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Congrats, it is a great watch ! As mentioned, Polerouters are becoming impossible to find at fair prices, and hard to find in good shape.

 

The following website is the absolute Bible when it comes to Polerouters: universalgenevepolerouter.com with all the details, references calibers etc...


Mine is not i great shape but I got it at a very good price:
Ref. 204605-3





One of the very first of this reference (serial number from the first 20 issued), caliber 218-2:





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Another "Online-barnfind" kind of watch :)

 
By: clemens m : April 2nd, 2024-13:06
I was on the hunt for a Polerouter for quite some time now and the market situation left me a bit discouraged to be honest. Many pieces with repainted dials, overpolished cases or just Frankenwatches with various legit parts cobbled together that were nev...  

Exactly.

 
By: fmc000 : April 2nd, 2024-14:33
A new crystal, give a thorough clean to case and bracelet, remove the endlink and try to wear it with the bracelet as it had sort of "straight endlinks".

I'll discuss with my watchmaker

 
By: clemens m : April 2nd, 2024-14:46
if he has U-signed NOS crystals in stock (he has large numbers of UG movement spare parts in stock) - if that is the case I'll have it replaced, otherwise polished as good as possible. But I have seen acrylic crystals in worse shape come back to life agai... 

Great results,

 
By: clemens m : April 3rd, 2024-08:41
it is always very satisfying to see what a bit of time and polywatch can do to a watch. Part of the charme of owning Vintage pieces I guess, you learn to live with scratches on acrylic crystals and/or taking care of them.

Congrats, it is a great watch ! As mentioned, Polerouters are becoming impossible to find at fair prices, and hard to find in good shape.

 
By: montres1 : April 2nd, 2024-18:11
The following website is the absolute Bible when it comes to Polerouters: with all the details, references calibers etc... Mine is not i great shape but I got it at a very good price: Ref. 204605-3 One of the very first of this reference (serial number f...  

Thank you very much for the information,

 
By: clemens m : April 3rd, 2024-08:38
I was aware about the polerouter-site and even have the app on my smartphone but I found it very, very difficult to determine the originality of a certain model compared to a Vintage Rolex for example. But I have nevertheless found a new obsession, I am t...