Hermès 'Presents The Universal Genève Compax' patek philippe complications Despite its founding in 1874

Despite its founding in 1874 as a movement manufacturer — and its reputation as a designer and producer of ultra-thin calibers

This watch emphasizes the fact that a watch can maintain visual balance in spite of asymmetry

Like their Rolex cousins - the venerable Reference 1016 - these early Ranger models feature matte black dials with painted Tritium luminous indices and Arabic 'quadrants' that are more commonly referred to as Explorer dials

nearly 16mm

Hermès 'Presents The Universal Genève Compax' patek philippe complications Despite its founding in 1874Herms presents the Compax Nothing excites the watch collector quite like a double signed dial. Common throughout the 20th century (and much less common today), the presence of a retailer signature adds significantly to both the value and historical interest of a watch. Back in the 1930s when this ad was produced, none other than Herms was a distributor of Swiss watchmaker Universal Genve a fact that led to beautiful, double signed dials on famous