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Old 10 October 2007, 01:32 AM   #1
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What is a tri compax?

Is it the arrangment of the sub dials on a chronograph?
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Old 10 October 2007, 03:49 AM   #2
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It is a series of Universal watches, chronograph, probably referring to the 3 sub dials.
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Old 10 October 2007, 04:24 AM   #3
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Wonder if it has any relationship with a uni-tampax?
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Old 10 October 2007, 04:36 AM   #4
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here is my tri-compax

it's a chronograph with triple date and a moon phase made by Universal _ this one is from the 60's
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Old 10 October 2007, 04:38 AM   #5
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If I remember correctly the watch on the back of "A complete price guide for watches" shows one.
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Old 10 October 2007, 04:39 AM   #6
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I always thought that the Tri compax was sub dial arrangements of 9, 6 and 3.
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Old 10 October 2007, 04:53 AM   #7
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vernon,
you might be thinking about the Universal Genève CHRONOGRAPH COMPAX - that is the one with the sub dial configuration you mentioned
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Old 10 October 2007, 04:55 AM   #8
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Great! Thanks Watchgeek for the info.
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Old 10 October 2007, 05:22 AM   #9
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Just don't try to set it w/o the manual at hand.
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Old 10 October 2007, 05:33 AM   #10
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it's actually pretty easy -- moonphase at the 12 o'clock along with the date, month and day beside it, and then just a simple chrono -- nothing to it
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Tricompax was a watch model from Universal Watch Co. but is also generally used for the subsidiary dial arrangement where you have subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9:



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