Compur commeth

khmt2 · May 16, 2015

Some shots of a new Cal 156 arrival!

Movement shot courtesy of seller - love those column wheels!

Meeting the rest of the family!

Thanks for looking!

Gavin · May 16, 2015

Congrats. And I love that last pic there.

Hijak · May 16, 2015

Stunning!

Lessismore · May 16, 2015

Very nice group you got there! :thumbsup:

LouS · May 16, 2015

Aaaaand...DIBS! nice example of the jeanneret case. If you have it polished you will suffer eternal torment.

Kudos for your courage with the Albanian

jordn · May 16, 2015

I'm glad it went to a forum member

enjoy!

VetPsychWars · May 16, 2015

Quite pretty!

I know Compur as a maker of camera shutters. Is there a relation?

Tom

lenny · May 16, 2015

VetPsychWars
Quite pretty!

I know Compur as a maker of camera shutters. Is there a relation?

Tom

No, I believe it was a term that Universal coined in the 30s to describe a 2 dial chrono layout. According to the following reference, it was the equivalent of Uni-compax.

http://www.watch-wiki.net/index.php?title=Compax

khmt2 · May 16, 2015

Thanks everyone!

@LouS : you're down as no 3

The only trouble with this watch: makes my 320 look positively puny!

So so pretty! ::love::

Gavin · May 16, 2015

khmt2
Thanks everyone!

@LouS :The only trouble with this watch: makes my 320 look positively puny!

You have to sell me that 320 then. :whistling:

NT931 · May 17, 2015

Gavin
Congrats. And I love that last pic there.

Ditto for me - some really awesome vintage chronos you've got there! Maybe we should have a SG GTG soon...

khmt2 · May 17, 2015

NT931
Ditto for me - some really awesome vintage chronos you've got there! Maybe we should have a SG GTG soon...

GTG sounds gd! :thumbsup:

Calling @Gavin and @ELV web ...

dsio · May 17, 2015

Incredible lugs!

I need to pay SG another visit again soon too

NT931 · May 17, 2015

dsio
Incredible lugs! I need to pay SG another visit again soon too

Sounds good Ash! Calling @Privateday7 too...

ghwatch · May 19, 2015

Fantastic!

nicolas07 · May 19, 2015

Very nice dial!
What's the approximate production year?

khmt2 · May 19, 2015

nicolas07
Very nice dial!
What's the approximate production year?

The case serial 78XXXX dates it to the late 1930s or early 1940s.

Sergeant Pluck · May 20, 2015

Stunning. A beautiful case design, particularly those lugs.

tmw57 · May 21, 2015

dsio
Incredible lugs!

I need to pay SG another visit again soon too

khmt2
Thanks everyone!

@LouS : you're down as no 3

The only trouble with this watch: makes my 320 look positively puny!

So so pretty!

I can't get over how sharp the edges are...just fantastic! A beautiful score!