dauphine hands and bombe lugs. Whether or not they are identical in fit and length I don't know.

 

beautiful execution with great dauphine hands ... Identical to the one in the sala bible!



That set of hands was also used on dial in red circle (applied chrome hour markers) reference 22706-1 as mentioned. The very earliest execution of the evil nina ! Probably the only one remaining in the world ...

 

Again...
now you show THE SAME WATCH seen on Sala book, both are in this old post from Chuck:
http://chronomaddox.com/competitors/autavia_v_compax/autavia_vs_compax.html

Please show other models as this

Thanks

 

Firstly we know that Sala has some discrepancies. UG too.

Why do you again use this term "remaining?" Was there a die off?
Is it possible you have the watch featured in Sala?
The chrono hand sure looks strange with those dauphine hands. As Lou said, lets keep it civil and try to quantify your remarks.
None of this has anything to do with the OPs post about LINEN DIALs.

 

No. It is not the one shown on the sala guide. My compax is a reference 22706-01. This is the original watch (i still have the original dial and hand set - see above, circled in red)



This is the earliest Evil Nina variant. The difference between this dial and later dials is the applied shinny hour batons, no lume and second runner that is different (stick). Later models, have printed hour markers that have a lume square (end) and a thicker second runner that is red with a lume slit.

I have replaced my dial with a later exotic dial and used the original hour and minute hands which were dauphine. I also replaced the register hands with white exotic hands and have replaced second runner with a red runner.

I have not seen an original reference 22706-1 anywhere (hence my statement, probably the only one remaining).

The whole point of this thread was to show the dauphine hands on compax references. Unfortunately, it was hijacked !

22706-1 with an exotic dial ...