Key Features
High-quality, Swiss-made vintage 1950’s from the well-known Roamer brand. Features a lovely silver dial patina dial with aged radium lume. The dial also has a nice, vintage speckled patina, with lumed arabic numeral markers and logo on dial. A day function lies at the 12 o clock position and the outer dial features a date track which is indicated with a long red pointer. The minute markers are evenly interspersed with small, black seconds markers, which, considered with the rest of the dial as a whole, creates an eye-catching aesthetic and completes the look of the watch nicely.
About Roamer
At 29 years of age, Fritz Meyer established a workshop in Solothurn to produce cylinder escapements for other etablisseurs. The company grew rapidly, and began assembling complete watches by 1895. These contained components from many other businesses and were sold with other brand names. In 1897, Meyer’s workshop produced its first complete movement, named “Calibre 38” for the age of the founder. In 1905, Meyer partnered with watchmaker Johann Studeli, forming Meyer and Studeli or MST. The combined company opened a large factory in 1906, still producing inexpensive cylinder movements. The company registered their distinctive triangular MST logo in 1927 and the modern Roamer logo was registered in the UK in 1938. The entire company adopted the Roamer name in 1951, though the in-house movements were still known as “MST”. Roamer introduced a quartz watch in 1972 and shifted much of their production there. By 1975 the company had ceased movement production entirely.
In 2009, Roamer was reincorporated as a joint venture between Chung Nam and Swiss Watch Group. Although no longer an independent family firm, Roamer has continued as a producer of Swiss watches for more than 120 years in the same city. Today, Roamer is a less-expensive brand, competing with companies like Rado, Mido, Movado, and Tissot with a line of quartz and ETA-powered mechanical watches.
Servicing and Guarantee
This timepiece has been serviced with full disassembly in our Bristol workshop. There is a 12-month guarantee, subject to the usage and care guidelines. The watch comes with an Italian leather calf strap.
Overview
Case and Strap
- Original rounded case with straight lugs.
- Acrylic crystal.
- Snap-on stainless steel caseback.
- Small crown with pull-out function.
- Brand new 18mm brown leather strap.
Dimensions:
- Width w/o crown 32 mm.
- Width w/crown 33.5 mm.
- Height 39.5 mm.
- Thickness 10.5 mm.
- Strap width 18 mm.
Dial and Hands
- Original, silvery tone dial.
- Patina Arabic numerals.
- Day indicator aperture at 12.
- Date track on the outer dial.
- “Roamer” signature.
- ‘Pencil’ style, bright gold-tone hour and minute hands.
- Gold-tone sub seconds hand.
- Red date pointer.
Movement
- MST/Roamer 415 calibre, manual winding.
- Day function: set by changing time 21-24 hr.
- Date pointer hand: set by pusher at 2 hr.
- 35 hr power reserve approx.
- 17 jewels, gold settings.
- Screw balance, blue hairspring.
Testing Results
- Testing duration: 2 weeks cyclic test.
- Average timekeeping range: 25-50 sec/day.
Servicing and Guarantee
- Fully serviced with disassembly in our Bristol shop.
- Mechanics in full working order.
- 12-month warranty.
- Guarantee Terms and Conditions.
