Polarouter & Polerouter Journey

63TR4 · Nov 4, 2017

UncleBuck
Had a '64 Spitfire, always wanted a 4A or TR250, you own a TR?
Pictures?

Nice to come across a fellow Triumph driver, and I'd love to see pics of your Spitfire! I do have a TR4 (which happily inspired my name and provided the avatar pic)! It's a slowly moving project, but here she is after getting the interior back to its proper black (and getting the Spitfire seats out!). Apologies for the slight blurriness, all I had was a terrible phone camera when this was taken. I'll just post the one pic as not to distract from some seriously amazing watches:

UncleBuck · Nov 4, 2017

Oooooh! Wires!
My Spitfire was 40 yrs. ago, doubt if I could get in and out of one now!

I do remember making out in it with my future bride, but had to have the top down ( the car top you perverts!).

Dre · Nov 4, 2017

63TR4
Nice to come across a fellow Triumph driver, and I'd love to see pics of your Spitfire! I do have a TR4 (which happily inspired my name and provided the avatar pic)! It's a slowly moving project, but here she is after getting the interior back to its proper black (and getting the Spitfire seats out!). Apologies for the slight blurriness, all I had was a terrible phone camera when this was taken. I'll just post the one pic as not to distract from some seriously amazing watches:

Come on now, would love to see more photos please! 🥰

cell1010 · Nov 5, 2017

Some very impressive stuff here. Well done!

My favorite is that super Polerouter with the black dial. Dibs!

FlorentD · Nov 14, 2017

Stunning collection ! Love the gold one with black dial, just classic. And the tropical dial one is impressive.

Martinibianco · Nov 14, 2017

Wow wow wow!! That's as complete a Polerouter/Polarouter collection as I have ever seen - nice!👍

watch3s · Nov 25, 2017

beautiful absolutely beautiful! as some one who is just starting to do the research, is the steel rarer than the gold? just prowling on the bay i see an 18k thats missing a second hand go for around $1200 or so

Dre · Nov 25, 2017

watch3s
is the steel rarer than the gold?

Not for Polerouter, a solid gold Polerouter is definitely much rarer than the steel version. For every nice solid gold Polerouter that I've come across, I would've come across more than a dozen in the steel version.

watch3s · Nov 25, 2017

Dre
Not for Polerouter, a solid gold Polerouter is definitely much rarer than the steel version. For every nice solid gold Polerouter that I've come across, I would've come across more than a dozen in the steel version.

interesting, as I scroll through the threads, a good polerouter well all vintage watches seems to be about patience. perhaps some day Ill see one in the for sale section. id hate to resort to ebay even though fishing is fun

Dre · Dec 15, 2017

New addition from one of the auctions last month. Been wanting an early De Luxe with black dial for a while. Best combination dial with the crosshair and applied arrow markers! Click on the photos to see the dial closely!

The case condition is insane, completely unpolished with both hallmarks clearly visible.

The UG logo on the glass was a pain in the ass to capture because it's bang on in the middle of the glass.

Any personal engraving on the caseback is always a plus in my book!

Original and extremely rare large UG box with the Geneva map.

Hope you guys love it as much as I do!

Mazoue · Dec 16, 2017

Fabulous. Thought long and hard about bidding myself for this one but I think I ended up buying something else.

Love that box too. Had you seen one before? I certainly haven't.

valjoux72 · Dec 16, 2017

@Dre dibs on the lighter😉...
oh, and good looking watch btw!

Bill Sohne · Dec 16, 2017

@Dre
You my friend are a "BSO" ....

aka Big Show Off !!
Great watches... nice photos....

I always like UG Polerouters ... all killer....

Good Hunting

Bill Sohne

kyle L · Dec 16, 2017

Top quality piece as usual. Nice one!

Oku · Dec 16, 2017

Congrats! Is it the one from Kaplans?

doralamer · Dec 17, 2017

Dre
Hi OF,

I have been fortunate enough to have handled some nice Polerouters during my time of collecting vintage watches. Now, with this latest addition below, I feel like I've completed my Polarouter and Polerouter journey,

I have been on the hunt for a nice steel Polarouter for ages, and most of the pieces that I've seen are gold plated or in a really bad condition (polished case/damaged dial). And just in these past 2 weeks alone, I missed out on 2 nice Polarouter, one is a double signed Polarouter from an eBay seller who cancelled the transaction after I paid for it, and another in this very forum (I blamed @Florent for posting the sale while I was away overseas ).

But patience is a virtue indeed, and when it's meant to be, it's meant to be. I received this Polarouter today. The dial on the watch is just happens to be my favourite kind Polerouter dial, a tropical one. Below is the Polarouter together with my tropical cal 215 Polerouter patent pending movement,

My first Polerouter, came from an OF member, and now belongs to another OF member, glad it stays in the family!

My SAS issued Polerouter, still resides safely in my safe. A thread about this watch below,
https://omegaforums.net/threads/polerouter-sas.39910/

Some other Polerouters that I have handled in the past,

Some group shots,

Hope you enjoy the thread! Thanks heaps to @marturx for lettting go the Polarouter to me, and to OF because none of this can happen without this forum!

Best

Andre

This is a really spectacular collection