Universal Genève Polerouter Broad Arrow "No Rad" What is less often told

What is less often told is that the same extraordinary movement — caliber K2120

The Oysterquartz Day-Date is one of Rolex's more polarising designs — and that is precisely what makes it interesting

the Beta 21 movement offered an incredible level of accuracy compared to its mechanical counterparts of the time

That dial is the centrepiece

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Universal Genève Polerouter Broad Arrow "No Rad" What is less often toldThe Polerouter was born from a remarkable engineering brief: in 1954, Universal Genve was asked by SAS to create a watch for pilots flying the new polar routes between Europe and North America, flights that subjected mechanical movements to magnetic fields far beyond anything encountered on conventional routes. The result was the calibre 215, the world's first automatic movement specifically designed with anti magnetic protection, developed by a young