What’s Inside a Real ROLEX Watch?

What’s Inside a Real ROLEX Watch? | Watchfinder & Co.

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3 жыл бұрын

What a Rolex looks like on the outside is no secret. Being the best-selling luxury watchmaker in the world, chances are the Submariner’s visage is familiar to most of the people here-but what about the inside? What lies beneath that plain, unadorned case back? In an era when most manufacturers are desperate to show off the great amounts they spent on their movement, Rolex continues to buck that trend. Let’s take that case back off and see just what’s going on inside.
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@watchfinder 11 ай бұрын

We know you want more watches…. click here: linktr.ee/watchfinder

@kaiserwilhelmii1827 3 жыл бұрын

Whoever writes the scripts for these videos needs to know he's doing an amazing job 👍

@maleangel1983 3 жыл бұрын

He does it all himself

@kaiserwilhelmii1827 3 жыл бұрын

@@maleangel1983 Well then its just all the more amazing

@GodKing804 3 жыл бұрын

Please never change the format or music, it's ageless like the time pieces you present.

@sushimshah2896 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just me who preferred the older music a bit more?

@outlawbf3 3 жыл бұрын

@@sushimshah2896 i cant recall hearing that music, link?

@lupang335 3 жыл бұрын

@@outlawbf3 actually, it seems the music here has been what they've used since the first "hand-review" video. Though I think Sushim would be referring to this one kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eb-lpLWmmLbcqX0.html

@donkremer6019 3 жыл бұрын

Can't stand the begging for subs. No pun.

@mosesmartinez4364 3 жыл бұрын

1000% AGREE

@clownasylum 3 жыл бұрын

Sometime I wonder, how life would've turned out if we all had teachers who spoke with such passion and taught us at school...

@dontthinksosomehow 3 жыл бұрын

Amen to that.

@TurningGuns 3 жыл бұрын

Hyper indoctrination?

@garyboyle695 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should have been a better pupil.

@theonlyredspecial 3 жыл бұрын

And yet here you are. Well spoken and on KZfaq flattering a guy paid by a company with the aim to sell massively overpriced second hand watches by promoting them in videos, which also makes them money via adverts. Its a crazy world.

@mb3318 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should try to speak to a dispassionate group of children trying to sell them on topics they don't care about and ridicule you for not being interesting enough. Now do it several times a day up until you die. Hurts even more when students insult teachers for "trying too hard" just so they can get their attention for a minute.

@achuck4321 3 жыл бұрын

The overlay while the watch was spinning on screen was a great trick! Nice job.

@sushimshah2896 3 жыл бұрын

R u taking about 1:09??

@mikeloshak6772 3 жыл бұрын

"All the French watchmakers were too... well, dead" Nice humour and timing but best of all, very interesting and informative - thank you!

@blaXkgh0st 3 жыл бұрын

I have loved watches since I was a kid. This is the first video I learned so much! You explained so much in a small time and I wasn't bored one bit. I love your videos!🤙

@TimepieceTherapy 3 жыл бұрын

Great take and good to watch the two tone Submariner covered.

@mikeontherock 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to hear you thoughts on Citizen's chronomaster

@WatchMeEDC 3 жыл бұрын

Kudos on the objective and informative overview, since that seems to be so hard to accomplish on Rolex topics and watches nowadays. Great video as always!

@tar1895 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. But I think Rolex shouldn’t go down the display back route. Solid backs and rugged reliability is the Rolex way.

@zacharyhart 3 жыл бұрын

Really great and informative video. It's helped me start to understand how a mechanical watch works. Basic knowledge amongst enthusiasts I suspect, but for me it's new information. Great stuff.

@DouglasJWalker 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are fantastic. So informative and well presented.

@pacowonderboy 3 жыл бұрын

I am watching you for more than 3 years I believe. I just want to tell you guys that this is one of the best videos. Congratulations and thank you for all this lovely job

@alexsystems2001 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting them... 0:51

@kqzqcm 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Please do much much more like this. One of my favourite!

