Thin-o-matic with Roman Numerals?

[OJ Bartley]

I was browsing a local jeweler yesterday and thought I'd check out the Hamiltons to see if I could find a white/silver dial dress watch. They had one that I tried on that I liked quite a bit, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere online to learn more about it. It looked a lot like the Thin-o-matic, and the bracelet was definitely similar (I compared it directly to my Tissot Le Locle I was wearing at the time and it was very similar, only wider and not tapered as much). This is the closest I have been able to find on their website:



But the major difference is the dial on one I tried on had roman numerals. I can't remember if the dial was more cream or silver, but it had a sweeping seconds hand, steel caseback, and was fairly thin, probably around 10mm or so? It was really nice, and just about exactly what I'm looking for. The price they gave me was $750 if I remember correctly, which I'm sure would be high from this store. Oh, the "model number" he gave me was 682558 but Google doesn't seem to make anything useful of that.

Does anyone know if the Thin-o-matic does have a roman numerals version, or is this a totally different model?

[CGSshorty]

Valiant Auto?

http://www.topperjewelers.com/watche...AutoRoman_2012

[OJ Bartley]

CGSshorty, you beat me to it! I was back in the store this weekend, and although they still couldn't tell me a name for it, other than "its a new model" I took a pic so that I could prove I wasn't crazy. Thanks for the link, everything is starting to make sense now.



Edit: Not a lot of info about the Valiant floating around, aside from a new thread asking about them. I'll chime in there to see if anyone has some feedback.

[CGSshorty]

Glad I could help. It does look rather nice.

[johnj]

I really like the font of the roman numerals.

[OJ Bartley]

Yeah, its really growing on me too, John. Here's a composite with the 4 different models, since there don't seem to be a lot of photos available online. I'm not sure if this model will keep this level of "rarity" but the more I see it the more I am growing attached to it.



The details on the side of the case don't stand out as much in person, at least not to the point of distraction. Actually, if the white dial came on a nice dark brown crocodile band with a deployant buckle, I'd be just about sold.