UNIVERSAL GENÈVE TRI-COMPAX ref. 881101/01 ERIC CLAPTON "MINT" Some of us may know that the Tri-Compax Clapton ref. 881101 was delivered in either a white dial or black dial (aka Evil Clapton). Today, I am sharing one that seems to have taken a modern 'tw

Sport Chic: One I would love to have! Best, Nicolas

Ref. 881101/01 from ca. 1967 Cheers, HSTE

… tri-compax are widely used today to designate chronos with two and three dials respectively. Regret to say that as confusing it may be the so common use makes now impossible to change this. But is someone asks how these terms were originally coined or w

... but the use of "bi compax" and "three compax" is a bit confusing. So we should relate to the history of the name to understand this matter. As a matter of fact it was originated in a name given by Universal Geneve to designate different models of thei

I hear you believe me I hear you. So what I do is just not use the term tri-compax. Even if technically correct, it may serve to confuse and that’s never our intention. For bi-compax, I use it only to indicate there are two sub-dials. Usually for chronogr

At least for me it is. Compax referred to 3 complications, chronograph, date and moon phase. Chronograph usually has a an hour and minute dial. There are already two sub-dials. Date sometimes can also be displayed using a dial. Usually it is a date window

We often hear the term “tri-compax” with some thinking it means 3 subdials. ❌ Picture from the internet for illustration purposes =============== The term "tri-compax" is not completely accurate when referring to the number of subdials on a watch. While i

FROM THE BREITLING of 1884 thru 1978 ... Léon Breitling, his son Gaston, and later his grandson Willy Breitling 1935 thru 1978 often referred to as the ORIGINAL BREITLING era , before the company was taken over and rebranded Introduced in 1968 and was pro