It went for a hammer price of £3,200 - so £3,891 including buyers premium and VAT on the premium. That would be about $5,830.

 

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First post on these forums. Recently fell in love with the 40's tri-compaxes and looking to make one the first major watch in my collection What do you guys think of this one? Doesn't look like a redial to me, and I like the fact it's a solid 18k, though the 34.5mm is a bit smaller than what I would like.

 

UG cranked out a shitload of watches in the 2 - 3 year period after the war. The numbers on those papers and the back of the case would peg the production date to late 1947ish. So, a watch certificate from mid 1948 seems good.

The font for the strike on the case back looks period correct. That's good. My only concern would be the strike looks a little too good but that could be because of shadowing and camera angle.

Speak of: there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to UG's method of case stamping. Inside, outside, inside, outside. did it depend on the mood of the fabricator?

Anyway, others here know more than me. Perhaps they'll chime in.

 

Nothing funny about that "strike." The numbers look extra embossed because some of them are filled up with polishing compound that was not removed from the watch case after the seller or his watchmaker polished it for sale.

 

Not Ebay, but the Watches of Knightsbridge auction on the 21st has a few UGs, lots 452/3/4 on page 86 of the catalogue. Is that blue/grey/white dial under-valued...?

Also on Chrono24

 

Maybe one of two was showed here, some weeks ago, and bought in a bit.......

 

Is this a redial, I've never seen the font laid out like this

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Oh absolutely, I meant 'under-estimated' perhaps.


O/T There's also a 5012 SAAF in that catalogue too, definitely not under-estimated, esp. with the 21% + 17.5%....

 

No, I'd say that the dial is original. I've seen that design previously.

 

I'm not that familiar with these...it almost looks like this is missing the bezel, or is this how is should look?

 

Thanks for the response on my last post. Price seemed a little steep to me for such a small case.

What do you guys think of this one?


Anyone know of a way of telling if it is a 40's or 50's? Case look like it needs a bit of love, though it would be nice if the pictures were a bit clearer. 37.5mm case is one of the biggest I have seen though. Will have to take a look and see if he is including the crown in that measurement or not.

 

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The case back shows the ref. 12296??
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