I am new to the brand, but really fascinated by the UG polerouters. Been studying the polerouter super series, and I found several different models amongst the literature.

Let's look at the following samples:
(1) http://www.polerouter.de/images/collection/polerouter5-big.jpg
(2) http://blog.omegaforums.net/post/50975975569/vintage-universal-geneve-polerouter-super
(3) http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Universal-Ge...fresh=true&clk_rvr_id=874925199385&rmvSB=truePurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network
(4) http://www.ebay.com/itm/161752656596?rmvSB=truePurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network
(5) http://www.timetitans.com/products/...os-cal-69-microtor-white-dial-stainless-steel
(6) http://www.casowatches.com/store/cm...88&LANGUAGE=2&CATALOG_ID=1&LEVEL=0&STORE_ID=1
(7) http://www.lamesuredutemps.com/one.cfm?Polerouter Super&uuid=E5DD8685-B66F-543F-BFE5503AC252CA28

and take a look at this 1960 advertisements.
(8) http://www.lacotedesmontres.com/Enchere-No_34442.htm
(9) http://www.polerouter.de/images/advertisement/advertisement12-big.jpg

I found some inconsistencies and would like to pick on the wits and wisdom of some of the UG collectors

a. crystal- i believe that the adverts do not seem to suggest a cyclops, but is a cyclops with a slant towards the crown to the top half of the watch significant of it's originality?
b. Just looking at the dials, the 2 adverts seem to suggest that the super does not seem to exist in a normal polerouter 2 tone bezel, as per the PRDates and normal PR, as shown in exhibits (2) and (6). Exhibit (7) also seem to be slightly unique in its dial colour - are these originals?
c. But what makes me wonder most is the crown. Advert (8) suggest a rounded crown, as shown in exhibit (4) (5) and (6), with a rounded crown. However, advert (9) suggests a stepped crown with a sort of cone coming out from the inside of a crown, as shown in (1), (2), (3) and (7). Most funnily, (3) and (4) seem to have the exact same dial, but the crown seems a bit different.

Could anyone shed light on this?

 

I believe that while it is possible that both versions of the crowns were used, but that this one is definitely "correct":



I say that partly because they are more typically found on the Super models, and…

 

Yeah I guess so. Anyway I decided to go for the one at goldsmithworks w a best offer. Not sure if this entails Buying a Franken but the work he did on the 1-69 movement and how they look after is quite amazing. And I just have to believe in this..

http://www.lacotedesmontres.com/Enchere-No_34442.htm

Another advert that shows the same watch from the 60s

 

I don't believe that the image you link to is an advert. I believe that it is a poor quality reproduction of an auction catalogue, and as such, not a good guide to authenticity.

 

Do you have a sense of the vintage of the advertisement? I'd be curious what the 125 dollars + would be worth today...
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$125 in 1972 would be worth approximately $540 today.

 

Thanks tony. I guessed that it is indeed more likely tol find supers with crowns like the one on top. But the example would be slightly dubious again because the crystal shows a rounded cyclops instead of a trapezoidal cyclops raised towards the 12 o clock marker.

But the purpose of the post is really to examine the immense variety of polerouters and hence the draw to these beautiful watches. Immensely intriguing to find two toned dials in polerouter super, even if this particular advert u showed depicted a dial that is a single toned with markings very close to that found in some examples above. I think the point is that we will never know, and given how polerouter dates has many types of crowns present is also another testament to the variability of the series. What is right might hence not be so easily discerned.

But what i love about the watch really is the handsome movement. A beauty in its own right. Would love to own a cal 69 but for now a 1-69 would suffice..

 

What do you guys think of the polerouter super though. The dials are simpler and not the classic look with the two-toned bezels. But the microrotor cal 69 (and 1-69 in this case) is really quite fascinating....

 

Though I probably shouldn't be questioning the calculations of a CPA, the price in the ad is in USD, and the roughly 4x inflation was already accounted for in my original conversion. On what basis are you multiplying again, and what do CHF have to do with the issue?

 

I have never owned them, but have long been attracted to them. My only aesthetic criticism is that the hands are arguably a bit narrow for the otherwise substantial case and crown. On the other hand, no pun intended, they are consistent with the hour markers.

In any case, I'd certainly go for a nice example at an attractive price.

 

lol chill out guys.. i prefer to see if I got myself a reasonable deal for a polerouter super..

 

Hahaha but no one discussing about the polerouter super!!

 

Here's my favorite Super, with gray sunburst dial and original bracelet.