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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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