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·A friend recently picked up this stunning looking Compax, reference 22266, from a dealer in Japan.
The Japanese dealer apparently bought it from someone who had purchased an entire collection of NOS watches from a Swiss Museum.
My friend, who has since bought the watch from the dealer, asked me to receive it, which I did earlier this week. To my untrained eye, the watch, especially the dial, looks pristine. I have no reason to believe or doubt that this is not NOS and I have tried to validate this based on my recently acquired, updated edition of the seminal, authoritative UG book by Sala.
Specifically, on pages 256/257 where Referene 22263 and 22268 are shown, this reference has the exact same case with elongated, shapely lugs on a lovely 34mm case. Even the dial has the same (or similar) motif i.e. 8 small gold (or rose gold?) balls on the hour markers, with the exception of the Roman 12. Even this Roman 12 has a precedent in being featured on other Compax such as the 22464 and 22319 on pages 250/251.
Overall, to me it really does look the kind of museum piece that would be considered pristine and NOS but I am happy to hear the thoughts and views of the others out there.
I leave you with some pictures for your consideration.
The Japanese dealer apparently bought it from someone who had purchased an entire collection of NOS watches from a Swiss Museum.
My friend, who has since bought the watch from the dealer, asked me to receive it, which I did earlier this week. To my untrained eye, the watch, especially the dial, looks pristine. I have no reason to believe or doubt that this is not NOS and I have tried to validate this based on my recently acquired, updated edition of the seminal, authoritative UG book by Sala.
Specifically, on pages 256/257 where Referene 22263 and 22268 are shown, this reference has the exact same case with elongated, shapely lugs on a lovely 34mm case. Even the dial has the same (or similar) motif i.e. 8 small gold (or rose gold?) balls on the hour markers, with the exception of the Roman 12. Even this Roman 12 has a precedent in being featured on other Compax such as the 22464 and 22319 on pages 250/251.
Overall, to me it really does look the kind of museum piece that would be considered pristine and NOS but I am happy to hear the thoughts and views of the others out there.
I leave you with some pictures for your consideration.
