A simple Roamer Popular men’s watch at an affordable price to many.
HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?
There is no way to the best of our knowledge to accurately date Roamer watches, but we can see the movement was made around 1950 so we have chosen this year. The watch case is marked waterproof, and Roamer invented a new type of waterproof case design in 1955, so it is likely to be prior to their patented design.
CONDITION
While we acknowledge this is not a groundbreaking watch in any way, it is still an attractive piece and very affordable – we are sure it will be as popular now as it was when it was named Popular. The manual wind movement is a MST 405, which is a rebranded Buser 25/115. This manual wind movement has 15 jewels and sub seconds, and is running well. It is housed in a chromed case with screw down case back, ans the chrome is okay with just small spots of wear, mainly around the lug tips. This looks worse int he photos than in real life. The dial is faded to an off white and the hour markers and hands are a rose gold colour, and the hands do show signs of corrosion. The leather strap is new, and could be swapped for a different colour if preferred.
This watch will be supplied with our branded presentation box and our Certificate of Authenticity.
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SIZE
Width with crown 34.2 mm
Width without crown 32.2 mm
Between lugs 17 mm
Lug to lug length 39.3 mm
Case Thickness 9.5 mm
All sizes are approximate.
Included with this watch is a 1 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses. If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries. Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us. Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.
From 1st September 2021 we will be planting a tree for every watch we sell, working with the International Tree Foundation (Est 1922) to make this business positive on carbon. By buying anything pre owned you are effectively reusing what already exists, but this takes it further and makes us feel good.