Anker robot automatic; movement id

[bsoderling]

Hi,

 

Just picked up a (for me) somewhat weird watch/movement.

 

It’s an Anker automatic and the movement doesn’t look like anything I have seen before.

 

Any experience from identification or service is appreciated.

 

 

 

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[clockboy]

A new one for me. It almost has a Timex style design, but I found there was a watch maker (I Think USA) that traded under the name Robot. To refine the search I will need to look at the keyless side & maybe it will be in my "Bestfit" catalogue.One thing is for certain spares will be difficult to source. 

[ro63rto]

Robot-Anker

Manufacturer was Erich Lacher

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laco_Uhrenmanufaktur

 

[WatchMaker]

Anker often used Durowe movements. Attached pic for instance shows a 552 with Laco on as per the relationship pointed out by @ro63rto

However I've not been able to find any Durowe movement that looks like yours! 

[bsoderling]

I suspect this may be it...

https://17jewels.info/movements/i/intex/intex-1057-aut-scd-cld/

Intex is definitely new to me.




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[bsoderling]

Hi all,

I wanted to share a bit more around this watch and where it ended for me.

It turned out to not be exactly the Intex 1057 movement as in the link I found, but definitely a relative to that. I can't really make up my mind if this is a truly ugly watch or if it has a certain charm . If you look for thin and slim designs, this won't be in your taste, that's for sure. After a thorough clean it all seems to work nicely, even the simple date design switches as it 's supposed to.

The add-on automatic part is a story of its own. Simple but efficient and to my surprise; isn't the operation in many ways similar to Seiko's magic arm...?

The pallet fork design is a new to me in wristwatches and looks like what I have seen in a few pocket watches and I believe is called "English lever", with the pallet jewel arrangement 90 degrees to what I'm used to see.

An interesting experience, which may indicate the quality level was the "extra" hole jewel that suddenly appeared at the bottom of my cleaning jar. I obviously thought a jewel had come loose and I went looking for where it should be. But no...there was simply no jewel missing and I must assume the thing has been sitting in there as a lost item during the assembly...

Here's a few photo's: