Restoring a VERY DIRTY Polerouter Vintage Watch !!!

[@Kali_Kali]

I love this dial shape. The movement is also very beautiful, especially this type of automatic winding mechanism.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

It is a lovely watch with a great caliber

[@tiberiuvincze8288]

A very quiet video but very very nice! Great restoration , this UG are I think are some of the most elegant calibers! very nice thank you!

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

I love the UG calibers. You are right they are great

[@geoffquickfall]

Those have to be some of the prettiest movement out there. Nice work, thanks!

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

I agree 100% with you

[@johnvaluk1401]

Well done. Beautiful watch. Still have to get myself a micro rotor watch.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

They are great and beautiful

[@deancase8951]

Very nice! The restoration of the case was a blessing to this survivor. I love how UG used the mini-rotor for the automatic winding.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Thank you Dean

[@jatco84]

Tres bien.. Great job on the serving of that fine looking piece. Nice movement and finish. Looks great with that strap too. NIcely done.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Thank you Thomas

[@karma247ajm]

Great restoration👍 What a lovely movement. Another one added to the wish list 😁

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Thank you

[@spiffydevo8434]

😢 Je ne suis jamais dans ta liste de Patreon! Jean Luc! Superbe vidéo, merci!

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Désolé Jean Luc mais pour la liste c'est juste la league supérieure

[@Thomas_Anderson001]

El genio de su creador Gerald Genta. Gracias Master.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

The best

[@bruceelliott4822]

I like your commentary too.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

They will be back

[@RalfyCustoms]

Beautiful work, please bring back the voice over, its much nicer to watch in my opinion 😊

[@anthonybrozzu4463]

No waaayyyy!!! Love to learn !

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Don't worry I will still do videos with my voice. I already have a video with this caliber and my voice

[@RalfyCustoms]

@@FrenchWatchCollector Ah I didn't realise, thank you

[@ygrbooks]

I see what you mean and agree, but it was too much in all of the previous videos.

[@MrLukealbanese]

Agreed, your narration is excellent

[@ygrbooks]

An incredibly beautiful watch from one of the best and most affordable Swiss manufacturers. Universal Genève is just up there and this watch shows why. Thank you for this video, though you could have said a few (!) things about the watch, the micro rotor in particular. 👍👏👌❤😉.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

I already have a video on the channel with the same caliber

[@boissons999]

Superbe.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Merci

[@paulschumacker9901]

Very nice! I’m guessing that the case is solid gold, as gold plating or even rolled gold would not have stood up to the vigorous buffing?

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

No it is plated. I used a finishing wheel so it is just to make it shine and not to polish it

[@paulschumacker9901]

Wow! Thanks! I will try this on a plated case and see how it goes. I’m guessing the buffing compound was red rouge - very gentle?

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

@@paulschumacker9901 Yes it is gentle

[@rustydog1236]

I usually drop one of the tiny screws from the rotor into the watch on assembly. It's a difficult thing to do. Also the pallet fork is very small here. These are difficult to oil.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Yes the screws are small. Don’t remember that the pallet is smaller

[@AVEEGEELIK]

Again a beautiful watch and a nice video. I see you use blue grease, is that a variant of the moebius grease?

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Yes, it is. Moebius 9501

[@starndustone]

Je découvre votre chaîne et j'adore cette montre ! J'ai vu votre store. Je viens juste d'acheter une baltic mr01... Sinon... Si elle est encore disponible en fin de mois je craque (a moins d'un effort..?)! Beau boulot visiblement. Est ce que je peux savoir ce que vous utilisez pour polir le boîtier avec des ref ?

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Elle devrait être disponible même si vous êtes la deuxième personne qui me la demande. J'utilise un machine à polir avec du dialux rouge pour l'or et vert pour l'acier

[@holtzman72]

I totally enjoyed your videos on this type of movement! It is fascinating to see how tech problems were solved in the past. In my opinion, this micro rotor denies the laws of physics:) The larger is the oscillating weight diameter, the less total volume and mass is needed for producing a certain amount of energy compared to a smaller diameter weight. And they still decided to design this weird construction! But I like this kind of approach, to dare to design something nobody else has already tried...

