I've been seeing a few UG examples on this forum in recent weeks that lacked an accent grave on the second "E" of Geneve. I had previously assumed this was indicative of a redial, but now am not sure. For those of you with experience in UG matters, is the absence of accent necessarily a tell tale or could it sometimes be chalked up to another quality/consistency/conformity control quirk that is sometimes seen with UG?
Relisted at $1000, I assume this Compax is far from original, but I do like the look of the clean, well-proportioned dial and the sharp stainless case.
I'd love to know what parts it is (presumably) assembled from, so that I can discover what the original looks like!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USED-60S-UN...242930?hash=item2343aca3b2:g:6IAAAOSwr81UUnAF
Is this one of those Indian dials, or just a Mary Shelley dial?
I've been seeing a few UG examples on this forum in recent weeks that lacked an accent grave on the second "E" of Geneve. I had previously assumed this was indicative of a redial, but now am not sure. For those of you with experience in UG matters, is the absence of accent necessarily a tell tale or could it sometimes be chalked up to another quality/consistency/conformity control quirk that is sometimes seen with UG?
Good points - I can believe it, I just don't understand. I wonder whether the lack of the accent is systematic or seemingly random (e.g. do all Supers or Tri-Compaxes lack the accent, or, if not, is the phenomenon consistent with models of certain years but not with others, etc or is it just hit and miss?). I know I'm splitting hairs here, I just don't get it. Even the first photo shows the accent on the word "Tachymetre", yet avoids it in the word Geneve. Perhaps once can chalk it up to Anglicization, as in the word Automatic in the second example. That said, I still wonder whether there is some rhyme or reason to some models having an accent and others not having it. THank you for these examples.
Well, in French you often omit the accents on capital letters, so I'm guessing it's a typeface thing. The Polerouter Super in MMMD:s photo is a rather late iteration (if I'm correct) with quite a different typeface. The Tachymètre-text is in a serif typeface and the Genève in a sans serif on the Tri-Compax.