@soulure 3 жыл бұрын

The day rolex releases a clear back, it will be such a huge news item, the watch will be sold out for years

@FjordPrefect 3 жыл бұрын

You missed it. They've already done this (Cellini Prince).

@KevW03 3 жыл бұрын

Their watches are ALREADY sold out for years 🤣

@wenqiweiabcd 3 жыл бұрын

Besides, what's there to look at? It's not a very pretty movement.

@soulure 3 жыл бұрын

@@KevW03 haha true, there's a long waitlist for basically every model last time I went in.

@shiraz1736 3 жыл бұрын

@@KevW03 Thats what they tell you.

@jimt7292 3 жыл бұрын

Hey WF, really enjoyed that piece. Ty!

@garylawton230 3 жыл бұрын

I do prefer a clear case back to enjoy the internals, but only if they're worth looking at! ;-)

@RaghunandanReddyC 3 жыл бұрын

Like Seiko 5.

@entroheat 3 жыл бұрын

@@RaghunandanReddyC true spot on and i dont see other than purple wheels its nothing to lose sleep over just huge hype, yes accurate watch but not worth the 10k.

@user-oc8cl9rd9y 3 жыл бұрын

@@entroheat clearly you have zero idea what you’re talking about

@johnmuthan286 3 жыл бұрын

I don't, make the watch unnecessarily thicker

@d3generate804 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-oc8cl9rd9y then explain why it's so expensive

@captainmike3557 2 жыл бұрын

I admire all those videos. Dont change anything, keep doing great reviews and be carefully with collaborations which are not that good...

@unbiasedreviews5978 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully shown and explained!!!

@timosan2020 3 жыл бұрын

I love watches and I love your voice, thank you for making these vid’s!

@gaz4chels2cars 3 жыл бұрын

Please do a video like this explaining the Grand Seiko Spring drive

@neilbeeson3124 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great lesson. Love these videos.

@vaderprime923 3 жыл бұрын

I kind of expected the movement to be prettier but I don’t really know why. You never see it and that would also go against the tool watch origins to have a really decorated and beautifully finished movement. But still it feels so... plain.

@RICHOCHANGO 3 жыл бұрын

Could you cover restoring a beat up watch? Could you increase the value of one that has been unloved?

@richardraybould6928 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, enjoyed that.

@hcooC 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Thank you!

@scottlalonde2878 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you Watchfinder.

@512bb 3 жыл бұрын

I have only one question to all the Rolex haters out there. How would you explain a 1982 Submariner 16800 surviving multiple combat engagements, more then 1000 jumps, multiple combat dives & better then a half million rounds ranging from 9mm - 50 cal, The ultimate tool watch? I would, oh yeah, I still wear it today.

@Slammintone 3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t even had the need to overhaul my 2008 Sub yet. It’s just as reliable and accurate as the day I bought it new. The steel Rolex uses is far superior in durability and resistance to ordinary dings and scuffs that rather quickly ruined the appearance of my Omega Bond SMP. That Omega has been repaired five times and overhauled 3 times since buying it new in 2004. It’s also been refinished every servicing to keep its appearance decent. The hassle of owning an expensive yet quite temperamental timepiece has ruined me for anything that is not Rolex.

@joeconey4821 3 жыл бұрын

Back to basics. I love it!

@danielcardwell5457 3 жыл бұрын

It's interesting the scale of perspective when I watch these videos the item looks huge but the reality is, it's so tiny, how people service this stuff is beyond me

@smartbot7 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I would love to see a comparison video with the new 3235 (from the 41mm Sub) to see what changes they made with the new movement...

@ejames6431 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome information!

@garylawton230 3 жыл бұрын

@2:20 purple gears? I've gone colour blind or my monitor's broken! ;-)

@macoyupadoodle 3 жыл бұрын

Yes plastic coated gears 😣 and in Macro shots, not that well finished either.

