This ref 5551 Compur 30; serial 657106 with 281 and 30mm case was sold yesterday for EUR 700 excl fee: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...l&utm_campaign=watchedlots&utm_content=204491
Ref 5160 Compax 30 (never seen that before): https://www.instagram.com/p/CtmOxAGLSdH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Never say never with Universal, obviously, but many things about this intriguing watch gave me pause for thought. The UGlitterati seem united in admiration for it, though, so I guess it's just me?
It is always tricky to appraise such a unique dial. Nevertheless, I don't love the UG logo or the fonts in general. The outer track in the 6 o'clock subdial doesn't appear to be properly centred and looks much nearer to the '12' than it does the '6', for example. All subdials look a little rough to my eye, actually. Also, we've accepted that Compur with no 'Swiss' can be correct but I'm not sure the same has ever been agreed for 'Compax'?
Never say never with Universal, obviously, but many things about this intriguing watch gave me pause for thought. The UGlitterati seem united in admiration for it, though, so I guess it's just me?
It is always tricky to appraise such a unique dial. Nevertheless, I don't love the UG logo or the fonts in general. The outer track in the 6 o'clock subdial doesn't appear to be properly centred and looks much nearer to the '12' than it does the '6', for example. All subdials look a little rough to my eye, actually. Also, we've accepted that Compur with no 'Swiss' can be correct but I'm not sure the same has ever been agreed for 'Compax'?
I didn't look at it closely. I generally will not say something is a redial unless I feel very confident without research. In this case would require lots of research which I don't have time for, so it remains innocent until proven otherwise in my book. I was surprised it's running a 285, Compur 30 are normally running 386, and the other Compax 30 discussion in this forum I think was running a 381, so I was expecting a 3XX caliber in this example, not a 285. However, again, without research, I cannot really say anything about that.
