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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerNice one! Most 128k serials are found between 850k and 900k serials!
Universal tre tacche "Colonial" wristwatch
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Woops
·This turned up recently in a mixed bag. It is quite tiny at 28mm and once I get round to doing something with it I suspect it will need to go on some kind of bund-like strap like my other one.
Cal 260.
There are faint numbers visible on the case back (I can see a 2 and a 5) but I suspect the amount of brushing will mean I will never see all of them (my feeling is 5 digit rather than 4 digit, before anybody asks 😀).
I'll try to take some more pictures later in the month.
The major negative is a chip on the dial at 10.
And I'm of the opinion that UG don't do syringe hands so the minute hand isn't original unless someone thinks differently.
There was a NOS Zentra tank and a scrap 14k gold case in with the bunch so I'm quite happy, all in all.
Congratulations, what a charming little watch. These are really nifty cases.
I THINK I recall seeing other mismatched syringe hands on UGs from this era, let me have a dig around. If the minute hand is a replacement, it must be a very old one. To my eye, the lume matches nicely across the entire dial and handset.
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klugt1990
·Does this one belong here?
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerOf course!
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CafeRacer
·This thread is the richest time-only UG ‘Colonial’ one I could find on the forum. I hope my nifty little watch belongs amongst such esteemed company.
The serial places this piece to around 1939. The hulking case is in fine shape considering it is over 80 years old and was presumably no safe queen, particularly when evaluated alongside its original battered bonklip bracelet.
I had this one a while back with a very similar dial/layout/hahnds and 4-digit ref 7480 (cal 262 inside), but i fear we might be getting away from the true "colonial" references as they appear in vintage advertisements...?
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·I had this one a while back with a very similar dial/layout/hahnds and 4-digit ref 7480 (cal 262 inside), but i fear we might be getting away from the true "colonial" references as they appear in vintage advertisements...?
wow that is gorgeous ! must have been a pretty early 262? I usually associate these with other/earlier movements
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Carlton-Browne
·I think you'll find that watchgeorge is the bloke that started this thread 😀.
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Geme81
·beautiful post, beautiful pictures and vintage commercial in Italian.
Do you know what means "tre tacche"
I know since I'm italian
Do you know what means "tre tacche"
I know since I'm italian
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··MWR Tech Support DeptI think you'll find that watchgeorge is the bloke that started this thread 😀.
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Mark020
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerMido x Hermes but remarkably similar looking https://drouot.com/fr/l/24847573-mido-hermes-multifort-montre-b
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·And then there were three.
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CaptainWinsor
·Are those cut out numbers on the first one?
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·Are those cut out numbers on the first one?
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