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

That is the beauty of watchmaking. Différent solution for the same problem

[@tjitskevisser8591]

Prachtig gedaan👍is weer als nieuw

[@brianmckibben2300]

could you check for beat error putting the balance into the unwound watch? Beautiful work there BTW

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

You can check it by eye but it is not accurate. If you want to have the réal reading you need to put it on the time grapher

[@johnpinner1]

Gerald Genta creations wonderfully collector pieces

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Love it too

[@bobanderson7313]

I agree with Ralfy Customs.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Just a try but don't worry I will still do videos with my voice

[@ygrbooks]

I see what you mean and agree, but it was too much in all of the previous videos.

[@rbruce63]

Dear Sir: Having had the micro rotor arbor on my 218-2 movement replaced the mass still wobbles and its starting to scratch the back of the movement cover. So I imagine that the micro rotor jewel is worn out. Could this ruby be replaced?

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Yes it can be replaced

[@rbruce63]

@@FrenchWatchCollector Merci beaucoup! Where do I ship the watch in France and how much will it cost to repair?

[@gregcapella5941]

GREAT VIDEO,,,,,GOOD INFO

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Thanks

[@appleborbs5065]

so addicted to watching this just because the movement is so nicely decorated

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Yes it is a nice one

[@petercampbell3828]

The micro-rotor movements are elegant machines (this one especially). Ah ba bye!

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

I love the micro rotors

[@anandanil8158]

great video again but how come theres no voice over

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

I already did a polerouter on a channel with a voice over

[@eloygagogonzalez7330]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

👍

[@brucebarlow6604]

Great work as always Perfect. Keep well from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Thanks

[@ronkeim8315]

Great video! I like you work better when you verbally narrate.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

It will come back

[@eddylockhart6243]

Ce n'est pas pareil sans le commentaire :(

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Ils vont revenir

[@eddylockhart6243]

@@FrenchWatchCollector Bon 🙂

[@sdavifcom]

As my Mate Vince would say: Result! The watch came out beautiful and the accuracy is dead on. I especially like the very small, but very thick, rotor. Thanks you for a very enjoying video.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Thank you Serge

[@nickbrown5384]

Keep the voice-over.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

It was just a try

[@ljubavnifeder]

Ohhh, you bring me a big pain in my heart and chills in my spine when you sand that crystal. BRUTAL. 800/1500-2000/3000-5000. Wet sanding paper. It is absolutely the best. And just wetsand it. Lesser job. More precis and you will just go so deep that you need to. Also its much faster. Wettex cloth bottom, crystal, pointer and middle finger in circles over the wetsand paper. Just little Polywatch after, or what ever you prefer,

[@ljubavnifeder]

BTW fantastic job and what a beautiful movement. I prefer when you talk. But it is a good video.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Thanks

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

The scratches were quite deep so I had to use a strong sand paper. I prefer to polish the crystal on the polishing machine

[@ljubavnifeder]

@@FrenchWatchCollector Yes I saw your polishing machine later that. I commented and stopped the video and commented. As I said it hurt. The outcome counts. ;)

[@lasaventurasdejimmy2895]

My microrotor comes off, what could be happening, thank you

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Just check the screws and plate and see if nothing is broken

[@nukvar23]

Nice work. Some points for improvement 1. The case is seriously damaged near the caseback, and that shiuld be addressed 2. It was nice if you could source the original criwn for the video 3. If the crystal was original, you absolutely abused it and sanded out the Universal logo. It may be a 200$ crystal 😮

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

I did not want to replate the case. I could not find the original crown and the logo was not there and the scratches were quite deep so I had to sand it quite a lot

[@savesoil3133]

Wow! Skills 💯 #ConsciousPlanet

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Thank you

[@stephenoconnell6255]

I won't watch the silent stuff because I want to know what's going on

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Dont worry it will be back

[@vintagewatchesforchrist3436]

What's with the no speak about it

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

I just tried a different type of video. I already have a video of this caliber with some comments

[@dylanthavillain]

You ruined the case by polishing it…it was so sharp and nice before 😔

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

I did not polish the case. It is gold plated so if it was polished the plating would be gone

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

sound doesn't work, not going to watch it...I'll wait for the update.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

I already have a video of this caliber with comments

[@csachevauxsansabri2612]

Hey where is the commentary? I want to hear what you got to say, your opinion counts. In fact I'm not gonna watch to the end.

[@FrenchWatchCollector]

Just a different type of video. I will not stop the comments but I already have a video with comments on this caliber