Universal Geneve Polerouter Silver 1955

Universal Geneve Polerouter Silver 1955The Polerouter was produced in 1954 by Universal Genve in partnership with Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) by a then 24 year old Gerald Genta. Universal Genve developed the automatic Polerouter to be more resistant to the strong magnetic fields at the North and South poles. The version you see here is the no date bumper version in stainless steel with a stunning silver cross hair dial and a mirrored stainless steel chapter ring which plays with

small hammered lugs and a wonderful 18k blue Sigma dial

20 micron gold plate in good condition (some slight flaked spots of the gold plating)

5 mm (without crown) / 46 mm (lug-to-lug) / 20 mm (between lugs)

JLC Caliber K815 - automatic bumper

applied 18k yellow gold hour markers and a strong 18k yellow gold Tonneau case and stunningly flat Vacheron Constantin Cal

original never touched deep blue sunburst dial in flawless condition

+9 sec/d / 280°

original Omega crystal including Omega Logo

and examples are therefore hard to come by

Our example is fitted with the highly regarded Zenith caliber 146

+15sec/d / 230°

Year: 1956