Some articles on the Polerouter (aka Polarouter in early models) and the SAS issued watches:
A Brief History of the Universal Geneve Polerouter
Polerouter - polerouter story
Old School- Universal Geneve Polerouter
Later Polerouters have a gorgeous calibre with the microrotor, Côtes de Genève and Incabloc shock protection. However, it looks like the original SAS issued watches had less adorned movements and a pendular mass instead of the microrotor:
http://www.polerouter.de/images/coll...uter66-big.jpg
http://www.polerouter.de/images/coll...uter60-big.jpg
You show two different models in the two pictures. One has a date and the enhanced crown. Were both actually given to SAS crews? Or is one a later retail homage model perhaps?
As you know, these collector's watches in high demand often turn out to be redials or frankenwatches made of parts from other models of the era.
SAS was a pioneer in polar air navigation in the 1950's:
https://scandinaviantraveler.com/en/...the-north-pole
Originally Posted by
a616
Those lucky enough to have found the watch got it from people related to SAS pilots and crew from the 1950s to 1960s.
This guy says his father was chief flight engineer on the 1954 SAS CPH-LAX (they made stops in Sondrestrom and Winnipeg) inaugural flight, looks like the watch is the one in your left picture:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/1954...larouter.3806/
I'm assuming you've already seen the Polerouter discussion thread linked above. It has publicity shots of the 1954 SAS polar crew with their newly issued watches. It also has a gold Polarouter De Luxe, possibly given to the VIP's on the inaugural flight.
Good luck on your quest, I'm sure some folks here can add more to the story.
