If there was one defunct Swiss watch brand with a legend on par with Led Zeppelin’s, it was Universal Genève. With highwater achievements like producing the first chronograph in 1919 as well as ...

Many would go for the more robust sports watch designs—solid stainless steel cases, big, legible, lume-filled hour markers, attached to robust stainless steel bracelets, and boasting of an at ...

The specific watch Smith chose is a Universal Genève Polerouter reference S 20217-5, double-stamped with the name of its original retailer: Joyeria Milos from Havana, Cuba.