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| Posted: Wed Dec 1st, 2010 06:02 am |
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Graham 3T WIS 
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When I was a student in law school in the early eighties, I had to be quite inventive to make some money. My parents couldn't fund my many hobbies and interests, amongst which was scuba diving. I had a friend with a jewellery store, and he sold various brands of watches. I lusted after a diving watch, but had to make do with my only watch at the time, an Orient quartz gold plated oyster styled dress watch. At the time my friend had these Royce diving watches in stock. I wanted one really badly, but couldn't afford one. However, I ended up selling 3 or 4 of them to fellow divers who were well heeled at the time. Of course there was some commission in for me, but sadly not enough to ever get my own Royce. They sold out soon. Anyway, last week I cleared out some junk from a closet, and found a B&W pic I had taken of one these divers all those years ago. It claims to be "professional marine" on the dial. I remeber the inner bezel as being orange, with a black dial and good tritium on the hands and markers. The hooded lugs were quite unusual, curving sharply. It came with a classic rubber strap. I can't remeber the WR rating, but it might have been 100m only. It was an auto with the locking crown at 12. Very uncool in the heyday of quartz! Has anyone here ever laid eyes on such a piece? I did find various Royce watches on the internet, but nothing like this. The style appeals to me now even more than all those years ago! It might even be a good project for one of our own 3T boutiques! Any feedback is welcome. I remember the watch as "huge", but it was probably around 42mm. Big for those days. Oh, and by the way, that Orient? I still have it and use it to set all my autos to!  Attachment: 301120101715 (800 x ratio).jpg (Downloaded 88 times) Last edited on Wed Dec 1st, 2010 06:05 am by Graham |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 1st, 2010 06:23 am |
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IanM 3T WIS 
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Hi Graham Love the Royce diver, and am aware of it from many many years ago. Haven't seen one since late 80's anywhere, and I have had it as an automatic ebay search since, well, since ebay began! Looks like they did a deal with Laco, though, cos the closest thing available now is the Laco Squad in SS/quartz or in black with an ETA. You will notice many similarities, but sadly, not the name "Royce". Have a look at http://www.laco.de generally, or https://shop.laco.de/en/Squad-Watches/Squad-watch-quartz-steel/steel.html specifically. If you are like me - then I know how sentimental the Royce piece would be for you. I will tell you if I find on anywhere! Good luck mate! Cheers - IanM  Last edited on Wed Dec 1st, 2010 06:24 am by IanM |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 1st, 2010 08:34 am |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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The only time I saw this case, it was on a Laco. There's one here from this known seller: The 46mm case with a 2824-2 is a hard to resist combination... http://cgi.ebay.com/46mm-Black-Laco-Marine-Uhr-861215-Superluminova-LNIB-/300495123561?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item45f6e7b469#ht_1237wt_1139big_eyes.gif
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| Posted: Wed Dec 1st, 2010 09:58 am |
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AWRosey 3T WIS 
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I knew I had seen this watch on another forum before. A little searching and voila. It was from an early 2004 post. The owner stated that he bought the watch on ebay (presumably in 2003) and really knew nothing about the watch. I am unsure about posting links to other forums on T3, so if you PM me, I can send you the link to the forum. Alan 
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| Posted: Wed Dec 1st, 2010 12:37 pm |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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Thanks for the sharing, Graham. That Royce looks like a cross between a Rolli Sub and a Stowa, although Ian and William may have it right in.....the Laco heritage. If I see anything like that on my travels, I'll let you know. 
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| Posted: Wed Dec 1st, 2010 01:23 pm |
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DuDro 3T WIS
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Laco has a diver like this as well...Looks like it would be sit nicely on the wrist.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 1st, 2010 03:28 pm |
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AWRosey 3T WIS
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DuDro wrote: Laco has a diver like this as well...Looks like it would be sit nicely on the wrist. You are correct. I believe that it is shown on a link above. I tried to find something I saw before about that Laco. I think it was a piece of sales material (or website) that stated that the Laco was a homage to the Royce. I think the Royce is a really nice looking watch. I am going to have to add it to my saved search on the bay. Alan
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| Posted: Wed Dec 1st, 2010 08:47 pm |
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murphy j 3T WIS 
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Those are pretty cool looking. I'm with the others on it looking like a Laco.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 1st, 2010 11:48 pm |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Royce Watch has deep roots in the Swiss watch Industry and were made under 3 names...Eska,Royce and S&E Kocher,formed by the latter...later Elgin and National Watch got involved as well and many Elgin cases were used on the Royce watches as well....the last know owner of Royce Tutima Uhrenfabrik and we all know who that is ...not much other than that so far but I will keep digging...I remember getting a watch like this for confirmation...I need to ask my Mom if she put it away...she does that kind of stuff and then springs on you 20 yrs. later.. 
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| Posted: Thu Dec 2nd, 2010 01:34 am |
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AWRosey 3T WIS
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Graham: I just realized that the picture I posted above has different hands than the one in your picture. I have now seen a couple with the slimmer hands, but I have also found one with hands just like your picture -- and it is FOR SALE!! If you are interested, PM me and I can send you the link. If not just let me know as I may consider purchasing it myself. Alan
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| Posted: Thu Dec 2nd, 2010 03:25 am |
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Graham 3T WIS
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Thanks to everyone for chiming in! To see that colour pic was like a time warp moment for me. This sort of interaction from various members is what makes 3T incredible! 
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