@lukeventers4755 3 жыл бұрын

That's called burgundy.

@yingerr 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank You. Sinn please

@steffydog 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, thanks 👍

@superfast30 2 жыл бұрын

3135 in the sub uses Kif shock protection. Paraflex in used on the datejust and explorer models!

@raksh9 3 жыл бұрын

Got to say, that two tone Sub Date is beautiful. It's more appealing than the classic two tone Sub Date from the 80s/90s/early 2000s.

@Vrbaski 3 жыл бұрын

I had these thoughts. Minus the wide and protruding lugs, this is truly beautiful

@triple26 3 жыл бұрын

It’s truly gorgeous, I just got the call for my 126613LN last week, and I have to say this video doesn’t do it justice

@raksh9 3 жыл бұрын

@@triple26 Congratulations! Wear it in good health 😁👍

@samuelchow3425 3 жыл бұрын

I was debating between the 114060 and the 116613LN. After watching this video, I’ve made up my mind. Thanks for settling that debate!

@daveberry9922 3 жыл бұрын

great information

@famosguider205 3 жыл бұрын

As always brilliant review and I am so proud that you chose the Submariner Rolesor yellow gold and stainless steel with the black face. This is exactly my watch! I chose it due to no all stainless Submariner, though I later realized this was on my vision board, so it makes me very happy. I still sometimes question my purchase because of the popularity of the stainless and the ss and gold can be flashy. I have learned to rock it with a white tee and jeans or even a hoodie and sweatpants as athleisure and it works well. Seeing it in this video reassures my purchase, and I love my 3135 movement. Thanks for all of your detail. Do you, the presenter or anyone else have any comments on the ss and yellow black face sub in this video? Thanks in advance

@jerryrice2752 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly 💯

@nicerides9224 Жыл бұрын

Gold on black always looks nice. With the amount you are paying for a rolex it should look flashy. It's not like today's subs are being used for diving.

@miguelschoedel7691 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video

@watchreviews4k 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video. Regards.

@wivvix 3 жыл бұрын

The solid caseback is a bit like putting a solid plastic valve cover on a V10. The beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

@sergeyyatskevitch3617 3 жыл бұрын

Just one word - Bravo! An exceptional story and a beautiful storytelling. Thank you, sir. Cheers!

@patrickjean-philippe7679 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video.

@andystuart4667 3 жыл бұрын

Review the Glamour double date. It's a good one

@jamesrobert4106 2 жыл бұрын

I have that glorious 3135 in my old 15200 Oyster perpetual date. One of the most rugged, well designed movements ever made.

@greginthesouth2621 8 ай бұрын

How does this video not have 1 million views! I've loved watches for a long time, and have been fascinated by how they work. I learned so much!

@jayaychare7318 3 жыл бұрын

in the day when everyone wants to be in front of the camera its nice change to have just nice close-quarter camera work and macro footage

@fourlakes 3 жыл бұрын

This was just simply a great video.

@redcapote4760 3 жыл бұрын

Makes me appreciate my 3135 movement Sub Date all the more.

@TimG-- 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video mate 🥃

@frankmastromauro5630 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@golfpark94 3 жыл бұрын

I love watches in all brands and sizes but Rolex was and always will be my first real love. A lot of watchmakers wear a model of this brand and that’s a great compliment.

@almcl9391 3 жыл бұрын

Seems good enough for philippe dufour ...

@almcl9391 3 жыл бұрын

Aside pd's Pepsi, there's roger smith with his explorer etc. Still, what do they know...

@ronch550 3 жыл бұрын

One thing I noticed with Rolex is how impossibly smooth the crown thread is. With other watches I need to look for the start of the thread by pushing in and turning counterclockwise, and when I feel a 'jerk' it means I got it. It's kinda like turning the lid of a peanut butter jar backwards. With Rolex, you don't have to do that because you just push the crown in and it catches all the time, unlike some watches where you kinda feel the threads getting stuck and you have to twist back to not risk cross-threading.

