Same watch, different case. “Roamer” was a trademark of L. Tieche Gammeter (the LTG referred to in the article which in the early 1930’s was used as a case mark), a watchmaker in the same town as Meyer & Studeli. M&ST purchased LTG in around 1918. As far as we can tell up until that point M&ST only made cylinder watches, but almost immediately after started selling lever wristwatches and using the “Roamer” mark as well as continuing to sell the LTG lever pocket watches. Nice job on this one Christian! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • All About Roamer Cases Roamer made the majority of their own cases entirely in house from 1923 to about 1973. Due to this, they didn't bother marking their own cases specifically as to manufacture. Before 1930 ish various other cases were used, particularly in the USA, I guess they were cased there. Some early waterproof cases by Taubert and Fils (Borgel) were used in the 1930s. I have a Roamer Power 8 specs 750 943 ISAQUARTZ ISA. Roamer Power 8 - swiss made quartz - does not power. Roamer Power 8 - swiss made quartz - does not power. Find great deals on eBay for roamer power 8 and mermaids witches painting. Shop with confidence. LEGENDARY ROAMER POWER 8 wristwatch| Jewelry & Watches, Watches, Parts & Accessories. ROAMER POWER 8 quartz watch titanium 750 941 working condition. I have a Roamer Power 8 specs 750 943 ISAQUARTZ ISA 8151 (or B151) Swiss made - 3 three jewels more info here: ROAMER?POWER 8 750945 41 56 70-??-?- LikeBuy.Com. ![]() ![]() After 1973 they used some supercompressor cases by Piquerez, and in about 1975 attempted to have some cases made in Hong Kong (which largely failed due to the manufacturers inability to reliably meet the machining precision required for the patent cases). The original company went out of business in 1976 so there are very few of these later examples around. Some early roamer cases were marked LTG, which was one of their brands. Other brands made by Roamer (MST), such as vidar, had generic cases. I should probably mention solid gold cases, but the truth is there is little information. Gold cases were made by a number of external case makers, of which I have seen (amongst others) Dennison, Handly and D Shackman and Sons (made cases for Rolex etc.). Some 1940s/1950s cases are marked Roamer, and some late 1960s Stingrays had solid gold cases and were 100% made by Roamer in house. In general, Roamer preferred to leave manufacturing of gold cases to external makers as fluctuation in gold prices made it difficult to manage - indeed I was told by the former owner that Roamer essentially lost money on every gold case they made. So if it is between 23 and 73 you can be fairly certain it is a case made by Roamer, unless it is, gold, a recased movement or pre 1930s USA model. Roamer was very proud of making every screw, dial, case, plexi, hand, movement etc. This only started to fade after the family stopped running the company in 1968. The Patent Case Type Case and model numbers can be a source of confusion, and then you throw into the mix the type I and type II cases. Hopefully the following will make it all clear, as we are actually talking about 3 different things. The case type is actually very simple. Type I This is the first type of case, as originally patented by E.Morf in 1941. This case was used until 1955 when the patent expired. Type II When the original patents expired, Roamer introduced 4 new patents improving the design.
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