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19th October 2019, 17:30 | #1 |
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How many Rover 75 watches are there?
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I just managed to find a Rover 75 watch. It has green leather bands (looks a bit like crocodile leather) and it has an oval shape with the Rover speedometer as a background. It looks really nice. But when I Googled the watch in the past, I would mainly find ones with a red leather band, an oval shape but with a *glossy* outer case. Mine is matte. Also, looking at Google, I see that there are those with a chrome-like finish, but some also seem to have a slight bronze shine to it (or its just the lighting). Yet, mine is matte with a silver-ish finish. Which I haven't seen yet. I wonder, did Rover (or the Swiss It's Time company) make several different versions? Or did I buy a fake? I do know that there are a few (round) fake ones on ebay, and you can get one from YourWatchDesign, but how about the original Rover 75 ones? Mine: The ones I have found on internet:
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They look perfect for everything except easily and accurately telling the time!!!
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Thanks for that , I always wondered why a clock had those logical numbers on it. But not really an answer to my question .
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Vinnie, this might help a bit https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=260501
Done a few years ago. The originals were like this And this is the one commissioned above |
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Thank you Suzublu. but I'm afraid that isn't really what I am aiming at. I am not referring to the round replica one (actually, I mentioned that in my first post).
I am wondering why some have a matte casing, while others seem to have a glossy chrome finish. As can be seen in the pictures I added to my post. I also show one photo in which it kinda seems like it has a bronze-ish glossy casing, instead of the chrome gloss casing on the other photo (or the matte silver casing on my own photo). So, how come I have been able to find a few different models? Did they make different watches? Where people given a choice in the finish they wanted at the time?
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