Universal Geneve Watches On Ebay

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Those are typically cloisonné enamel though whereas I presume this one was just painted?

Painted in my view, yes. I might ask the seller if he minds me posting the pictures.
 
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As a matter of interest, did anybody have a view on this one?
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I had a cheeky snipe but I obviously didn't want it enough (I did some work in Caracas a few years ago). I received some high resolution pictures from the seller and the detail was of sufficient quality for me to believe it is original.

I see it popped up in Italy on Instagram today
 
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Definitely not my thing. Not sure why you would want s map on a watch face anyway. Pretty useless. It has to be a custom job and I don't think it would be something produced by UG ...

3k ? L'orologiese has a reputation for coming up with the weird and wonderful along with extraordinary price tags.

PASS ...
 
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Call me shallow but I wouldn't buy a UG if there's no UG branding on the dial....
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If you look very, very carefully it does have Universal Geneve on the dial - I'll admit that I missed it, even with the high resolution pictures.

I don't think it's worth €4k but then I obviously didn't or I would have bid more. One could almost believe a slightly higher price might be justified if it was enamel rather than painted - but it isn't.
 
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A similar dial on IG today



This is a little classier than the other ... Nice, but really not my thing.
 
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Is that run for it? Or run away? I think you meant the latter.

Run over it?
 
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It even looks like it has a faked buckle. On the plus side, you can’t knock their consistency.
 
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It even looks like it has a faked buckle. On the plus side, you can’t knock their consistency.

yah I noticed that too, pretty weird looking buckle