Why Rolex has a helium escape valve on its Deep Sea’s
The Rolex Sea Dweller and the newer Deep Sea (DSSD) sport helium escape valves on the side of the watch. The helium escape valve maintains the watch’s internal pressure at equilibrium with outside pressure by allowing helium to escape the watch. One might ask why would helium ever enter a watch, but for professional divers […]
Another example of the safest place for your Rolex is on your wrist
WSVN News of greater Miami reported that a gentleman lost his Rolex to a thief while at a golf course. According to the WSVN news report, the owner of the reported $10,000 Rolex removed his watch to prepare for the driving range at the Melreese Gold Course. The victim, Jack Varela, removes his watch while […]
Yes, You even need to service your Rolex
Mechanical wristwatches exert their beauty by running without batteries, have an audible heartbeat, and the moving hands depict the earth’s movement through space around the sun. The (relative) mechanical simplicity of a wristwatch regulated by a thin hair spring, hands moved by small gears sitting on finely machined pinions spinning pressed synthetic jewels, all powered […]
Rolex Datejust Review: The Datejust continues to stand the test of time
Before sport and tool watches such as the Rolex Submariner and GMT’s was the Rolex DateJust. Prior to the tool watch boom of the mid-1950’s was the release of the Rolex DateJust. Even though the DateJust did not have tool-like functions as a chronograph or rotating bezels, the DateJust brought forward many design breakthroughs that […]