Rooster RS-1013 Chronograph Full Set NOS / unworn with stickers / JDM Limited Edition 042/500

The Rooster RS-1013 is a striking Japanese chronograph with clear motorsport and diver aesthetics, which is particularly interesting today due to its limited availability and pronounced JDM character. The brand Rooster is the private label of IDA Watch from Yokohama; its roots go back to the watchmaking and repair tradition founded by Ida Tomotaro in Yokohama-Motomachi in 1903. The official company history of IDA Watch emphasizes this origin in the port city of Yokohama and the long development from a repair shop to an independent watch provider. Watch Life News also describes Rooster as an original brand of IDA Watch with its origins in the traditional house founded in 1903 in Yokohama-Motomachi.

The watch offered here is the RS-1013 model, a sporty quartz chronograph with a powerful, technically designed dial, striking totalizers, and a rotating diver's bezel. The watch appears significantly more substantial and high-quality than many ordinary fashion chronographs from the same period. Particularly successful are the clearly legible subsidiary dials, the bold hands, the black bezel, and the striking blue cabochons on the crown and pushers, which give the watch a distinctive accent.

This example is particularly attractive because it is a still completely originally packaged and sealed watch in a full set. According to the case back, the watch bears the engraving "LIMITED 042/500"; Japanese market offers for the RS-1013 model also describe it as a model limited to 500 pieces worldwide. The same Japanese offers also state the technical specifications of the model with a quartz movement, 10 bar water resistance, 1/1-second stopwatch, 60-minute counter, and 24-hour display, which fits your watch very well.

With a diameter of 41 mm without crown, 47.4 mm lug-to-lug, 12.3 mm height, and 22 mm lug width, the RS-1013 has a very wearable yet present format. The weight of 78 g including the original leather strap also matches the factory data mentioned in Japanese offers. The original leather strap is preserved; the watch comes in a full set with box and papers. This condition is particularly important, as while RS-1013 offers do appear occasionally on the Japanese market, they are often either without a functional guarantee or in less attractive condition. In parallel, there is currently an unworn Japanese offer for the model for ¥48,488, which shows that the model in good condition is indeed offered with a significant collector's premium.

The appeal of this watch lies not only in its appearance but also in its positioning: it is not a randomly globally distributed standard model, but a watch from the environment of a traditional Japanese watchmaking house that is hardly regularly found outside Japan. Primarily Japanese platform offers and Japanese sources for the brand are verifiable, which underlines the JDM character of this model.

For collectors of Japanese niche brands, for lovers of rare quartz chronographs, and for buyers who deliberately seek something more offbeat than the usual mainstream models, this Rooster RS-1013 is a very interesting watch. In complete, sealed full-set condition, it is significantly harder to find than a common worn example.

Details:

• Brand: Rooster
  
• Model: RS-1013
  
• Limited edition: 042/500
  
• Movement: Quartz
  
• Functions: Chronograph, 24-hour display, 60-minute counter
  
• Water resistance: 10 bar
  
• Case material: Stainless steel
  
• Diameter without crown: 41 mm
  
• Lug-to-Lug: 47.4 mm
  
• Height: 12.3 mm
  
• Lug width: 22 mm
  
• Weight incl. original leather strap: 78 g
  
• Original leather strap
  
• Full set with box and papers
  
• Originally packaged and sealed
  
• JDM model / difficult to find outside Japan
  

Warranty (used)
This is a used item. The limitation period for claims for defects (statutory warranty) is 12 months from delivery.