Universal Genève. A stainless steel bumper automatic calendar wristwatch with roulette date wheel


Model: PolerouterDate: Circa 1955Movement: 17-jewel Cal.138C bumper automaticDial: Textured silvered, applied alternating bullet and Arabic numeral hour markers, outer minute divisions, red and black roulette date wheel, subsidiary seconds at 6, polished lance handsCase: Polished round, screw down back, No.1593992Strap/Bracelet: Brown leatherBuckle/Clasp: Steel buckleSigned: Case, dial & movement Size: 35mm
|Famed for the Royal Oak, Nautilus and Ingenieur designs, Gerald Genta also gave the horological world the Universal Polerouter. The Polarouter or Polerouter (depending on the execution of the model) was introduced in 1954 when Universal commissioned Genta to commemorate the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) polar flights from the US to Europe.