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路How many kilos were acquired in the pursuit of that little treasure
Universal Geneve Tank watches
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Modest_Proposal
路I鈥檝e always found this one so pure and stunning - not mine, credit @jojolamontre.
I missed this one by a few days on the original auction site and it's haunted me ever since.
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Syrte
路I missed this one by a few days on the original auction site and it's haunted me ever since.
That鈥檚 happened to me too. One month ago even, I missed by two days a stunning watch sold for a bargain BIN.
Or even there are auctions on which I neglected to bid as I thought they would go too high and then the watch sold for much cheaper than I expected.
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Woops
路I鈥檇 like to add this snazzy little linen-dial number recently trawled from the 鈥楤ay. The serial places this watch to around 1964 and it has calibre 800 inside.
The 28mm case is very fine indeed and the watch feels almost weightless on the wrist. Here it is in my sausage fingers for scale;
Brucie bonus: the watch even came on a UG branded strap with buckle. A rare occurrence these days and a very nice surprise indeed.
The 28mm case is very fine indeed and the watch feels almost weightless on the wrist. Here it is in my sausage fingers for scale;
Brucie bonus: the watch even came on a UG branded strap with buckle. A rare occurrence these days and a very nice surprise indeed.
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Aedaxoo
路This thread has made me want a tank watch even more. So many beautiful watches shows that we have to think out of the circle 馃槈
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berrychlossom
路I鈥檇 like to add this snazzy little linen-dial number recently trawled from the 鈥楤ay. The serial places this watch to around 1964 and it has calibre 800 inside.
The 28mm case is very fine indeed and the watch feels almost weightless on the wrist. Here it is in my sausage fingers for scale;
Brucie bonus: the watch even came on a UG branded strap with buckle. A rare occurrence these days and a very nice surprise indeed.
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Woops
路Wow, nice, did it come with the strap and buckle or are they your own upgrades?
Thank you. The strap and buckle were on the watch when I opened the jiffy bag. The strap has been lightly worn and I'm not going to change it.
Like many reading, perhaps, I have many NOS UG straps with buckles I have collected over the years just sitting in boxes. It feels great to be able to finally wear one without worrying I have spoiled it (I know, I know....馃え)
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Meya
路Here is one I snatched on eBay a few days ago for a 2-digit sum:
Not sure if it is a reprinted dial because the "SWISS" is missing at six o clock and the surface seems a bit rough, what do you guys think?
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Nice catch! I didn't see that one. Hard to say anything with certainty when it comes to these 60s tanks. Seems like they used many different looking logo printing plates during that time. My gut reaction is that it is a reprint, just because it looks a bit unaesthetic. As if this logo size was designated for a bigger dial. I do like the indices though
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Meya
路Just for the record - I found another similar one on eBay today - also without "SWISS" at 6 o clock and with this wide dial text:
https://www.ebay.at/itm/405885942153?_skw=universal+geneve+tank&itmmeta=01JVV6911HN85T360G5W7ECNX7&hash=item5e80aff989:g:LD4AAeSwzq1oLjGo&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cQdAbrb4XkEuP5w5QZgtf2cq9Z+zOgC5iM8Uiy7cZZqRN0TMpTLTgN8v9eg8+VyTO7Jl2f6oO77lcFuDleF7/AGHYkE8Q6yEPvG60Rz5R4nMSDlIsddRGZmI76xUpwAsSXL16adsCBSLlUy1qkCRqFSBAHmY8wAJSUiG2t8N4tUwEMQ1YDUJ/SRZxR51IxV+1/sEYFM/4NKc72s9fTelUa1NwOahwrgbezkUyIbvzDoPtuE4zL5TqluIqEzbh0W2Q=|tkp:Bk9SR_iQpObeZQ
The font looks a bit thinner than on my example but especially on eBay these low-res pictures can be a bit misleading.
https://www.ebay.at/itm/405885942153?_skw=universal+geneve+tank&itmmeta=01JVV6911HN85T360G5W7ECNX7&hash=item5e80aff989:g:LD4AAeSwzq1oLjGo&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cQdAbrb4XkEuP5w5QZgtf2cq9Z+zOgC5iM8Uiy7cZZqRN0TMpTLTgN8v9eg8+VyTO7Jl2f6oO77lcFuDleF7/AGHYkE8Q6yEPvG60Rz5R4nMSDlIsddRGZmI76xUpwAsSXL16adsCBSLlUy1qkCRqFSBAHmY8wAJSUiG2t8N4tUwEMQ1YDUJ/SRZxR51IxV+1/sEYFM/4NKc72s9fTelUa1NwOahwrgbezkUyIbvzDoPtuE4zL5TqluIqEzbh0W2Q=|tkp:Bk9SR_iQpObeZQ
The font looks a bit thinner than on my example but especially on eBay these low-res pictures can be a bit misleading.
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