Horological Meandering

Bought on the net. Real or fake?

Anyway... It is good.

Best,

Nicolas

know that UG made micro-rotor watches...

cheers

Graham for this info....

If I am not mistaken UG is not operating now....

I have seen several vintage pieces and they seem interesting....

cheers

...under the leadership of Vince Lapaire, whom I believe is of a Cartier background. They still operate, but on a scale that is tiny compared to what they deserve.

They actually released a new in-house microtor movement a couple of years back, UG 101 Calibre I think, I saw them at baselworld 2009 and I thought they were excellent.

Check them out!

Cheers,

Dan

... it's fake ... just send it to me .... .

JUST KIDDING !!!!!!!!! IT'S A REAL AND A GREAT LOOKING POLEROUTER, NICE CATCH !!!

Filip

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i have a single crown supercompressor UN polerouter and i think the movements are great. well bought that man. although i would have done a bit of research before i bought it especially at the price they seem to sell for.

best

Graham

Not that the hands are a big deal. Great watch!

The watch does look nice, but here is why I think it's a Frankenwatch.

The movement is too banged up, and the interior of the caseback is spanking new. The movement could have gotten this way if humidity came into the case, and thus the caseback would see some evidence of this humidity. Also, if the movement is like that, the dial would NOT be in that great of a shape... the hands are also fishy. the Tritium on it seems to be a different color than that on the dial...

Just some ideas..

S

Are you planning on purchasing, selling it etc??

Thanks for sharing.
S

the outside of the case and the obvious wear on the caseback are in keeping with the condition of the movement. the caseback should have the polerouter engraving on it, but that is worn away. mine is also pretty much worn away. i cant offer a good reason why the inside of caseback looks so much better than the rest of it, but it looks original from the outside. i also thing the dial and hands look original with the detail we have, but more importantly i think the post is a fishing trip so i wont comment any further.

as Amanico said, a please and thankyou wouldnt go amiss as we spend valuable time giving our opinions and experience to help people gain the information they need.

best

Graham

Well said!

But at least all the words of wisdom here are read by many others than only the posters. I for one greatly enjoyed the inputs given in this thread.

Gratefully yours

Nikolaj

"email alert" when somebody posts -Next time they check their post they'll see what they've done!

THanks for your comments, and after reading what you wrote I should have written at the beginning that I'm not familiar with this specific UG model (I'm aware of the dressier vintage Polerouters, but not this one). There's some website that's entirely devoted to these polerouters, I think it's not updated recently, but it's a nice compendium.

Have a good weekend,
S

I bought the watch online. I wanted honest opinions. I value the opinion of others. I have over 40 vintage watches, and all are original!!! I just have questions about this one I just purchased. NO ALTERIOR MOTIVES!!! 

if you had started off with a please and thankyou, the minimum you would do if you were talking to us face to face and then responded when we spent our valuable time giving you our unbiased opinions of this quite nice watch i would have been less inclined to have thought what i did. on this forum we always treat people as we would like to be treated. ie in a polite and respectful way. we do get a few people who post here who are on fishing trips to find out what they can before offering a watch for sale or for other reasons so it is something that goes through ones mind.

i have never spoken on line to you before so i apologise if i have written anything which upset you. please take the time to read back everything that has been written from your first post onwards and look at it as if you were one of the people being asked to help you out. then think about how you would react if you'd spent time replying to your post without a please, thankyou and no response to the people after their posts.

having done that you might think that you could have done things differently to start with which would have made me and probably others react in a different way.

regards

Graham

I collect watches as a hobby. I have I have at least 10 Universal Geneve vintage watches! Tri-compax, areo-compax, uni-compax etc...I've always wanted a UG Polerouter Sub. Bought one online and wanted you experts out there your opinions. Thanks to EVERYONE who responded! I've examined the watch very carefully. It's looks good, but I only wish I had a %100 mint one to compare it too. The asians and europeans can make some very good Frankenwatches these days. It's hard to believe that they would put so much effort to fake a UG, as opposed to a Rolex or PP. But you never know. I've looked at MANY pictures of Polerouters Sub online. They all look VERY similar to mine. I'm leaning that the watch is genuine, but I'm going to show it to dealer here in Houston, that is an expert on copies. I've been very busy at work, that why I've not had time to respond to the posts made. Thanks again,

Roland

Welcome to the Polerouter Sub Club!

Can't wait to see pics of your Beauty.

Best,

Nicolas

I guess you were indeed on a fishing trip: gave us good bait with this watch, we bit and talked about it, but then you weren't there to pull us out of the water!

We love to see watches here, just give us more to bite on the next time so we can continue to help out if you have any other questions... and with this I would like to say I agree with what Graham wrote just now.

Hope you had a good trip,
S

Yes the Universal wtach you have bought is the real deal, I have one the same which I purchased in Singapore in 1962,new
and still have it to this day, great watch

Here is a gratuitous picture of mine:



Best, my friend.

Nicolas.