Hi all I originally posted this on another forum and was advised that this was the best place to ask if anyone can shed a little light on what my watch is. http://i57.tinypic.com/2d1k0u9.jpg http://i61.tinypic.com/qo83s9.jpg http://i62.tinypic.com/288pa0w.jpg\ Sorry for the links but when I tried to embed the photos it didn't work! The movement is the 138ss bumper. My initial thought was that it was an early polerouter with the insert removed and a replacement dial. However, I'm not sure if you can see from the photos, but the dial has radium burn between 3 and 4 and the patina of the hands and dial are fairly similar, which makes me think that either the dial was changed early in the life of the watch, or that this is not a polerouter and I'm not familiar with the model. I would be very grateful to hear any thoughts anyone has. Thanks!
It's not a Polerouter. UG made a lot of watches besides Polerouters, and without a model name before, during and after the life of the Polerouter line. I don't think your watch has a replaced anything. It's in factory configuration. The model reference number will be on the back (20219-2), and that's all the name it will likely have.
Thank you. That's really helpful. Is there anywhere I could find out more information abut this model or is it consigned to history now?
Well, we usually rely on old catalogs for this, and unfortunately old UG catalogs are shockingly rare, so unless one of the others chimes in, the reference number may be all you get. It's still a nice watch, even without a name.
Oliver you have a very sharp watch there in fantastic shape. I'd be happy to have that on my wrist, wear it well!
Thank you for the kind words It doesn't keep particularly good time. It gains about 1 minute a day. Is that normal for a watch this old or an indicator that it needs a service ASAP?
Whatever its accuracy, I would recomand you send it to your watchmaker if you are not sure about its service history .