It is utterly beautiful, for sure.

 

can't get enough of these...

 

This one now sold for 1500 £ with just one bidder. Did anyone here get it?

 

There is something fishy about the watch - A calendar model. None of the reference examples have the moon phase cutting into the 6 like that.

 

Nothing fishy in my eyes. Just a little dirty.

 

I kind of agree although i'm far from an expert.
Sala can't have every single model - he owns about 150 chronographs but the calendar /moonphase selection is not as exhaustive.
(and when I look at all the references he has in there, there are some in which the 6 completely disappears, others where some of the indexes are cut and the proportions look similar to this....)

 

Just got the book so I've not got a practiced eye as yet. That's why this forum has helped with the three that I own.

 

Yeah. Just keep in mind that the book isn't scripture, as Syrte said. It contains only a fraction of the offerings of UG and some photos in the book are of redials.

 

Not scripture????? For $300 bucks it ought to be!

Just kidding .. I know it's directional from all the debating that goes on. Still it's really fun to dig into and a great accomplishment.

 

It’s the smaller 33mm, I think the 35mm are seen more often.

 

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Wow... That is clean!

 

Very nice!

Here's another UG with a very similar dial design to the previous one:

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Any opportunity to post mine!

 

Guess now I'm over the moon!
And those Arabic numerals, how exotic!

 

Are late 90s / early 2000's considered vintage by now?

Zenith El Primero Chronomaster ref. 14 01.0240.410
Glamor shot:

Movement shots:


Wrist shot:

Blancpain manual wind 17 jewels, 34 mm


Movement shot:


Also, not that old (mid-2000's I believe), but a nice implementation of the more common ETA 7751 (Longines cal. 678.2) in a Longines Master Collection (no longer in my possession, one of the watches I regret selling the most):

 

Not Arabic.
Farsi!

 

Okay, almost the same thing (except for 4 letters and 3 numbers)!
"After the Islamic conquest of the Persian Sassanian Empire in 642 AD, Arabic became the language of government, culture and especially religion. Modern Persian appeared during the 9th century. It is written in a version of the Arabic script and is full of words of Arabic origin."
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/persian.htm
http://sartre2.byu.edu/persian/persianword/numbers.htm

 

JLC's older Master Moon almost qualifies as vintage ,doesn't it?

 

YG and PG triples But no moonphases yet (1st photo is from seller):