![]() This reference also features the iconic trapezoidal date window with original date wheel. Additionally, the dial on this particular example has developed a warm, almost cream-like, even patina with some spotting. This particular reference 204503/3 features a silver dial with surrounding rehaut, giving the watch a depth unlike any other. The watch Genta designed was issued to the pilots and crew of these flights, and it went on to serve as the foundation for an entire line of watches under the Polerouter designation. The route opened up a quicker way between Los Angeles and Copenhagen, flying over the magnetic North Pole. Gerald Genta is arguably one of the most iconic watch designers of all-time - his body of work includes Patek Phillippe's Nautilus, Audemars Piguet's Royal Oak and Universal Genéve's Polerouter, the first watch he ever designed at age 23. The design from 1954 was to honour the newly opened "polar route" operated by Scandinavian Airlines Systems.
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