Double signed Universal Geneve

bgrisso
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Frenkling Frenkling
I've seen other watches with a circular mark on the minute track similar to the one on this watch. It's wider than the minute hand, so I ruled out that possibility. Does anyone have any ideas?
There are marks from the minute hand between 35 and 40. I assume the other marks you mean are on the tachy scale? Those are from the chrono sweep. If the case size had been increased, those (bezel) marks (from the smaller case) are usually between the tachy scale and the edge of the dial, not over the tachy scale itself. If the case size had been decreased from factory and then increased again, I suppose you could get a mark like that on the tachy scale, but I think that scenario is unlikely.

The hands all look original on this watch, I doubt anything has been swapped.
 
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Very cool reference 31252, double-signed by Armi P. Beretta Brescia, a well-known and long-established firearms manufacturer based in Italy, in pristine condition. Originally sold by Gobbi Milano in 1950.
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With the pointy A in Universal I have my doubts as to whether that's the original dial. GenevA is certainly unusual but we know that UG registered it and have used it.

I know that one of the Colonials looks like it's in a Borgel case but I've not seen one actually signed F.B. Do we know of any other UG in a Borgel case?
 
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With the pointy A in Universal I have my doubts as to whether that's the original dial. GenevA is certainly unusual but we know that UG registered it and have used it.

I know that one of the Colonials looks like it's in a Borgel case but I've not seen one actually signed F.B. Do we know of any other UG in a Borgel case?
Would be nice to see inside caseback and mvmt
 
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3040? Any idea what that means?
 
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it's the end of the serial number that you can see in the external caseback. it's between lugs too.
 
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