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Universal Geneve Watches On Ebay

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Welcome. Perhaps nice to introduce yourself and tell us more about the watch and what your own research brought you so far…
hello this is my first UG watch that I bought I took it for 591 CAD and I think that the hour and minute hands are not original I don't know if it's wrong or if it's it's true otherwise apart from that the case the crown and everything else is original
 
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hello this is my first UG watch that I bought I took it for 591 CAD and I think that the hour and minute hands are not original I don't know if it's wrong or if it's it's true otherwise apart from that the case the crown and everything else is original

This poster is Yann from Canada, he approached me with this question on IG and I told him the hands are not original. He purchased the watch on ebay but it has not arrived yet. I suggested he try to return it. The seller says the hands are special because the watch is unique, or something to that effect. I suggested he post the watch here and if a bunch of us say the same thing about the hands, perhaps he can direct the seller to this thread and either they, or ebay, may take multiple people, rather than one person, more seriously. But I don't know if that will work.

If you do comment on the hands please do so in the thread that Yann already created, not here in the ebay thread, as that will get confusing in terms of directing other people here.

Yann please post all the photos you have on this watch to the other thread you already created, not just the one there now. That way people can see the case reference, serial, movement, etc.

The exact language on the ebay listing plus other practicalities (returns accepted, etc?) would also be helpful to know in terms of potentially forcing a return or not.

Best of luck and I hope you can spend lots of time here researching and getting better prepared for your next UG purchase.
 
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Did you find other 20730’s?
 
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Try close refs like 20729 and 20731
 
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On the Bay. What a mess ...

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Try close refs like 20729 and 20731
I found the hands so they are definitely Universal Geneve hands now I'm just trying to understand why they are on the model that I have so maybe which one is special same for the case
 
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These watches are decades younger
 
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No need to quote messages directly above 😉

anyway: these are pretty standard watch hands. Don’t think that - based on this - your hands are UG hands let alone original to the watch
 
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No need to quote messages directly above 😉

anyway: these are pretty standard watch hands. Don’t think that - based on this - your hands are UG hands let alone original to the watch
yes you are totally right in any case it's all quite strange but apart from that it's a very beautiful watch the case is quite unique and beautiful and pi it is entirely original except perhaps apart from the hands and I maybe think about keeping it anyway
 
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Just use reply….
 
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Oh sorry
ok sorry and to give the end of the story the watch with the changed hands cost me $700 including customs fees and I have not yet accepted the package. What do you think is this a good idea that I return it?
 
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If you can: yes
 
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