Messages: 377 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Registered: July 2006
The Swedish Polerouter fan club - annual meeting
Mon, 08 October 2012 14:46
Just joking but as zbyszke and I hang out here anyway and that, probably, we two are at least 50 percent of the UG Polerouter fans in Sweden - we could stage our chapter meetings here....
While waiting for my "Roserouter" to come home from the trusted watchmaker Werner K (still missing its rose/pink UG crown - if someone has one) Background - Roserouter - have a look at Pretty in pink":
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=6273344&rid=0
...... I needed something to console myself with.....
This is the best vintage watch find I have ever made (yet).
A fantastic find! A totally original 18ct Universal Genève Polerouter De Luxe from 1955-57. In perfect condition. There are no marks of use at all. Can not have been worn many times. The bumber caliber 138SS will get a service to cope with the next 50-60 years with the same grace as the first....
It has a dial marked with "Joyeria Milos" which translates to something like jeweleer Milos and might have a connection to Habana, Cuba. There is at least one known Universal Genève Polerouter with the same text on the dial and that watch also have the text "Cuervo y Sobrinos Habana" on it.
Interesting and will be explored more.
This watch may look like a small and thin dresswatch but looks are deceiving - this is a large watch at a true 36mm, has a screw in caseback and sturdy lugs. I would say it "wears bigger" than for instance a Rolex Datejust.
PS - I wrote "no marks of use at all" - but there is an inscription on the back - very tastefully and professionally done (a persons initials and full family name). Investigation on whom it is/was is being done.
I am a really happy man.
Best regards
JE
The watch is very difficult to photograph but I have tried to make it justice.
- styggpygge