Although I have never seen hands like that on a Polerouter, I think they could be original. In the Swiss watch industry during this period, lots of companies were supplying parts for lots of watch producers, and there is not a lot of documentation on what went where. The luminous in the hands is exactly the same color as the luminous on the dial, which looks original, so that could be an indication that it is all from the same batch and aged together. The watch has its original crown. It looks like the case may have been lightly polished at some point, which is the only indication that someone worked on the watch. But the dial is in such good shape, you have to ask why anyone would change the hands. If the dial is undamaged, chances are the original hands would be undamaged as well. Anyway, the second hand looks quite corroded (whcih I do not think is a problem), and sometimes hands age differently, but would that mean they changed the hour and minute hands but not the second hand? Seems unlikely. Are there service marks inside the case back? In any case, I think those hands could be original, and if you decide to change them out (I wouldn't), I would keep them with the watch just in case. In the past I once made the mistake of swapping an unsigned crown on one of my Polarouters with an original signed UG crown that I sourced. Luckily I saved the first one, because I later found out it was original, and I put it back! Many of the original Polarouters had unsigned crowns. Sometimes we can be too smart for our own good. Nice watch! Enjoy it! Don't worry about the hands ;-)
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