@richfranks9161 2 жыл бұрын

As I watch the video I’m admiring my Orient Bambino gen2 . I’m thankful for being able to afford it and as for the Rolex, Mabey tomorrow who knows.

@mike8631 3 жыл бұрын

Just bought my DateJust from the AD and this pops up straightaway. Nice.

@dinoscarsella5079 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video

@omkarborkar95 Жыл бұрын

You should really talk as a audible narrator. Amazing job 👏🏻

@_-MiamiVice-_ 3 жыл бұрын

Looks better, and much higher quality than it is in real life

@PrimeMatt 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@paynemax3825 3 жыл бұрын

Omega 8900 next please!

@leonardoserna2238 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated movement.

@paynemax3825 3 жыл бұрын

@@leonardoserna2238 True

@theejpp 3 жыл бұрын

I’m never NOT amazed by the things I learn on this channel, and the beauty of the watches that you’re blue to capture with this incredible cinematography. Please, please, never stop making videos. Better yet, never even change the format. The current content delivery is flawless

@WorldsWorstFishing 3 жыл бұрын

The 3135 and other calibers are a beautiful movement, but if they haven't jumped over to display casebacks by now, I doubt they will.

@eecc17 3 жыл бұрын

Review the Seamaster black black!

@turdledive927 3 жыл бұрын

I love this

@RAHULSINGH-wq8ok Жыл бұрын

Very nice watch

@Saints-Forever 3 жыл бұрын

Nice and very educational piece on watch movements. The day will come when Rolex start to decorate their movement on a display case back and that will be the day Rolex move up to challenge the watch holly trinity including retail prices.

@greensocks4507 3 жыл бұрын

Spent 4 years trying to buy a Rolex Submariner or similar. Bought a Tudor Pelagos recently instead. The Rolex shop in Christchurch, New Zealand has a problem with stock availability. Want a new Rolex ? Forget it.

@scottd7604 3 жыл бұрын

Are you ever going to ship to Canada?

@rekonzuken1 Жыл бұрын

rolex high tech movement is the besttt

@marcusakers7245 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video

@81vlad 3 жыл бұрын

Due to these videos/ narrator I have excelled my education in timepieces. I will definitely purchase a timepiece from them post COVID. Thank you !

@panorama4526 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck.

@Drew10006 2 жыл бұрын

That's a really nice watch... 👌

@davideojockey6237 2 жыл бұрын

-10:59 Rolex: haaaahahahaha.....you peasants dont you DARE come NEAR in any of my ADs

@okihaveaname 3 жыл бұрын

Its silly that Rolex is pretentious enough to overcharge for colored bezels but don't display their movements. 🧐

@artaudcharles 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@BWB31975 3 жыл бұрын

I've often wished there could be a display back on my sub. Sure, it's not a Lange, but it is pretty well done and fun to look at when the jeweler opens it up. Omega has a rugged, deep diving watch with a display back. Not like it can't be done.

@henry804 Жыл бұрын

i’ve always wanted an aftermarket sapphire back for my rolexes but it’s seen as taboo by purists. it’s not like it’s permanent though, i don’t know why more people don’t do aftermarket exhibition backs on their rolexes.

@snackouzi 3 жыл бұрын

You haven't mentioned the German role in watchmaking history!

@coffeeisgood102 3 жыл бұрын

Even Omega has a problem showing off the machine that drives the hands. When I sent my Speedmaster Mk 4.5 to Switzerland for servicing costing thousands of dollars, they refused to replace the screw down case back with an exhibition case back even tho I know they do use them on a few other models and I believe the sizes are standardized. Not to complain, as Omega did a fantastic job and it was well worth the price. Just that that little extra of a see thru back would have been nice.

