Thanks! Do you see any issues w/ the Compur? Is it all original? I like it but I'm not familiar enough with the reference.

 

Seems pretty expensive to me, besides there are some yellowish clouds on the dial.
Considering the dial, the minute markers are overfowing (I don't know if it is the correct word) on the small dials, it seems a bit messy for an "original" printing, maybe I'm wrong...

 

There are a couple of things I don't like and I am by no means an expert on UG, but the alighnment of the words Tachymrtre and Base just look wrong. The other thing is the mix of flat top "3"s and round top ones on the same dial

 

http://goo.gl/slbjZ1

Any thoughts on this? Not a big fan of gold plated watches in general, but somehow like the looks of that one. Whats your experience with gold plated UGs, do they wear off easy?

 

That indeed is a whole different story, thanks.. the german reads as if it was golf plated, thats why i was wondering.

Cheers

 

Laurent and others has the same dial.....
https://omegaforums.net/threads/late-model-tri-compax.3818/

GIGI

 

i have seen that one and many more! Yes, someone has a stash but price is beyond what any sane collector would consider reasonable. But there again, they are pretty much unavailable anywhere on the planet and only likely to become available if a watch is broken up and sold as parts.

They are unique in that they are NOS (an ex UG employee) ! There are a couple of redials as well as desirable bezels as well.

I suppose they will hit the market at some point so get ready with your 'spondoolies' as you will have to raid your savings to afford one ...

 

Personally, I'd rather pay less for the same dial with the whole watch around it for a lower price
http://www.chrono24.com/en/universa...=1&dosearch=true&urlSubpath=/search/index.htm

 

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Did I just buy a fake Universal? I can't find another like it anywhere on the Internet

 

nope looks alright to me. this is one of the very last polerouter models from the late 60's.

Edit: going by the serial number, it could be from the early 70's

 

Thanks, that's a relief! Do you think the bracelet is original? It has a different style logo to the dial and Crown, and the end link fit looks pretty poor so I thought it's incorrect for the model.

The seller accepted my offer of €499, does that sound like correct market value?

 

Bracelet looks a little weird to me. Looks roughly like a Gay Freres bracelet made for later tricompaxes and compaxes, but it's American made? The links and the end pieces look different from examples I've seen as well. Thoughts?



Photo courtesy of Phillips Watch Auction of correct Gay Freres bracelet:

 

I agree that the bracelet looks a bit odd. This case style was mainly kitted out with a Unisonic movement - obviously it's possible that the resemblance is superficial and that the case/lug sizes are different but I doubt it. I have the Unisonic and the lugs are 18mm and the bracelet (which came off a different Unisonic but with the same case) fits perfectly - perhaps with the caveat that it doesn't perfectly follow the angular shape of the lugs.
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?161319-Universal-Geneve-grey-dialled-hummer-back-from-the-spa



And this is where the bracelet came from.
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?138692-Universal-Gen%E8ve-Unisonic-work-in-progress

Based on this advert that I've seen for sale on Ebay (I must get a copy one day) I believe it to be the correct bracelet for the case.

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Judging by the number of 17mm NOS OEM straps on Ebay UG clearly made lots of watches with 17mm lugs and possibly either your bracelet or endpieces were originally destined for one of those - or they've been filed down for some inexplicable reason?

Good luck with sourcing replacement endpieces as you'll need it- there seems to have been a bit of a feeding frenzy with UG bracelets of late but that's probably more the case with the 19/20mm lug ones. I see that there's a Melbourne-based Ebay seller that seems to have a stock of UG bracelets but I can't see that he has what you need.

 

UG fans, what do you think about this one? Seems priced too low to be true? Looks in very nice condition, only missing a lume dot.
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It is a fake, discussed in detail in a recent thread in this forum.

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Yikes. Thanks!

 

hello guys,

not on ebay but may could help some of you (no idea of prices anyway..)

http://www.leboncoin.fr/montres_bijoux/792741645.htm?ca=12_s

 

That is quite amazing!