Horological Meandering

...I thought I'd be wearing this classic today: It represents everything the modern iteration of UG is now missing - extremely affordable price, robust but unpretentious and utilitarian handwound movement and just taking themselves not too seriously. The ...  

Sadly there's been quite a been of inflation (=speculation) ahead of the reboot and several model prices have exploded, a familiar and unfortunate pattern.

...unfortunately I think this is just the beginning, we will continue to see some more dealers and private sellers to ask higher and higher prices for the models they have. On the other hand, I have most of my bases convered in UG-land and there are not m... 

and your watch has a wonderful 70s design. It comes from a time when there wasn’t such a hype about watches and I would say that this role (simple affordable watches with imaginative designs) is now played by other brands. Best, Emmanuel

The dial really is what makes this watch, otherwise it would be a fairly plain and simple little watch. The rarity of this dial variant only adds to the attraction, they are quite hard to be found on the market.

Here are mine to join in 👋🏻 ...  

not a luxury goods collector! 😉 Nice selection my friend, here are some more of my Universals: All of them combined including service/repair cost me only a fraction of 1 of the new models, so I have a very, very hard time coping with the prices Mr. Kern i...  

I hear what you’re saying but as the meme from Watchumor goes: ...