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eelpie
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 Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:20 am Post subject: Have you ever seen one of these? |
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The Swiss watch is marked Rollei on the dial and case-back. The hang-tag and boxes are marked Rollei. And I cannot find a mention of it anywhere . . .
It appears to be a promotional watch made for Rollei, and the watch features a 6 jewel Swiss ETA Calibre 255 quartz module.
The most interesing aspect is the marking on the case-back:
With the Compliments of Kun-Hee Lee Chairman The Samsung Group
If anyone has a clue I'd like to hear it.
Thanks . . . |
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JanBoettcher
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen similar watches before ...
in some places of the world Samsung dared to distribute them with the "Rollei"-writing, in others they feared the Swiss watch maker Rolex and just wrote "R". |
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eelpie
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject: Was there any relationship between Samsung and Rollei? |
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If there was, I don't believe Rolex would be concerned.
It's not as if the watches in question came even close to approximating Rolex products . . . |
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JanBoettcher
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:38 am Post subject: |
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Rolex did complain about the Rollei travel alarm ...
so it got relabeld R-traveltime
and they are well known complainers when it comes to their brand name etc.. |
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eelpie
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:17 am Post subject: In my searches I came upon a Rollei time line that shows . . |
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. . . Samsung owing Rollei between 1992 and 1998, which gives a window on when the watch was probably made.
The questions remaining for me are:
1) Who made the watch, and
2) Why is there a dedication from the Chairman of Samsung on the case-back.
My instinct tells me the one I've got wasn't sold retail, but rather it was a promotional award, possibly to a Rollei dealer or sales person . . |
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