1389 — Universal Genève's late automatic

In brief

By the time the 1389 reached production, Universal Genève's mechanical output was in its final stretch. It is an automatic a generation on from the 218, narrower across the mainplate, and it was built before the quartz crisis reshaped much of the Swiss industry.

Short history

Swiss automatics were getting thinner and more compact, and Universal Genève brought its catalogue up to date with movements like the 1389. The brand was by then in the last decades of its own independent mechanical production, before the changes that came afterwards.

Watches that used it

• Universal Genève automatics