Rolex - Part III

[cab83_750]

For the people who wear their Rolex, can you post:

1. Model
2. # of seconds in gains or loses per day.

I just want to see the accuracy/difference of each.



A few years ago, I thought my watch gains between 5-10 seconds per day. I will post mine in a few days; I'll use tomorrow as a 'sync day.'

[alf]

It varies depending on your level of activity, body temp and phase of the moon If you really want to dial it in, record how much gain or loss it has for you on a typicaly wear and have your watch maker adjust it to you. Rolex usually run fast on me.

[kqw]

I won't go into the quality of material as I would think most would agree that craftmansship is superior.

However, the fact that you can engineer a mechanical movement that has an extremely low error factor.

I.E., I loose about 1 minute/month or 60 seconds. Or....approx: 2 seconds per day.

That means that the Rolex is NEVER really accurate. BUT...a Mechanical movement that looses 2 seconds out of 86,400 seconds per day is OK with me.

[Moneyguy1]

Wayne..

It is all about name recognition. Like many other products, people who can (and some who cannot) afford a "big name" item will go for it regardless.

I wonder if the Yugo had been rebadged as a BMW or a Porsche how many people would defend it as being a "great little machine"!!

[JeremyD]

Mine loses about a minute a month - and it's 22 years old and has endured all sort of torture.

I just recently took it off and have replaced it with a $50 casio ediface that has not lost a second in the past two months. I wonder how it will hold up.

[kstar]

For ultimate performance an atomic/radio, satellite or some kind of IP based Bluetooth/WiFi watch would be the ticket.

I have not found any that look non-geeky and are made to very high standards.

There are some very high quality quartz movements made/used by by big-name watch makers, but even quartz gives way to the above mentioned methods of timekeeping.

Best,

Kurt

[onewhippedpuppy]

Funny that you could buy a $15 Timex that is more accurate than a $15,000 Rolex. Of course, it won't be nearly as pretty.

[Porsche_monkey]

I have a Tag. It is extremely accurate. Seconds per month, at the most. And extremeley durable.

Why wouldn't a Rolex be as good?

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

For ultimate performance an atomic/radio, satellite or some kind of IP based Bluetooth/WiFi watch would be the ticket.

I have not found any that look non-geeky and are made to very high standards.

Best,

Kurt

I have one of those I wear at work... synchronizes itself to the atomic clock radio signal every night... very cool and is accurate to a tenth (or maybe a hundredth) of a second.

But yeah, it is a Casio G-shock and looks tech-geeky... okay for work although I wear my Seiko's when I go out.

They are making some more fashionable models now, I will see if I can find one and post a picture.

[scottmandue]

Sorry for the slight thread Hi jack.

BTW I also have a Tag Heuer and like it but I'm going to sell it to fund the purchase of a Tissot.

Atomic analog watches:

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts

the most important feature in a watch - it's ability to keep accurate time.

the most important feature of a car: to not leak oil.

oh, wait...

[Hugh R]

The Rolex guy explained to me that as long as the rate of loss is consistent, like 1 minute/month it qualifies as a "Chronometer". I've been told that Rolexes are not on the Federal Railroad Administration's list of approved watches. My submariner loses about a minute a month. I don't need to be that on time for much of anything. But point taken about accuracy versus price.

[dhoward]

Originally Posted by PBH

I have a Tag. It is extremely accurate. Seconds per month, at the most. And extremeley durable.

Why wouldn't a Rolex be as good?

+1

2 secs / month for mine. But my TAG has a quartz movement. Battery life >4 years.

[911boost]

Can we also get the Rolex guys to post near the wheels on their cars. Just your arm poking out with the watch on will be great.

Ok kidding aside, I think a Rolex would be cool, but with two kids under 5, I don't see it happening for a very long time. I can rationalize the 911 turbo, it gets me to work (in good weather). I wear a Fossil that has my company logo on it during the week, and a Timex triathalonly thing on the weekend.

Bill

[Shuie]

FWIW, chronometer spec is between -4 and +6 sec/day. I've owned three Rolex that were +/- 1 sec/day; Ref. 1575 GMT, a 11660 Seadweller, and a 116520 Daytona. My 114270 Explorer is chronometer rated and was +6 sec/day the last time I checked.

[Rick Lee]

Wayne, if you can show me a non-automatic watch that looks as cool as my Breitling or Sinn, I'd love to see it. I don't think any of the Seiko Kinetics or Citizen Eco-Drives or other such watches look nearly as cool. And not having a battery means you won't compromise its water resistance to change it.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Wayne, if you can show me a non-automatic watch that looks as cool as my Breitling or Sinn, I'd love to see it. I don't think any of the Seiko Kinetics or Citizen Eco-Drives or other such watches look nearly as cool. And not having a battery means you won't compromise its water resistance to change it.

Me too; I also love my Sinn.

Solar takes care of most of the battery issue then give it a radio to receive time signals or network time from WiFi hot spots. It should also have a high-grade quartz movement, use modern alloys (maybe Ti or Sinn's Tegimented steel) and look cool, but not geeky.

Best,

Kurt

[Dottore]

I don't know anyone who gives a flying frack whether their watch is accurate to two - or even twenty - seconds a month. I mean who cares?

I do care that it is 200% reliable and lasts forever. I like the fact that explorers wear them (and they do), and that mountaineers and submariners swear by them etc etc. These things are indestructable - and they feel good. That's enough for me.

You want atomic accuracy? You probably also want a little calculator and a blood pressure meter. I think Casio makes a few of those.

[kstar]

A lot of folks do care about accuracy, even in the seconds/day range . . . that's why there is the COSC.

Best,

Kurt

[tcar]

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts

To me it seems like buying a Rolex is similar to buying an old English car. Looks good, and occasionally works as it was supposed to.

Please, correct me if I'm wrong...

-Wayne

You're wrong.

It's buying an old air cooled Porsche. ...Runs forever... but A/C is awful, leaks oil. ...And has a mystique.

An old english car doesn't even run reliably.


IMO.

Am I banned now?