Hi guys,

I am having a very difficult time identifying this watch. I cannot seem to find another like it for sale now or in the past. Perhaps I am missing something, but It appears the back of this watch does not come off and there are no markings on it except for 18K gold and what appears to be a serial number of 63498. Any help is appreciated!

This watch was a family heirloom so I'm trying to figure out exactly what it is! Thanks again

-Garrett

 

never seen anything like it. very existential. maybe that is the point??

 

Neither have I. It's a very plain but good looking piece. I know that this was given to my grandfather by a company he worked for in the 1960's and that is it. I have tried ebay/google image searches etc. The only one that comes close is in the link below, but it's slightly off

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Uni...038224&hash=item41962e5d65:g:rbMAAOSw3xJVVQEPPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

Looks like UGs take on the original Movado Museum watch.

 

That's pretty interesting. They look almost identical. Thanks for the input!

 

That's a piece of s**t

 

Honestly this is a horrible fake dial. +1 POS

 

Interesting. Thanks for the candid insight. Was looking for a little more detailed information, but i suppose that will do haha.

At the same time, how is it even possible that this is a fake dial? This watch was given to him for years served at Westinghouse. He threw it in a drawer. If you look at the one on eBay, it has a similarly questionable dial.

 

The quality is just poor. Even in their decline UG was never this bad.

 

I'm just curious as to who would go to such lengths to make a fake UG like this.

Perhaps opening the watch to see the movement will answer many of the questions you seek OP and to us here.

 

I agree OP should get it opened and photograph the movement/ caseback etc. It looks like it could be right out of a page from one of Genta's notebooks of discarded ideas!

 

I think i'm going to have to take it to a professional to get to the movement. I tried to pop the back off and ended up popping the lens off. I've never seen anything like this before. I think the only way to get to the movement is to take the dial off, which I am not equipped to do.

 

Thanks for the information! I appreciate it.

 

This looks so weird! Now I'm super interested in finding out more about this piece!

 

I am nearly 100% certain that this is way it was meant to be - however, you would have to remove the crown first and then remove the entire movement from the front.

 

Movement comes out from the front. Lift gently upward on the crown, whole movement/dial should come straight out. Note the notch in the case adjacent to the crown.

This is similar to OPs watch

 

Thank you! I will do that and post some pictures. Seriously thanks for the help gentleman.

 

That did the trick. Thanks X350!

All I could make out are the numbers 1-42 on the movement itself. And on the casing, 06547

 

I think @Larry S is going to have to eat his words now

@GGG964 well done! Looks the part now From the Ranfft site the movement in your watch was manufactured in the mid to late 70s, which coincides with the logo style of the time.