Universal Geneve Rises Again With Microtor Cabriolet Watch

In the fascinating history of automatic winding watch movement development, you have the Universal Geneve watch company, whose “microtor” caliber set the stage for the development of similar micro-rotor movements which would come after–most notably Patek Philippe’s famous 240 Caliber (click here to see superb images of a watch with this movement).  While once-proud Universal Geneve for a time seemed consigned to memory, the 2008 year marks a happy reemergence of the brand upon the stage of luxury timepieces.

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