THIS AUCTION IS FOR A Ca.1950’s 17 JEWEL UNIVERSAL GENEVE CALIBER 281 CHRONOGRAPH MAN’S WRISTWATCH

UNIVERSAL GENEVE WAS FOUNDED IN 1894 BY NUMA-EMILE DESCOMBES, ULYSSE GEORGES PERRET AND LUOIS EDOUARD BERTHOUD. UNIVERSAL GENEVE S.A. IS A SWISS LUXURY WATCH COMPANY. SINCE IT BEGAN, THE COMPANY HAS PRODUCEDCOMPLETE WATCHES WITH IN-HOUSE MOVEMENTS, AND THROUGHOUT THE 20^TH CENTURY, DISTRIBUTED MANY NOTABLE AND IMPORTANT TIMEPIECES.

I HAVE HAD THIS WATCH IN MY CHRONOGRAPH DISPLAY COLLECTION FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT HAS NOT BEEN RECENTLY SERVICED. WHILE BOTH THE WATCH AND THE CHRONGRAPH ARE FUNCTIONAL, BUT IN TESTING IT RIGHT NOW, I NOTE THAT THE CHRONOGRAPH OPERATES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN STOPS BOTH THE CHRONOGRAPH AND THE BASE MOVEMENT, SO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS ANOMALY NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT AND APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS MADE.

THIS WATCH HAS A CALIBER 281 CROWN WHEEL CHRONOGRAPH MOVEMENT. IT IS HOUSED IN A STAINLESS STEEL CASE. IT HAS 2 ROUND PUSH BUTTONS LOCATED ON THE CASE RIM. THE BUTTON AT THE 2 O’CLOCK POSITION STARTS AND STOPS THE CHRONOGRAPH OPERATION. THE BUTTON AT THE 4 O’CLOCK POSITION RESETS THE CHRONOGRAPH CENTER SECONDS COUNTING AND THE MINUTE COUNTING HANDS TO ZERO POSITION.

THERE ARE THREE SUBDIALS: THE ONE LOCATED AT THE 3 O’CLOCK POSITION IS THE CHRONOGRAPH 30 MINUTE ACCUMULATING COUNTER; THE ONE AT 6 O’CLOCK IS THE 12 HOUR REGISTER; THE ONE AT 9 O’CLOCK IS THE CONSTANT RUNNING SECONDS COUNTER, WHENEVER THE WATCH IS RUNNING.

THE DIAL IS WHITE WITH RAISED GOLD HOUR MARKERS. THE NUMBER 12 IS THE ONLY HOUR NUMERAL, AND THE OTHER MARKERS ARE INWARDLY POINTING DARTS WITH A BLACK CIRCLE AT THE LARGE OUTER END OF THE DART. THE DIAL HAS A PERIPHERAL TACHOMETER SCALE IN METERS WITH 1000 BASE. THE NAME “UNIVERSAL GENEVE” IS PRINTED ON THE DIAL. THE HANDS ARE ALSO GOLD AND HAVE A LUMINOUS STRIPE DOWN THE CENTER, BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT IT GLOWS ANYMORE.

THE CASE IS STAINLESS STEEL AND THE REAR COVER IS STAMPED AS SUCH ON THE INSIDE ALONG WITH “SWISS” AND THE UNIVERSAL GENEVE LOGO. THERE ARE NUMBERS “22295  2 AND 1663857” STAMPED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE COVER.

THE MARKINGS STAMPED ON THE MOVEMENT CAN BE SEEN IN THE PHOTO.

THE WATCH STRAP IS A BRAND NEW TWO PIECE ITALIAN MADE CROCODILE STRAP BY STULLER. IN THE PHOTO IT APPEARS AS ROUNDED BECAUSE IT WAS ON AN ELLIPTICAL DISPLAY STANCHON. IT HAS NET BEEN WORN ON THE WRIST.

I TRIED TO DESCRIBE THE ITEM WITH WORDS AND PHOTOS, BUT MAY HAVE MISSED SOME FEATURE/DETAIL THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. PLEASE READ ALL AND VIEW PHOTOS AND POSE QUESTIONS/ CONCERNS PRIOR TO BIDDING. I WILL GLADLY RESPOND.

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