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Welcome here, my Polaristi friend.

Nice Polaris Boutique Edition, Marc!

A pleasure to see the family getting bigger and bigger.

Looking forward to hear more from you, and to read your thoughts about this marvel,

Nicolas

Definitely a lot of fun and more beauty in this watch than I ever thought from the pics

You will see, the more you will look at it, the more you will love it.

As I previously said, a Vampiere Watch.



Best,

Dracula

That's THE ONE with respect to the Polaris reeditions as far as I am concerned. And very nice photos of it, too! Congratulations! 

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Congrats for a nice watch.

Do you plan to have the inner scale 'circle' marks filled with luminova in the future ?

That is the only thing which differs from the original watch, and - although a minor point - I think it is a pitty the re-edition does not stick to the original.

There is no point, functionwise speaking, of having luminous hands, with no luminous marks on the dial (especially on a suposed divers watch), and there is also no consistency, historically speaking, in having a watch that copies every cosmetic features of the original one, with the exception of the luminous marks, which are an integrated part of the design of this 65 polaris, but moreover a trademark feature of the whole vintage automatic memovox line.

Everybody seem to think that this is normal that the 65 reedition is the way it is, but I am dying to see one lucky owner going to a skilled watchmaker to 'customise' his watch to the original look.

Not a difficult job to do, but it would make a big difference in the watch I think

(well, maybe nobodyelse but me really cares for this sort of details...)

This is how the beast looked like back in these days...:

When you look at the '65 catalogue, you will see that the dots are empty.

The version you show in your pics comes only with " Automatic " at 6 while the one on the '65 catalogue comes with " Automatic Alarm Calendar " and empty dots:



There were several combinations of'65, '66 Polaris, even with super ugly dots, so it is difficult to say that the empty dots didn't exist, IMO.

Best,

Nicolas

Personally, I like the empty dots, they are an unusual feature. As for this being or not being 100% historically correct, I care little. Is this a fine looking watch - yes. Is anybody likely to dive in this watch - probably not. Once again it is aesthetically in the eye of the beholder. I prefer this version to the '68 model.

Just my thoughts - Cheers
David

The most important, at the end, is the final owner's feeling about it.

Would we go on an ugly watch, only becasue it is historically correct?

Of course it is better if the watch is nice and historically correct..



Preferring the '65 or the '68 is really a matter of taste, and I'm unable to choose between these 2 lovely babies, personally.

Best,

Nicolas

I know you take this catalog scan as an official justification of the 'empty dots', and I know the re-edition has been made partly based on this scan.

However:

- looking at this very scan, I don't see the dots 'empty' at all. They just look normally filled by tritium as any other black dialed 855 was, as far as I can judge from a scan of an offset printing from the 1960's (with the inherent lack of details)

- The empty dots would make no sense at all, back in time and today. Why would you put lume on hands and no lume on dial  (how can you read time at night with no referring point, just hands ?). And even more on a on a diver
There is no other example of memovox produced back in time with such a pointless configuration of luminous on dial and hands

- Even if we agreed on the 'empty dots' on the catalog scan (which I don't), well, I have several examples of other memovoxes printed in catalogs which did not correspond to the actual watches produced (this still happens nowadays with many brands that catalogs and real watches don't always match)
I have never-ever seen a 65' 859 with empty dots, (I have seen at least a dozen), and I doubt any of the original watches were really produced without lume on dial.

So, I don't really get it why the watch was re-issued the way it is. I think it is a flaw.
Not a dramatically important one I admit, but as the watch was re-created with the intention of being faithful to the original in a 'purists' way, I think it is as much a problem as is the partially luminous index one the 1968.

And it is a relatively easy fix too (just need to 'lume up' these little circles....)

I know this is a detail, but this hobby is about details like this, isn't it ?   (otherwise a good LCD casio would do fine for us    )

If we take for example the Deep Sea Alarm which was presented as a Diving Watch, in 1959...

It came without a turning bezel...which is a bit special for a Diving watch.

So, it is part of the JLC History, don't you think?

So, the reason of th utility is a bit limited.

Then, not seeing it in the flesh, but only in the catalogue is not an evidence that the watch didn't exist.

It may have also existed in a few pieces.

That's part of the JLC Mystery...



Well, I will have to check my eyes, as I still see empty dots on the scans I have.



Best, my friend.

Nicolas

I bet you couldn't take your eyes off it when it first arrived!  When the Polaris re-editions were first announced I thought for sure my preference would be for the '68, but the more I see the '65 the more I love it.  Both are great watches, but I have to give the edge to your choice.  It's simply gorgeous!

Enjoy your new watch!

Cheers,

Daos

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Waiting at home last night??  How did it get there?  Mail, express courrier or your wife offered it to you as a gift.

In any event congratulations on this sublime watch.

Having had the luck to find a 68 to purchase, I am now touble by the fact that maybe I should have been lookng for a 65. 

Guess that I will have to bear the burden of having a 68 rather than a 65.

Regards,

 

George

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congrats.

 

Cheers.

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see news Polaristi brother....

You are a lucky men.... this watch is a Hit.

congrats and enjoy it in the best of health.

Best

Emilio

...although I prefer the "sportier" look of the '68 I have to admit that is a very beautiful watch.
Wear it in good health.
N

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It is only one problem with all these live Polaris pictures : everyone knows when you wake up in the morning. In this case, 8 o'clock is quite nice a thursday morning... ;-)
I'll post picture of mine as soon ass possible... ;-)
Best regards and take care of it my friend...

Marc

And pretext it is for aesthetical reasons...



best,

Nicolas

and enjoy this beauty every day! I'm used to chance my watch day per day, but didn't done that within last 3 weeks since I get this wonderful watch... I'm quite sure you will love this watch even deeper and deeper as longer you wear it..! Regards, Herb