Roamer Watches

[MagicMaineCoon]

Hi all,

Looking for anyone with experience of Roamer watches? Swiss made since 1888 apparently? Specifically I'm interested in a Rockshell Mark 3. I've struggled to gain any images online bar some 'rendered' face images. Any info or thoughts appreciated.

[hilly10]

I have heard of them and there have been a couple for sale on TZ ,but beyond that they seem pretty rare

[Spice_Weasel]

As you've pointed out, the Roamer brand can trace its heritage back to the nineteenth century and as it brought case and dial production in-house, can lay claim to being one of the older Swiss manufacturers but they pretty much disappeared (like many other brands) during the early 1970's when the quartz watch revolution decimated the Swiss industry. I believe the brand relaunched a few years back with Chinese financial backing.

Unfortunately there is very little info out there other than the current website (roamer.ch) which provides a little history and lists the current models.

I have a late 60's / early 70's manual wind Roamer but have not been able to find out anything about the model. Good luck in your search and please report back if you find a useful source of info.

[MagicMaineCoon]

Thanks gents. It would appear the company fizzled out, but didn't die, and has now returned with split backing from different investors. Spec on the watch looks great; just struggling to find any 'proper' images of it.

[andy_s]

The old Anfibios were issued to Rhodesian forces back in the day, I've a military marked one but it wasn't issued -

[Tahiti]

I've had a few Roamers over the years (manual wind and quartz), and they've been pretty good. I believe that as a brand, they use simple off the shelf movements these days, but then so many manufacturers do.

[YarisSi]

I have an old wind up Roamer that I inherited. I was not able to find anything out about the watch when I did a bit of research.

[aeropilot]

Another Roamer owner here.

This was my late father's watch which my Mum bought new for him in early 1956 I think. It was his daily wearer from then up until the mid 1970's.

I even wore it for a bit as a daily back in the mid 1990's on-off over a period of a few years.

[Spice_Weasel]

I love those space rocket-style indices. Very cool.

[aeropilot]

Spice_Weasel said:

I love those space rocket-style indices. Very cool.

I know, so do I, they are so very 1950's 'atomic' era