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universemania
·Extremely rare: ref 12108! https://www.bonhams.com/auction/315...vement-mecanique-compur-ref-12108-circa-1940/
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Mark020
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerRare ref 12566. Weird seller. No case size mentioned. Originally no reference mentioned. Obvious redial. https://www.ebay.nl/itm/146553272115
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerAnother Colonial emerged: https://www.phillips.com/detail/universal-geneve/217385?fromSearch=colonia&searchPage=1
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magana_manuel
·Wow interesting!!!
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GadflyShrugs
·Rare bird ref 12552 (which had a VERY expensive service in 2014).... https://www.bukowskis.com/fi/auctions/663/1020-universal-geneve-tri-compax-chronograph-ca-1945. 12552 was probably made in 2 batches and I think 2x100 pieces or so
This is a lot of firsts for my watch collection. First vintage, first gold, first moonphase, first inscribed. When I first got into watches 13 years ago, I leaned more to clean, uncluttered dials. What drew me to this Tri-Compax was how it manages to do so much while somehow still coming off as uncluttered. The perfect balance. That and the moon face, which has so much character.
I love the story of this particular watch as well, the gentleman buying it in 1945 upon the birth of his son, then gifting it to his son upon his college graduation while engraving it with his initials and the year. 80 years between father and son. It was obviously very much worn and valued. The condition could be better, but it's still beautiful and so is the story. I'm trying to get the auction house to let me know who is "PN" so I can keep that history of the watch alive.
I'm going to take it by the local vintage watch shop that originally brought UG to my attention to get their thoughts, but I'm loving the watch so far. I think it looks better than the auction pictures. It feels great on the wrist, and I set it 8 hours ago and it's keeping perfect time. Really impressed!
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Porteroso
·Thanks @Mark020, I bought it. 😁 This is my first Universal Geneve and my first vintage watch. I had never registered for this forum until today (though I do have a Moonwatch), but I've been following this thread for about a year since I first noticed a Tri-Compax of this same reference available at a local vintage watch shop. I was wowed when I first saw the watch, but we can't buy every watch that initially catches our eye or we'll be broke! I let the watch settle in my mind and did my research, by which time the local one was gone. I continued to learn more about it and the history of Universal Geneve, much of my education coming from reading the threads here. I had finally decided this was a watch at the top of my list of wants and recently let a couple of local watch shops here know I was looking when I saw your post. I'm in Los Angeles and had never bid on a foreign auction. Having seen your UG expertise and gotten your recommendation on this watch gave me the confidence to go through with it. I did have some idea of the watch's market from my observations over the past year. I ended up getting it for not much more than the low estimate, which I think is a very good deal.
This is a lot of firsts for my watch collection. First vintage, first gold, first moonphase, first inscribed. When I first got into watches 13 years ago, I leaned more to clean, uncluttered dials. What drew me to this Tri-Compax was how it manages to do so much while somehow still coming off as uncluttered. The perfect balance. That and the moon face, which has so much character.
I love the story of this particular watch as well, the gentleman buying it in 1945 upon the birth of his son, then gifting it to his son upon his college graduation while engraving it with his initials and the year. 80 years between father and son. It was obviously very much worn and valued. The condition could be better, but it's still beautiful and so is the story. I'm trying to get the auction house to let me know who is "PN" so I can keep that history of the watch alive.
I'm going to take it by the local vintage watch shop that originally brought UG to my attention to get their thoughts, but I'm loving the watch so far. I think it looks better than the auction pictures. It feels great on the wrist, and I set it 8 hours ago and it's keeping perfect time. Really impressed!
And stunning watch. Really glad you get to wear it.
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerGreat story and great watch!
Another nice one: ref 22543
Another nice one: ref 22543
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerAnd if you think a colonial is rare what about this one (I think twice as rare ;-)) It will be auctioned by Meetingart
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.“What drew me to this Tri-Compax was how it manages to do so much while somehow still coming off as uncluttered. The perfect balance. That and the moon face, which has so much character.” @GadflyShrugs …. When I saw the Tri for the first time in a Paris Vintage shop, this was my thought as well. I’d never seen anything so cool.
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bgrisso
·Thanks @Mark020, I bought it. 😁 This is my first Universal Geneve and my first vintage watch. I had never registered for this forum until today (though I do have a Moonwatch), but I've been following this thread for about a year since I first noticed a Tri-Compax of this same reference available at a local vintage watch shop. I was wowed when I first saw the watch, but we can't buy every watch that initially catches our eye or we'll be broke! I let the watch settle in my mind and did my research, by which time the local one was gone. I continued to learn more about it and the history of Universal Geneve, much of my education coming from reading the threads here. I had finally decided this was a watch at the top of my list of wants and recently let a couple of local watch shops here know I was looking when I saw your post. I'm in Los Angeles and had never bid on a foreign auction. Having seen your UG expertise and gotten your recommendation on this watch gave me the confidence to go through with it. I did have some idea of the watch's market from my observations over the past year. I ended up getting it for not much more than the low estimate, which I think is a very good deal.
This is a lot of firsts for my watch collection. First vintage, first gold, first moonphase, first inscribed. When I first got into watches 13 years ago, I leaned more to clean, uncluttered dials. What drew me to this Tri-Compax was how it manages to do so much while somehow still coming off as uncluttered. The perfect balance. That and the moon face, which has so much character.
I love the story of this particular watch as well, the gentleman buying it in 1945 upon the birth of his son, then gifting it to his son upon his college graduation while engraving it with his initials and the year. 80 years between father and son. It was obviously very much worn and valued. The condition could be better, but it's still beautiful and so is the story. I'm trying to get the auction house to let me know who is "PN" so I can keep that history of the watch alive.
I'm going to take it by the local vintage watch shop that originally brought UG to my attention to get their thoughts, but I'm loving the watch so far. I think it looks better than the auction pictures. It feels great on the wrist, and I set it 8 hours ago and it's keeping perfect time. Really impressed!
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerInteresting question. The 3 examples I know all have different hands. One of the others has a black dial and wrong hands. The other one is white with black hands.
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bgrisso
·Interesting question. The 3 examples I know all have different hands. One of the others has a black dial and wrong hands. The other one is white with black hands.
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GadflyShrugs
·welcome to the forum and congrats on your beautiful Tri ! Great story but you should think about posting it in one of the Tri threads, because it will just get lost in this ebay thread
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fizz
·If someone is looking for a very nice 222100/1 (the best variant in my view), there's still a few hours for this auction to end. Don't know the premium but I remember reading it was 25% or so, so bid accordingly. It's rather low in terms of bid amount at the moment (with about 3+ hours to go) and I don't think has gotten too many eyeballs.
https://bids.schmitthoran.com/Auctions/BidNow/auction/61/auction/LIVE/740
https://bids.schmitthoran.com/Auctions/BidNow/auction/61/auction/LIVE/740
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Knebo
·I'm very sceptical about the dial on this White Shadow. I have one like this and it has a nice sunburst blue dial. This dial looks spray painted...
Universal Genève White Shadow
€4,842
https://chrono24.app/universalgenve...lim-reference-866104-with-box--id40191229.htm
Universal Genève White Shadow
€4,842
https://chrono24.app/universalgenve...lim-reference-866104-with-box--id40191229.htm
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ocelottle
·Honest manual wind going cheap
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28654136...gL1RdHLRBm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Seller also has a couple of UG quartz.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28654136...gL1RdHLRBm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Seller also has a couple of UG quartz.
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer@ocelottle, @Knebo: post pics not links and try to add the reference (for later reference).
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