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It is an essential guardian of the watch’s chronometric precision. Unveiled in 2005, entirely designed and manufactured in house, it nears the apex of what metal alloy hairsprings can offer. The scale of the image might throw you off, though. Its edge is thinner than a single strand of hair and its weight is merely a fraction of a pearl’s.
- Rolex Uses An Expensive and Difficult-To-Machine Steel Because It Looks Better
- Rolex Has Its Own Science Lab
- Rolex Movements Are All Hand-Assembled and Tested
- An In-House Foundry Makes All The Gold For Rolex Watches
- Technology Is A Watchmaker’S Best Friend
Many watch lovers are familiar with the fact that Rolex uses a type of steel that no one else uses. Stainless steel is not all the same. Steel comes in various types and grades… and most steel watches are made from a type of stainless steel called 316L. Today, all the steel in Rolex watches is made from 904L steel, and as far as we know, pretty muc...
Given everything Rolex has done over the years it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they have an internal Research & Development department. However, Rolex takes it well beyond that. Rolex has not one, but several different types of extremely well-equipped professional science labs at their various facilities. The purpose of these labs isn’t just t...
One of biggest misconceptions about Rolex is that machines build their watches. The rumor is so pervasive that even people at aBlogtoWatch believed it to be mostly true. This is because traditionally Rolex didn’t communicate much on this topic. Well the truth is that Rolex watches are given all the hands-on human attention that you’d like to expect...
Rolex makes their own gold. While they have a small handful of suppliers that send them steel (Rolex still works the steel in-house to make all the parts), all the gold and platinum is made in-house. 24k gold comes into Rolex and it is turned into 18k yellow, white, or Rolex’s Everose gold (their non-fading version of 18k rose gold). Large kilns un...
The philosophy at Rolex seems to be very pragmatic, if a human does it better, then let a human do it, if a machine does it better, then let a machine do it. In fact the reason more watchmakers don’t use machines is two-fold. First of all machines are huge investments and in many instances keeping people around to do it is less expensive. Second, t...
Nov 27, 2018 · Many of these have come about as watch brands invested in developing new alloys in an effort to make stronger, lighter, and/or more scratch-resistant substances. Below we take a look at 11 brands that have invented their own alloys by combining different metals. 1. Rolex.
Mar 16, 2015 · Rolex owns its own foundry, where it creates its very own formulas for three different kinds of gold, and its own formulation of 904L stainless steel. Every single alloy used by Rolex is produced entirely in-house because, as they are quick to point out, the composition of the metal is the most important factor in determining a watch's aesthetic, mechanical, and dimensional properties.
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Rolex Oystersteel 904L. It is well known that Rolex is not like most other watch brands. Rolex does a bit differently, and one of the ways they do this is by using a different steel alloy compared to essentially every other watch company. While other watch brands use the steel alloy 316L steel, Rolex uses 904L steel.
Rolex uses a Platinum 950 alloy to make a Rolex watch, this means that the material is 95% pure platinum. Mixed with ruthenium, a Rolex watch is not only robust but also harder and shinier. They also combine platinum 950 with Oystersteel, which creates Rolesium, and it’s seen in their Rolex Yacht-Master series.
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