@raycollington4310 3 жыл бұрын

I've gone off Rolex due the absurdity of how their AD's allocate and influence who gets what. In 1989 I bought a Submariner that was sitting in the shop window. I'm not prepared to beg or pay someone for a watch that they got from a dealer just to charge me more for it. Expensive watches are fine until you want to sell them. Watchfinder were not interested in buying my IWC, even though I would have bought another watch from them. My loyalty is currently with the Japanese watch industry. We like our toys but I look at the manufacturing cost of a watch in relation to its SRP and I get the feeling someone is lifting my leg.

@docbrockyt 3 жыл бұрын

Omega has an amazing movement that you can see...

@Touyoujin 3 жыл бұрын

That’s why it’s like a brick on the wrist.

@panorama4526 3 жыл бұрын

My wrist and me like it a lot...

@WatchesOnWood 2 жыл бұрын

"I'm sure you've been on the highway with a driver who thinks the throttle is an on off switch" Yeah I have, the driver's name was Francois-Paul Journe and when I told him off because he was making me sick, he told me it was a deadbeat throttle

@michaelm.martin6799 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual. You said the movement ticked at 28,800 vph. However, the slow motion showed it ticking at six vibrations per second or 21,600 vph. What did I miss?

@geoffwatches 3 жыл бұрын

Been thinking about swapping my 114060 for one of those two-tone sub dates, and I think this is a sign.

@synapsolustv4026 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a watch brand tierlist video lol

@JulienMaynard 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to do so since many entry-level brands use both inhouse or sourced movements, and the characteristics may vary from one movement/ watch model to another. You can't compare Rolex/Omega/Zenith with one another since the price and quality depends on each individual piece; you can't compare Frederique Constant and Vacheron Constantin because, while both watches, they are entirely different things :)

@sushimshah2896 3 жыл бұрын

@@JulienMaynard that's why a tier list?

@synapsolustv4026 3 жыл бұрын

@@JulienMaynard yea that's true but it would still be kinda interesting even though it would be totally subjective and partly nonsense

@MichaelSmith-mb1gm 3 жыл бұрын

I looooooooooooooove these videos!

@auburnsenn2040 3 жыл бұрын

Super elaboration and truly broadening our horizon in the aspect of watches....

@royaloak5455 3 жыл бұрын

I really hope Rolex never decide to produce clear case backs. I love the simplicity of it.

@egydude15 3 жыл бұрын

The British being too expensive and the French being too dead 😂😂😂

@jeffharper6259 3 жыл бұрын

I agree that Rolex could be a little more transparent (sapphire case back), pun intended. Great video as always and thank you for featuring the occasional brand such as Rolex; not everyone has a Patek Philippe bank account, particularly during this pandemic.

@ji1787 3 жыл бұрын

we demand Seiko Prospex LX to have a video here !

@amcluesent 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! It's made of stars!

@Watchatete 3 жыл бұрын

A good review would compare 3135 with Patek 324. That ill show what is the real difference between reliable everyday luxury and high horology.

@centrallyintelligentagency 3 жыл бұрын

Quite honestly, this is the best Watchfinder video to date. I’ve been following along for years now, and this really takes the cake. Thank you for sharing, Watchfinder.

@dineshjiawan 3 жыл бұрын

This is a masterclass in " stories sell" !!!

@ismailshaikh-ub8cz 3 жыл бұрын

I purchased a seiko 5 from my friend & its quite an old watch, i want to know how to check if the watch is authentic?

@KarthicVC 3 жыл бұрын

At the price point, no one would fake a Seiko 5. The effort is not worth the result

@MrAnonymousRandom 3 жыл бұрын

The 7s movement inside is obsolete with no hacking and hand winding. Anyone making a knockoff these days would use a better movement. Even the cheapest automatic watch with a Japanese movement from Aliexpress these days uses either a Miyota 8200 series or a Seiko NH (3rd party 4r) movement.