cougar1 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Love it Cheers Gran, they are really striking watches, having a hard time letting go of this AT, they are not too easy to find lately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheRefinedSon Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 ERMI automatic, don't know much about it. Just picked it up at the post today. A recent eBay purchase all the way from Poland. The seller claimed it was a swiss automatic but there weren't any markings other than the indicated 25 jewel movement so I wasn't overly concerned with it actually having a Swiss origin. The rotor on the movement is labeled "Rotor-Record". Did a little bit of digging and I found another ERMI watch using a Forster movement, which I understand is actually a German maker. I like it all the same . I belive the automatic movement winds no matter which way the rotor is turning. All in all a nice little vintage dress watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gran Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 That Aquanaut seem to be keeping you warm 666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFree Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 ERMI automatic, don't know much about it. Just picked it up at the post today. A recent eBay purchase all the way from Poland. The seller claimed it was a swiss automatic but there weren't any markings other than the indicated 25 jewel movement so I wasn't overly concerned with it actually having a Swiss origin. The rotor on the movement is labeled "Rotor-Record". Did a little bit of digging and I found another ERMI watch using a Forster movement, which I understand is actually a German maker. I like it all the same . I belive the automatic movement winds no matter which way the rotor is turning. All in all a nice little vintage dress watch. ERMI was owned by Ernst Mitschele from Pforzheim. He was primarily an assembler, using ETA and Forster movements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospex44 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Wearing the 1680 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donerix 2.0 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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asciwhite Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 That is an AWESOME watch Donerix!!!!!!!!!! My gawd I want it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRefinedSon Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 ERMI was owned by Ernst Mitschele from Pforzheim. He was primarily an asembler, using ETA and Forster movements. Thanks for the info! So it may in fact have a swiss movement. Not that it changes my opinion of the watch. Were there many ETA movements from 30+ years ago that wound no matter the way the rotor is turning? That feature might be what the term "Rotor-Record" meant? Its a non hacking movement and its keeping very good time. Its clearly a high quality watch and has withstood the test of time with flying colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z3k0 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 On the road ... driving home for Easter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFree Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Thanks for the info! So it may in fact have a swiss movement. Not that it changes my opinion of the watch. Were there many ETA movements from 30+ years ago that wound no matter the way the rotor is turning? That feature might be what the term "Rotor-Record" meant? Its a non hacking movement and its keeping very good time. Its clearly a high quality watch and has withstood the test of time with flying colors. If it's a Förster it is a bi-directional automatic movement. I am not sure about the earlier movements, but you could find that information at the following two sites: http://www.christophlorenz.de/watch/movements/e/eta/index.php?l=en http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&a&2uswk Dr. Ranfft has an excellent archive with great information on thousands of movements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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