Vintage Universal Geneve Exotic Slate Tricompax 881101/03

reficul_x · Jun 17, 2016

Hi collectors,

On sale today is a pretty rare watch in its own right, the Universal Geneve Tricompax 881101/03, also nicknamed, the Exotic dial version Tricompax. (I started this nickname years back since for my lack of vocab, lol)

Dial is in very good, excellent condition, and all parts work as it should. No details of service history, but chrono, calendar correctors all work perfect. As you probably already know, this "exotic" slate dial is the rarer version in the tricompax sports model. In this slate version, there are 2 execution, one with tricompax at 6 and the other, like this one, without. One could only guess why, but the san tricompax version is more seldom seen, definitely less than 10 ever surfaced. Case is polished and bezel has some marks. Overall, excellent specimen from a 60s watch.

Solid trade references upon request.I am asking for USD 35,000 shipped to your doorstep.

Thanks

reficul_x · Jun 18, 2016

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When I say "known to exist" - I mean exactly that. Confirmed examples. I did not mean that only ten were manufactured. But I don't go around counting the number of Tri-Compaxes I see on a google search and making that the number of "surfaced" examples.

Not sure how you got your magic number - but I assume it wasn't much more sophisticated.

Yes nothing more sophisticated than counting and collecting photos from Google and checking what to look out for etc.

How this started was my own due diligence work to check if this is indeed a legit piece without the Tricompax font.

And, either I'm dumb/ stupid/ using non-sophisticated methods or indeed, there are less than 10 unique examples surfaced purely based from my hard work using Google search.

And trust me, it isn't magic.

reficul_x · Jun 18, 2016

Modest_Proposal
You truly believe that less than ten of these are known to exist?

Do you truly believe that more than ten of these are known to exist?

No, im not trying to be defensive or funny. I'm just trying to know what I'm missing when you came up with that question.

Thank you.

Modest_Proposal · Jun 18, 2016

reficul_x
Do you truly believe that more than ten of these are known to exist?

No, im not trying to be defensive or funny. I'm just trying to know what I'm missing when you came up with that question.

Thank you.

Well,

I think for most collectors - we like to follow a certain law of the watch universe. That is, for ever watch you see on a google search, you can expect multitudes more in existence within the market/collector's circle. No human could find every example on the infinite corners of the internet. And even if you could - there are predicted a shocking number of collectors off the grid (https://omegaforums.net/threads/is-...iceberg-talkin-off-the-grid-collectors.38692/). To summarize the number of known examples to those you can find on a google search is naivety bent towards your interest, I think. But don't take that too harshly. I'm sure you watch would have sold for 35k with or without that statement.

reficul_x · Jun 18, 2016

That's why for simplistic sake, I used the word, surfaced.

I dare not use the term, existed, nor will I ever be convinced if someone used that term unless they have every evidence from production numbers with reliable sources.

Trust me, I'm skeptical, and I usually strip marketing terms naked when I view a sales ad.

Have a nice day.

Modest_Proposal · Jun 18, 2016

reficul_x
That's why for simplistic sake, I used the word, surfaced.

I dare not use the term, existed, nor will I ever be convinced if someone used that term unless they have every evidence from production numbers with reliable sources.

Trust me, I'm skeptical, and I usually strip marketing terms naked when I view a sales ad.

Have a nice day.

But that's the thing - I would never use the word "surfaced", for the reasons I in detail described above...

For example, I once owned a beautiful Omega chronometre pocket watch of which I have only found two examples on the internet after some research. Never would I ever say, upon selling it, that only two examples have ever surfaced. I would with the mind of reason have to expect that many more have surfaced than that and that I just don't have the personal time or resources to know about them.

What would have been more accurate would to say that only ten or less examples are known to you.

Anyway,
Thanks for the convo.

reficul_x · Jun 18, 2016

Good suggestion.

I admit that it was some laziness from my part on this.

Thanks again.

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