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1. The case is dammaged, the whole rear of the 3 hrs pushbutton is missing (and the screw holding it is "blurred" ?).
4. The red hand is from a 60'.
5. A spring seems to have a problem.
A abzolut4.) was reading that there are letters on some UG movements e.g. UOW indicating the import code
A abzolutIt's obviously too late if it isn't the real deal (and I accepted that risk)
I find it most difficult to assess dials when they are almost too good to be true - the bad redials are the easiest. That said, if this one is legit, it is a beauty of an execution. My bias is to think it's the real deal in this case. Could't see the crystal re: signed or not or date window or not and shame about what looks to be an almost entirely effaced caseback enblem. Couldn't find a movement shot, but looks to be of the Cal. 215 family. I wouldn't be surprised if this one didn't last long. If I wasn't more focused on the black dials, I might consider it myself.
While I am not specifically in the market for one of these at this time, I have been viewing this listing over the past week with curiosity and thought I鈥檇 share for your interest. Clearly not as pristine as the fine specimen we鈥檝e seen on this Forum over the years, but intriguing nonetheless. I note the plates in the movement shot are somewhat different from what we鈥檝e seen so far. Can鈥檛 determine from the pics whether the crystal is signed or not. Anyhow, thought you might enjoy taking a look at this if you haven鈥檛 already done so.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-RARE-Universal-Geneve-Polerouter-ELECTRIC-from-1960s-/252286328764
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I concur. P.s. Is that your own wrist shot? What a fantastic pic and good looking watch!
There are already a couple threads about this one (I had the chance to buy it last week and was debating hard). Hands are impossible to find though. Would be maddening and ultimately futile, especially at that price point.
I was hoping to get your input on this one. I messaged the seller to see if he could send me pictures of the caseback or at least the numbers on the caseback but no response. Although nothing particularly special, this thing is stuck in my head. Not sure if it's those sharp beveled lugs, blued steel hands, or the just the clean dial layout. But with like many of these vintage UG's reference material can sometimes be sparse, especially when I don't have the numbers from the caseback. It's also a little concerning that the Ranfft archive doesn't even list a Cal 264 movement. I suspect the crown isn't original, any thoughts on this one?
It's a sweet looking watch, but there are a couple of big ugly screws in the movement that really don't look like the work of UG About 1 o'clock and 7 o'clock on your picture
