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Universal Genève Polerouter De Luxe
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Renowned for expertise in luxury watch retail, Watches of Switzerland embodies the highest standards of craftsmanship and service. With a history dating back to the 1700s, the company offers a curated selection of premier timepieces and commits to excellence in customer experience grounded in a legacy of trust and industry proficiency.
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Our commitment to you does not end at delivery. We offer the following return services to make your experience as pleasant as possible.
10-Day Returns For Timepieces:
Timepieces purchased online can be returned or exchanged within 10 days from when they are shipped or collected.
30-Day Returns For All Other Purchases:
All other online purchases can be returned or exchanged within 30 days from when they are shipped or collected.
On presentation of the original receipt, your purchases may be returned or exchanged at any of our store locations. Alternatively, you may elect shipping to our facility with all the original paperwork. All refunds must be credited to the same tender used for the original purchase. To return the online purchases through secure shipping service, please contact our client service team who will provide you the shipping label, free of cost*.
All returns or exchanges must be in new, unworn condition, with no scratches or markings, not sized or adjusted and in their original packaging and with warranty cards / certificated and instruction booklets.
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Universal Genève Polerouter De Luxe - (Ref. 10357 1) Product Details
Overall Condition: Good overall condition with some scratching on the case and crystal earned with age. The dial and hands are in great condition.
Few vintage watches have enjoyed a renaissance quite like the Universal Genève Polerouter.
For decades, collectors quietly appreciated the model's elegant design, fascinating history, and remarkable movement technology. Then came the announcement of Universal Genève's long-awaited revival, and suddenly the broader watch world remembered what seasoned enthusiasts had known all along: few mid-century watches offer as much substance, beauty, and pedigree as a Polerouter.
The story begins in 1954, when Universal Genève commissioned a young designer, Gérald Genta—just 23 at the time—to create a watch for Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) pilots flying new transpolar routes. The result was the Polerouter, a watch designed to withstand the magnetic fields encountered during polar navigation while introducing a design language that remains fresh more than seventy years later.
This particular Polerouter De Luxe represents one of the most refined expressions of the model. Housed in a beautifully proportioned 34mm 18K rose gold case, it pairs warm precious metal with a wonderfully restrained dial design. The brushed rose-gold dial features slender applied indices, a matching applied Universal Genève shield logo, and a sharp dauphine handset that seems to float across the surface. Free from a date window or unnecessary decoration, the overall effect is strikingly modern in its simplicity.
Powering the watch is Universal Genève's celebrated automatic micro-rotor movement, one of the era's great technical achievements. Slim, sophisticated, and beautifully engineered, the micro-rotor architecture allowed Universal to create automatic watches that retained the elegance and proportions of traditional dress watches—an accomplishment many competitors struggled to achieve.
Fitted to a black alligator leather strap with a matching rose gold pin buckle, this Polerouter De Luxe embodies everything collectors love about vintage Universal Genève: exceptional design, meaningful horological innovation, and understated elegance.
With Universal Genève firmly back in the spotlight, watches like this are no longer hidden gems. They're increasingly recognized as some of the finest dress watches of the postwar era.
Before the Royal Oak, before the Nautilus, and before Gérald Genta became a legend, there was the Polerouter.
General
Condition
Pre-owned
Brand
Universal Genève
Reference
10357 1
Year
1960s
Family
Polerouter De Luxe
Product Code
40993301
Watch Display
Analog
Case
Case Size
34 mm
Case Material
Rose Gold
Lug Width
18 mm
Dial
Dial Color
Champagne
Movement
Type
Automatic-winding
Bracelet
Bracelet Material
Leather
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