A Roamer Anfibio

[quoll]

Another recent purchase just arrived. This is a (manual) Roamer Anfibio, which was marketed by Roamer as Waterproof - none of this Water Resistant nonsense. This could be regarded as Roamer's finest, though I prefer their RotoPower automatics (one of which I have in restoration right now). It has the Brevete case which is a pig to open, so no movement pics just yet. I guess late 60s / early 70s?

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/Quoll06/Roamer/RoamerAnfibio2.jpg

[Ray MacDonald]

Another recent purchase just arrived. This is a (manual) Roamer Anfibio, which was marketed by Roamer as Waterproof - none of this Water Resistant nonsense. This could be regarded as Roamer's finest, though I prefer their RotoPower automatics (one of which I have in restoration right now). It has the Brevete case which is a pig to open, so no movement pics just yet. I guess late 60s / early 70s?

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/Quoll06/Roamer/RoamerAnfibio2.jpg
Very nice and I agree with your time assessment. It has the baton hands which came in around 1969 I think, but the case doesn't (yet) have the disco era chunkiness so common in mid 70s watches.

[JohnW]

Another recent purchase just arrived. This is a (manual) Roamer Anfibio, which was marketed by Roamer as Waterproof - none of this Water Resistant nonsense. This could be regarded as Roamer's finest, though I prefer their RotoPower automatics (one of which I have in restoration right now). It has the Brevete case which is a pig to open, so no movement pics just yet. I guess late 60s / early 70s?

I had an Anfibio new in 1978 and it indeed was chunkier and not anything like as aesthetically pleasing (to my eyes) as this one. I lost it in about 1982 (deeply frustrating) but it was the initial spark for a modest collection of Roamers in recent time.

Cheers, JohnW

[Axel66]

Congrats,

Seems to be roughly the same model as mine:

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5369/anfibiophotozx9.jpg

Just one thing I don't understand. Why it should be a pig to open an anfibio?
If it has the correct splitted stem, you can oben it without any tool!
But I wouldn't do it too often, thogh, as I don't want to risk any wear on the stem.

Cheers,

Axel

Btw. The movement should be marked on the back on that one. It's a 414, isn't it? ;-)

[quoll]

Congrats,

Seems to be roughly the same model as mine:

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5369/anfibiophotozx9.jpg

Just one thing I don't understand. Why it should be a pig to open an anfibio?
If it has the correct splitted stem, you can oben it without any tool!
But I wouldn't do it too often, thogh, as I don't want to risk any wear on the stem.

Cheers,

Axel

Btw. The movement should be marked on the back on that one. It's a 414, isn't it? ;-)

Agreed and correct on both counts, as I have learned since that post. It is a MST 414 and it has the regular Roamer split stem.

I love your silver dialed version. |> What's the camera?

[Axel66]

... What's the camera?

Don't know exactly as it's my wife's one. Something like a Russian Leica-copy, I guess.:-s

Cheers,

Axel

[JohnF]

Hi -

It looks like a Zorki-4 to me: but you got some rust developing on the lens! Clean that baby! :-)

JohnF

PS: Niiiiiiiiiiiice watches. Will have to keep my eyes open for one of those...

[soviet]

Hi -

It looks like a Zorki-4 to me: but you got some rust developing on the lens! Clean that baby! :-)

JohnF

PS: Niiiiiiiiiiiice watches. Will have to keep my eyes open for one of those...

Hi,

I am a vintage camera collector long before I was interested in watches, so that is a Russian rangefinder camera and a Zorki, but a Zorki C.;-)