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7 January 2014, 07:10 AM
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Could a Rolex movement freeze?
Just asking.....could our Rollies actually freeze? Could the oil in the movement, if cold enough actually get thick and freeze up ? crying:
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7 January 2014, 07:16 AM
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I'm sure there is probably a temperature at which your Rolex would stop functioning. However, this would not take place while the watch is on your wrist, and I'm sure it is much colder than the temps we are seeing the last couple days
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7 January 2014, 07:23 AM
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Here is another thread and "tools" touched on what Jason just said.
http://rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=327246
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7 January 2014, 07:51 AM
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Referring to a Rolex as a "Rollie" has been known to cause them to refuse to run...
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7 January 2014, 09:05 AM
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7 January 2014, 07:56 AM
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everst looks pretty cool , and ive seen pics of them running up there ,,, hth
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7 January 2014, 10:20 AM
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At one time you could request that Rolex use "cold weather" oils which were blended much thinner specifically for such things as scaling Everest.. Today's synthetics have a much wider temperature tolerance but if absolute accuracy were required, I'm sure that you could get the proper viscosity oils for the temperatures expected.. But you would have to change back if you changed locations. 
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7 January 2014, 07:57 AM
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Well if not before than at absolute zero.
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7 January 2014, 07:59 AM
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My 67 Explorer froze because it was never serviced by my dad, so yes for me.
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7 January 2014, 08:04 AM
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There was quite a famous experiment whereby someone set their oyster in a block of ice and apparently the watch was visibly still ticking. They can be boiled even taken into the ocean far beyond their depth rating without any adverse effects on the movement.. I wonder how they hold up to lightning?
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7 January 2014, 08:25 AM
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-40*C here and it keeps ticking away.
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7 January 2014, 08:31 AM
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If you're wearing it and it freezes, you are probably dead.
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7 January 2014, 09:02 AM
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7 January 2014, 10:57 AM
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Wow that is really freezing! |
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7 January 2014, 08:50 AM
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7 January 2014, 11:19 AM
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When it gets cold enough for the Rolex (or any other mechanical watch) to freeze, you would be long dead anyway and probably wouldn't care what time it is.
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7 January 2014, 11:19 AM
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Apparently not much:
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=104136 http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=101786
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