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Hari Gowda or similar watch with working Roulette Wheel?

Brudi

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Hello Guys,

I am trying to find a watch with a working Roulette wheel for my collection.
The only one I could find is from Hari Gowda. It's really rare though. Can't find it on the Internet.
Maybe someone here owns this watch and is willing to sell it?

Last one I could find sold on Ricardo for only 155 CHF two years ago 🤯

It is a Quartz watch and looks like this:



Video:

The only other watch with a working Roulette wheel is the Jacob&co Casino Tourbillion, which is mechanical, but goes for $400.000+ of course 😬



Very beautiful watch though 😍

Do you know of any other watches with a working roulette wheel (Quartz or mechanical) which are also affortable?
 
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No good rep of these kind of watches
 
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I know there were a few FM reps out there and I think Trusty can still get them. I know they had the functional wheel.
 
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Brudi said:
Hello Guys,

I am trying to find a watch with a working Roulette wheel for my collection.
The only one I could find is from Hari Gowda. It's really rare though. Can't find it on the Internet.
Maybe someone here owns this watch and is willing to sell it?

Last one I could find sold on Ricardo for only 155 CHF two years ago 🤯

It is a Quartz watch and looks like this:



Video:

The only other watch with a working Roulette wheel is the Jacob&co Casino Tourbillion, which is mechanical, but goes for $400.000+ of course 😬



Very beautiful watch though 😍

Do you know of any other watches with a working roulette wheel (Quartz or mechanical) which are also affortable?
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Woooow !!!

It reminds me of a similar search from years ago! I also bought at the time this "Roulette watch," I think Hari Gowda is a rebranding because I have the same under another name (I can't remember which) with a sort of clasp added on (which makes it less attractive). I found this watch on eBay, in the US, and I remember going through a whole process to repatriate it via a warehouse, etc. In the end, it's a very cool watch but cheap and not really comfortable to wear. Afterward, I bought this FM, which isn't exactly a roulette but follows the same principle, if I remember correctly, I found it at trustytime




I also uploaded a video about how it works :

Roulette Start
 
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As far as I know, Hari Gowda produced multiple Versions. There is another Version without the Hari Gowda label, simply called "the roulette watch". There is also another Version where the Roulette wheel is on the back side of the watch.



Each version was limited to 300 max, maybe some versions even less. I assume he produced less than 1000 of these roulette watches in total.
Very hard to find information about the watch or even it's inventor. Seems like he invented it 10+ years ago. Also I can't find any other watches from him and seems like he doesn't produce watches anymore.

The quality might be bad, but it is a pretty cool and historical collectors piece, since it's the first one of it's kind and Jacob&co basically copied it 10 years later.

I know the Franck Muller Vegas Series. They are still available at Trustytime. Even pretty cheap, only $128 each. https://trustytime888.io/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=25_187
It's not bad, but I think the concept of a spinning roulette wheel with a ball that lands on a random field is much cooler, because it works the same way as a real roulette wheel.
 
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Hari Gowda is not a real brand (anyway nobody deserves to have their name on this crap :LOL:.)I assume is just someone who took a stock from this "roulette watch", changed the branding and add the mention "limited edition" on the case.
I got mine since at least 10 years, I've just woken it up from a long sleep in its drawer :





I wouldn't say this watch is a "historical collectors piece" because for me it's worth no more than 20 quid... Is just a fun toy or an object of curiosity
 
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Brudi said:
@Flickflack so are you selling for 20 quid? 🤗
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I saw Germany in your profile, If you are around Berlin between 29th February to 3rd march, I'll take it with me and give it to you in exchange for a Gemüse Kebab if it can makes you happy ;)
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I saw Germany in your profile, If you are around Berlin between 29th February to 3rd march, I'll take it with me and give it to you in exchange for a Gemüse Kebab if it can makes you happy ;)
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On Feb 29th I am working near Berlin actually 😁
I'll give you a Gemüse Kebab and a nice German Beer.
What are you doing in Berlin? Work or Vacation?
 
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So all I have is my word ;)
Just chillin with some friends, really like this city for eating and museums
 
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So all I have is my word ;)
Just chillin with some friends, really like this city for eating and museums
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Sounds great. If they are also watch collectors, I will buy them Kebabs too :p
I will remind you a few days before the 29th (y)
 
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Brudi said:
I am pretty sure they don't work properly.

This one looks like a 1:1 Jacob&co clone, but doesn't even have a button to start the roulette wheel.
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This is the Gen

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Flickflack said:
Hari Gowda is not a real brand (anyway nobody deserves to have their name on this crap :LOL:.)I assume is just someone who took a stock from this "roulette watch", changed the branding and add the mention "limited edition" on the case.
I got mine since at least 10 years, I've just woken it up from a long sleep in its drawer :





I wouldn't say this watch is a "historical collectors piece" because for me it's worth no more than 20 quid... Is just a fun toy or an object of curiosity
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Hello, may I buy your watch? Do you still have it?? Thank you very much for your answer. Radim
 
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Hello, may I buy your watch? Do you still have it?? Thank you very much for your answer. Radim
 
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