Horological Meandering

Hi, This my first time on any forum so apologies in advance. I have been drooling over the original post of February 27, 2009. In particular  the second Polerouter Sub pictured with the original metal bracelet. Guess what? I recently found and bought one! It needs a bit of work. A couple of the links in the expansion ORIGINAL UG bracelet are stretched but my watchmaker has found a guy who does this precision restoration work and it is now under way. The case is fine and the cal 69 movement has been overhauled. I managed to obtain two NOS crowns to replace the odd pair that were in place. Now the problems. I need a new crystal/plexi. Can anyone give me some advice where I might get something suitable? NOS preferred but already a few miracles used up. Worst of all - some previous owner hand painted parts of the dial and inner rotating bezel. I have had my watchmaker contact a re-dialer who does excellent work but he cannot machine print lume. Any NOS dials? Can any experts confirm to me that the hour dots and rectangles on the dial are in fact lume or are they conventionally machine painted? All help greatly appreciated. I will post some pics when this beauty finally comes together. Thanks for allowing my indulgence and enthusiasm.

Cheers from Sydney, Australia

It is always a pleasure to welcome a Polerouter Sub fan.

I'mwaitnig for your pics, and then we'll see, but I can already tell you that finding NOS dials and plexys is a tough mission.

The important thing with the Polerouter Sub is to find a nice example, and to ap^y the according price on it, because if you add to the initial price the NOS plexy and the NOS dial ( if you ever find them ), it may be quite expensive, at the end.

First show us your pics, then we'll speak.

Best,

Nicolas.

but what is a Polrouter sub?

I am dying to know.

The project sounds very exiting;

Best regards,

 

george

Thanks for the picture.  It looks like a great watch.

Best regards,

 

George

Interesting project...good luck and keep us posted on the progress. Would love to see pics.

And welcome to PP, from another (displaced) Aussie!

Cheers,

Rob

Thanks Rob and to all who are showing interest in my "folly of passion" in restoring this iconic timepiece. Once again - if anyone knows of any dials (very good condition or hopefully NOS - that WOULD be a miracle) then please let me know. I am a small collector and sort of evolving my collection to include a couple of "tool" watches like Heuer Autavia & an Enicar Sherpa soon. Right now I am anxiously awaiting the "resurection" of my Grail Universal Geneve Polerouter Sub Super Compressor!

 

UG sub is a good example from this brand imo. nice movement and timeless design.

hope to see your before, processing, after photos. sure wrist shot is a must.

but i prefer a piece with original parts rather than a set up one.

here are mine:

I am envious of your Polerouter Sub. A beautiful piece. Totally agree that all original parts are best. I was attracted to the Polerouter Sub that I bought by the bracelet (only ever seen one pic of a PS with an original bracelet). Thereafter I was pretty much committed to a restoration of the dial and essential maintenance. You will see in the "before" pics the hand paint on the bezel and the dots of lume on the hour markers - couldn`t live with it.

really see the condition since the quality of the photo. for the dial, there are variant if you explore more. hope to see a clearer photo for further ...

but i thought i'd show you one of your other wishlist pieces, the Enicar sherpa supercompressor with original bracelet.

 

welcome to the forum, you'll find a large number of vintage diver fans here.

best

Graham