Ebay auction from Hess Fine out of Florida. I'm perplexed by the case back and ref number. States 35 mm ? . This one the lugs are turned down ? I've never seen the case reference like this on the back until the 1960s ? Original paper work as well ! How can cases with ref 22279 be so different ? Except one is 22279 and the other 22279/3 So 22279 1 is 37 mm found on internet searches 22279 2 is ??? Never seen one 22279 3 is 35 mm Anyone have a 22279 2 ?
Looks fine to me...Extra number denotes a case variation... but can also signal dial variations... 22297 for example.
Here us an image from sala ... Looks like case and dial is different. The one you show looks to be identical to the /20
There is something about that reference number that does not look right. Font is far to big ... Looks like it was applied much later. Document mentions 22279 not 22279/3 ... why? Do you have a pic of inside of case back ?
Ditto. Hodinkee says it’s fine and provides also some background on the retailer. https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/bring-a-loupe-february-1-2019 Issue is that price may go up now due to hodinkee exposure...
The crystal (not correct for case) is likely to be covering the swiss print. Dial is a good one (1950's) and that is pretty much undisputable. My issue is the case. I would like to see the inner side of case back as i am pretty certain that it did not come out of UG with that reference whether Hodinkee says it is good or not. I could just about accept that it was supplied (dial, movement and serialised case) to “EISENHART” who later added the reference but unsure how that would have been arranged with UG. It should be documented in archives but is not ... Documents state it is a 22279, that is what it is ...
I'm not sure if this comment was specific to the Tri-Compax. If not, then I have to disagree. If you look at the case back of almost every Polerouter Jet (they are from a similar period - the late 1950s) the case reference uses a slash. Also the case reference is normally in a larger font than the serial number just like the Tri-Compax in question. It also seems quite possible that the retailer did not add the whole case reference to the guarantee. The addition of the '/3' may not have seemed as significant to the retailer then, as it seems to us now.
I can spot a 4 on the serial number in the same position as the Hodinkee. Could that be and earlier shot of the same watch ?
No, same reference, different serial number. Another one. serial number very close... https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-us/...0017/lot-da39ba3a-2590-4728-87ca-a67b00f47059
