1530/60/70 cal Rolex movements... - NAWCC Forums
Oct 28, 2002 · As time went by, whenever Rolex found it necessary to install a case back with a different number on a particular watch, they began using a jeweler's engraving machine (pantograph) to scratch through the original ref. number, and …
Advice on vintage Rolex 710 cal. movement | NAWCC Forums
Jun 27, 2023 · It is a Rolex, a jewel would be a better way of fixing arbor sideshake. b) the balance appears to have magnetic problems and maybe the escape wheel too. My suggestion was to remove the pinion rather than the risk of removing …
Rolex lube equivalents? - NAWCC Forums
Aug 24, 2016 · They use 2 types of Rolex specific grease: one for the pallets and one for all other thing that are lubed with Fat. You should be able to use 9504 (the blue grease) from Moebious and specifically for the pallets 9415 also from Moebius. The thick oil Rolex prescribes today is HP1000. The thin oil Rolex prescribes in Moebius 9010. Succes RonP
Rolex before the bubble - NAWCC Forums
Jan 1, 2025 · The father of Rolex, Hans Wilsdorf (& brother in law Davis) began his company importing and assembling and distributing pocket watches. However, he anticipated the aesthetic shift towards wrist watches post WW1 and threw his considerable business skills in that direction, although continuing to offer some pocket watches into the 1930's, and ...
Help with ID on a Rolex - NAWCC Forums
Jul 31, 2024 · The reference number between the lugs is M832118 and also inside the dial track The movement Rotor has 25 J 1940 S.A, with the Rolex logo and inside the case back has 2350. I think the movement has a number under the balance wheel 2836-2
Full Hunter 935 Silver Rolex Trench Watch | NAWCC Forums
Nov 27, 2024 · The fact that this watch case has both the Rolex stamp and the W&D stamp in the caseback does lend some credibility. It is possible that this Aegler movement and dial had a Rolex marked ratchet wheel switched in, and were put in this case to replace an original, but ruined Rolex dial & original Aegler movement.
Rolex Datjust 14 or 18K gold? - NAWCC Forums
Feb 16, 2011 · I did look up the numbers on the jubilee braclet of my watch and the number 14 is clearly stamped. So maybe my watch, described as have a gold linen dial, not champagne, is an early caliber 3035. It is just that I had heard that all two-tone Rolex watches made after 1980 were 18k, and this roused my curosity.
'30s Rolex Oyster questions - NAWCC Forums
May 12, 2009 · And a scan through the Bestfit fingerprint pages gives no clue that Rolex 500 or 700 interchanges with any other caliber (other than its close Rolex relatives, including Perpetuals). As I read it, at one time, Oyster related to Rolex in the same way that Tudor relates to Rolex today. There were Oyster movements, and Rolex movements. Long story ...
Rolex Oscillating Weight Axle - NAWCC Forums
Mar 16, 2011 · I recently had to replace an oscillating weight axle on a Rolex 3055 mvt. However, I have found that I am having trouble replacing the clip, or "gib" that secured the jewel, mounted in its plate, to the axle. It seems that the jewel is too thick, but that's not really the problem, as the jewel is original.
Battery Replacement in a knock-off Rolex watch: - NAWCC Forums
Aug 19, 2011 · Most knock-off Rolex watches have a back that screws off like the original. There is a tool that you can purchase from someone like TimeSavers but I can usually remove the back by using a pocket knife to engage, at an angle, into one of the little slots on the outside edge of the back and force it to turn in the CCW direction.
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