I bought myself a little Christmas present on Ebay, a bit of an impulse buy so didn't do any research.
Sellers pic:
With the age and price I suspect it may be a frankenwatch, but it's got exactly the look I wanted namely gold plate case with no date. I love the Genta design, amazing to think he was only 23 when he designed this.
Great watch from an even greater maker. I've always wanted a Space Compax myself...
Congrats!
Hi to a fellow Worthing resident.
Out of curiousity what size is it.
Hello too. It's 36mm.Originally Posted by Davis
Looks ok to me nice to see that.
Good catch OP if not Franken, love mine..
Looks lovely - what makes you think it's a franken? The crown doesn't look original (unless it's extremely worn) and I don't think a replacement crown qualifies a watch for franken status. Polerouter.de has a Polerouter very similar to yours:
The hands are different to yours but there is one in the same gallery with your hands and, in my view, juxtaposition of handsets and dials on these are so all-over-the-shop I don't think you can necessarily assume franken just because of the hands either.
http://www.polerouter.de/frameset-sammlung.htm
Your best bet for a full and frank assessment is to post some better quality pictures on the Universal Geneve forum:
https://omegaforums.net/forums/universal-geneve-forum/
In the meantime can we have some more here please?
A perfect piece of vintage; first dibs if you ever part with it please!Good catch OP if not Franken, love mine..
That is such a beautiful watch. The one in the op is very nice too but the one you have is something special.Good catch OP if not Franken, love mine..
The Polerouter Sub is a sexy thing. Not so easy to come by i guess.
The micro rotor idea always struck me as strange, I fixed one if these once and I was impressed with the quality of the watch, but still couldn’t see why a micro- rotor was deemed to be a good idea. It keeps rhe movement slim, but Omega managed a fairly slim movement with the 550 and an even slimmer one with the 1010.
Some nice examples on this thread!
Pity it didn't work out, that's nearly as nice as your motor. :)
I take it the old girl is still in rude health?
Give her my regards.
Yes thanks. Not getting much use in this weather though.
It's a shame that didn't work out; I can't help thinking that, in the same circumstances, I would have given it to a watchmaker and negotiated a discount. I say this only because I returned a gold-capped Polerouter bumper about 4 years ago - in truth I wish I'd fixed it up and kept it as the prices have shot up. Mind you I paid £100 and not £280.
I did consider a negotiated discount, but I've found that can leave both buyer and seller with a sour taste so opted for a straight return.
It hasn't put me off Polerouters though. It wore nicely for it's 36mm.
Could I ask people's opinion on this Polerouter.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1514592429...torefresh=true
It's had a redial, non original crown and it's not a microrotor, but I do like the blue dial and no date.
Lovely watches and another great pick up. Any issues with it? It looks in pretty good nick.
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Congratulations. I'm waiting currently waiting for my 3rd Polerouter to turn up (and I still haven't sent the 2nd one off for an overhaul).
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
The case and caseback are pretty scratched up, but it does still retain the serial number and Poleroute globe on the case back which is a rarity on the ones I've seen for sale. It has a UG logo on the crown although I'd be surprised if that's the original. The dial has some patina so is hopefully original. Overall I went for what seems like originality over than a nice condition refinished watch. I love the look of the date version but don't want another non-quickset watch in my collection! Timekeeping is showing plus 12 sec per day which seems reasonable for a watch that is older than I am.
Here's a video I made of it.
Looks similar to mine although mine is gold plated. Need to find it really!
Very nice ,one of Gentas first designs ( so i believe ?) and I think he did alright for a first go
The crown is incorrect however on this one. The rest was very charismatic ! Enjoy yours
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That's lovely!
The crown is incorrect however on this one. The rest was very charismatic ! Enjoy yours
The crown is incorrect however on this one. The rest was very charismatic ! Enjoy yours
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beautiful!
I've discovered that the bracelet from a midsize (36mm) quartz Aqua Terra fits pretty well!
^^^that doesn't look that bad at all! How is it for comfort?
It's fine for comfort, just like wearing the Aqua Terra really.
I Love polerouters
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This thread makes me want to get one. Beautiful watches. Perhaps i'll consider trading one of my omegas for one of these.
I think I am right in saying one was worn in an early bond film.
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