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Listing notes "the dial has a small patch of light ageing around the edge at 3-5 o'clock" - other than that, what does everyone think?

Serial and reference both seem consistent with dial and movement, and the crown looks original (can't see in these photos, but other photos in listing show it). The outer ring looks misaligned with the dial (the "Swiss" and UG shield do not align with 6 o'clock and 12 o'clock, respectively), but that seems fixable.

 

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Price seems fair

 

Yikes....Aspiration is everything.

 

Careful all ebay-ers. Almost got sucked into one this morning, but upon closer inspection (and a sharp eye from a fellow OF member -thanks!!) note that the "6" is closed from the later tonneau model, and more worrisome is the appearance of a jewel being "glued" into the movement. Eek. Buyer beware !!!

 

I was surprised with the reference 22278 on ebay achieving such a high price ... looks a complete mess and cant really work out the dial. am i missing something ?



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Advertised as original dial, and a lume you'll see from out your window



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Jeez - pukes at that relume job...

 

It might be I've got cabin fever after a prolonged lockdown (partially voluntary} but I've bought the Railrouter after negotiating a price. I was dubious at one point because there is no Serial# on the caseback but it does have the movement# duplicated there and the correct case ref.
There is a casemaker(?) logo on the inside of the caseback, any info?

Now I have to decide what to do about the dial.

 

This is the logo of Huguenin Frères - they are arguably most famous for the speedmaster cases with lyrelugs (and tricompax cases with lyrelugs)

 

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Honest watch. Unperfect dial, non original crown, few scratches on back and no movement pic. But and honest watch. Difficult to find MK1 at this price range. But sometimes they pop up. Shame about the dial... Difficult to replace...

 

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went a little under the radar, cheap purchase for a super-cool UG model (heavily biased).

 

how about that?
any thoughts @yala

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This seems to be an obvious re-dial, with white paint pooled everywhere and smooth sub-dial edges. I didn't see it on eBay, but didn't the seller indicate that the dial was refinished?

 

Ah yes, this one I think it’s quite expensive – case looks polished – the gold cases I know have lugs that turn inward. hard to say if it’s the case here, i can’t clearly see it on the pictures. The porthole date is silver, the rest of the applications is brass – haven’t seen this combination before on a Mono (and to be fair, @filmir pointed this out to me a few days ago, but only now i know what he meant . The datewheel is pearly white, while the dial is patinated. My guess is the datewheel was changed (but who knows, maybe not). But then – the crown.

All golden Monos I have seen that feature a Connie-style case with inward-turned lugs had a flat crown. This looks like a crown from a Polerouter De Luxe (agree, @CafeRacer ?). So, all in all – the premium you pay for this watch in this condition is because of the dial saying Freccero.

 

Has somebody bent the lugs to get that non-OEM bracelet to fit? Streuth!

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this looks super nice to me. not cheap tho.

 

who makes that case?

 

It does look that way. A bit surprising as there is an identical genuine UG version of that bracelet that would be correct for this watch. I guess the version here must be 19mm rather than 18mm.

 

Nope.

 

What year and value would you put on this guy?