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KP-99, Author at RK Watch Service https://rkwatchservice.com/author/kp-99/ Watch Repair & Restoration Service Mon, 01 Sep 2025 09:24:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://rkwatchservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-RK-Watch-Service-Logo-Chicago-Watch-Repair-Web-32x32.png KP-99, Author at RK Watch Service https://rkwatchservice.com/author/kp-99/ 32 32 Vulcain Cricket LBJ from 50s in great unpolished original condition https://rkwatchservice.com/vulcain-cricket-lbj-from-50s-in-great-unpolished-original-condition/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:26:47 +0000 http://rkwatchservice.com/?guid=5d8cba544f8de78512ba59850b3f76b3 Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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KP-99

Hi,

I would like to offer my 1950s Vulcain Cricket Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) in unpolished original condition.
I am describing my watches very carefully, but I would say, it is one of the best examples, I have ever seen.

It has a nice radium two-to...

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Hi,

It has a nice radium two-tone dial with the characteristic "diamond " marker on top.

It is the rare stainless steel version.

In the meantime, Vulcain reissued exactly this model.

This watch is a classic alarm watch with the famous Vulcain 120 movement.
This movement…

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]]> Universal Geneve Compur chronograph from 40s. What would you replace/re-chrome? https://rkwatchservice.com/universal-geneve-compur-chronograph-from-40s-what-would-you-replace-re-chrome/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:42:42 +0000 http://rkwatchservice.com/?guid=2d10bdb62c6535e215664175b71d804d Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Hi,
last week I found a nice 36mm UG Compur in a www. flea market.
Condition seemed very well, seller was nice, so I picked it up.

Because I not know Universal Geneve chronographs very well, I did not recognize, that the first number in the reference ...

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Hi,
last week I found a nice 36mm UG Compur in a www. flea market.
Condition seemed very well, seller was nice, so I picked it up.

Because I not know Universal Geneve chronographs very well, I did not recognize, that the first number in the reference suggests, that the case is chromed (in this case, I guess nickel-plated and chromed, only back and perhaps bezel should be steel).
Always thought, that only the Berthoud or UWECO have that kind of cases.

After I picked it up, I opened the…

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