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Universal Geneve 22250 Redial? Dial Originality Check

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Great original example already discussed on the forum, it's only missing a radium dot at 1 o'clock
 
Larry S
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I get why you are suspicious. Spacing and fonts are correct. I’d want to see better pics before buying but inclined to think it ok. Cleaned retouched dial? Dunno. Seller I clearly pricing it as original. They are not fly by night.
 
marc92
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I never got into Tris, so for my own education, why is the font in the hour subregister much bolder/thicker? Is that normal in Tri-compax? Doesn’t seem to be the case with regular Compax.
 
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Frenkling Frenkling
Great original example already discussed on the forum, it's only missing a radium dot at 1 o'clock
Sorry to add redundancy to the thread - I could not locate where it was discussed before. Do you happen to know where it was?
 
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I get why you are suspicious. Spacing and fonts are correct. I’d want to see better pics before buying but inclined to think it ok. Cleaned retouched dial? Dunno. Seller I clearly pricing it as original. They are not fly by night.
Thank you for the response Larry - yes exactly because the price is so high its something I would like to study to understand where the seller is coming from, price point wise.
 
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I never got into Tris, so for my own education, why is the font in the hour subregister much bolder/thicker? Is that normal in Tri-compax? Doesn’t seem to be the case with regular Compax.
It’s the photos. I just scrolled thru to some with more natural light and the watch is correct.
 
TexOmega
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Condition, Condition, Condition.........$12k for the smaller 285. 🤨

Good luck with negotiations.
 
bgrisso
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best to post pics not links. The links will be dead at some point and then this thread is useless.

I don't see any issues, only thing I'm not sure about is the lume, particularly the hands. It's extremely homogenous, but I can't tell either way.
 
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I used to own this watch from true NOS. When I took it in for service through Analog Shift, they completely botched it. Pretty heartbroken at the time so I may have blocked the memory partially since this was back in 2016/2017, but either the minute hand or both hands had to be relumed. The dial was damaged and the original crystal got lost somehow. All other parts are correct.

It was a stunning thing.
IMG_4160.webp IMG_4162.webp IMG_4161.webp
 
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jordn jordn
I used to own this watch from true NOS. When I took it in for service through Analog Shift, they completely botched it. Pretty heartbroken at the time so I may have blocked the memory partially since this was back in 2016/2017, but either the minute hand or both hands had to be relumed. The dial was damaged and the original crystal got lost somehow. All other parts are correct.

It was a stunning thing.
IMG_4160.webp IMG_4162.webp IMG_4161.webp
Wow … Nice to hear from one of the old guard. I still own your former 22242.
 
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jordn jordn
I used to own this watch from true NOS. When I took it in for service through Analog Shift, they completely botched it. Pretty heartbroken at the time so I may have blocked the memory partially since this was back in 2016/2017, but either the minute hand or both hands had to be relumed. The dial was damaged and the original crystal got lost somehow. All other parts are correct.

It was a stunning thing.
IMG_4160.webp IMG_4162.webp IMG_4161.webp
ouch, sorry to hear about that, but thanks for posting the original pics and history.
 
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Larry S Larry S
Wow … Nice to hear from one of the old guard. I still own your former 22242.
Oh nice! That was the watch that got me deep into UG. Glad you are enjoying it. I took a long hiatus from vintage watch collecting, but I've been getting the itch again. Funny to see this watch on my first day back on OF 😅
 
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Oh nice! That was the watch that got me deep into UG. Glad you are enjoying it. I took a long hiatus from vintage watch collecting, but I've been getting the itch again. Funny to see this watch on my first day back on OF 😅
welcome back !
 
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