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Well, there are collectors out there that are willing to pay the price, and .... If we compare top 60's UG's to 60 Heuers for example, although scarcer, they are actually way undervalued and in my eyes much much nicer. There are only going to be fewer and fewer as years go by ...

At this rate, they will be worth four figure wads and out of reach of the ordinary "joe bloggs" in a decade or so, so get cracking and buy in those rare UG's before it is too late !

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Jonatan Jonatan
Is it just me or dos that watch look pissed off? Those eyebrows...
Unfortunately this is a very small watch with with wrong pushers and crown, on op of it an incredibly bad redial, poor relume and the second hand is very hard to find...
 
LouS
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Well, that explains why it's pissed off. 馃槨
 
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London麓s calling...
A very nice Universal Geneve Tricompax with spyder lugs,it looks like a twin to mine (just 71betwenn serial numbers!!)
Looks nice and original, even if it has had some water problems and a fixed lug.
Orginal dial with patina, but you won麓t see it on the wrist.
Just at 2,20 GBP four days to go.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vinta...-Wristwatch-/262083024106?hash=item3d055d94ea
 
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valjoux72 valjoux72
London麓s calling...
A very nice Universal Geneve Tricompax with spyder lugs,it looks like a twin to mine (just 71betwenn serial numbers!!)
Looks nice and original, even if it has had some water problems and a fixed lug.
Orginal dial with patina, but you won麓t see it on the wrist.
Just at 2,20 GBP four days to go.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vinta...-Wristwatch-/262083024106?hash=item3d055d94ea
Looks like a redial to me, which makes it a no no
 
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valjoux72
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Redail? What makes you think so?
Looks O.K. for me, but maybe the written "Universal Geneve" has been redrawn.
 
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Picture from the eBay link both the UG name, and tricompax look odd. The minute subdial edge also looks odd.
 
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valjoux72 valjoux72
London麓s calling...
A very nice Universal Geneve Tricompax with spyder lugs,it looks like a twin to mine (just 71betwenn serial numbers!!)
Looks nice and original, even if it has had some water problems and a fixed lug.
Orginal dial with patina, but you won麓t see it on the wrist.
Just at 2,20 GBP four days to go.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vinta...-Wristwatch-/262083024106?hash=item3d055d94ea

ELV web ELV web
Looks like a redial to me, which makes it a no no

Have to agree with @ELV web here, looks to be a redial!馃憥
 
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The dial is not refinished, but it looks very water-washed with most of its lume missing and it has a wrong sweep second hand. Here's mine

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jordn jordn
The dial is not refinished, but it looks very water-washed with most of its lume missing and it has a wrong sweep second hand. Here's mine

20150502_153902.jpg
I think I was wrong then, perhaps water washing also distorted the "A" in tricompax enough to make it look kind of strange.
 
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I'm curious as to why is the 'Universal Geneve" Text so dark and thick compared to the rest of dial (much darker and thicker than yours)? Something seems fishy here!馃槖
 
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Hijak Hijak
I'm curious as to why is the 'Universal Geneve" Text so dark and thick compared to the rest of dial (much darker and thicker than yours)? Something seems fishy here!馃槖
I definitely see what you mean, but I see no evidence of a localized redial. To me, it looks like over-exposure to moisture has made the ink run just slightly. Everything from the odd spacing between the S and the A to the lilt of the L is correct, so I'm fairly confident it hasnt been touched up. Considering the condition of dial in its entirety, it also seems unlikely to me that someone would decide to alter just the logo.
 
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jordn jordn
The dial is not refinished, but it looks very water-washed with most of its lume missing and it has a wrong sweep second hand. Here's mine

20150502_153902.jpg

that 's a supa dupa uni tri-compax you have there ... Would you take a yubitsume for it?

The ebay one looks fine to me. However, water damage is a pain. It never gets any better. If it looses moisture, the paint flakes away, if moisture content increase, it gradually fades. There is no point trying to stabilize it. It would mean housing it in a temperature controlled environment. Ok if are off to mars ...

All you can do is enjoy it and hope you find a replacement dial at some point ... but the chances of that are slim !
 
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Diabolik Diabolik
that 's a supa dupa uni tri-compax you have there ... Would you take a yubitsume for it?
Your left pinky will do just fine. I'll send you the watch once I receive it馃嵖馃槣
 
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valjoux72 valjoux72
Redail? What makes you think so?
Looks O.K. for me, but maybe the written "Universal Geneve" has been redrawn.
Yes and the moondisk conveniently hidden is too recent for the model (without a face)...
 
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Hello everyone , any of you have checked the UG Compur offered by Auctionata ?
Thanks
 
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P P.Wood
Hello everyone , any of you have checked the UG Compur offered by Auctionata ?
Thanks

Now they have.....
 
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