$50k MSRP yet it stops working if u dont wear it for 1 or 2 days

[akshay]

For real mang, at that price they need to invent a ball bearing that winds the thing without needing wrist movement.

This has to be Rolex's joke to humankind: we charge 100x the price of other watches and the thing only works if you work it.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by akshay

For real mang, at that price they need to invent a ball bearing that winds the thing without needing wrist movement.

This has to be Rolex's joke to humankind: we charge 100x the price of other watches and the thing only works if you work it.

Are you for real?

[Poohsan]

I was going to comment but I decided not to...

[Atomant]

[CashGap]

Kind of like a Guru Geneo bicycle... $7k and it can't keep up with a $250 moped if you aren't peddling!!!

[Singslinger]

Originally Posted by Poohsan

I was going to comment but I decided not to...

Yep me too.

[imono]

The magic here is to work on it when it stops.
This way you are force to do your own labor of love and enjoy the precious moment admiring the name Rolex.
I do enjoy winding the watch and admiring the name.

[johnbeth]

there is an invention called watch winder, which keeps your watch going and going and going, so the watch is ready for you to wear. Pricing can be as low as us$70 to us$100..

Its a small price to pay for your convinience.


John

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by akshay

For real mang, at that price they need to invent a ball bearing that winds the thing without needing wrist movement.

This has to be Rolex's joke to humankind: we charge 100x the price of other watches and the thing only works if you work it.

Are you sure the battery isn't running low?

[DCgator]

What model are you referring to?

[chevycorvette]

check out rolex hybrid 3300 movement. just picked up one. and love it.

whenever the power is low, the secondary rotor will kick in.

[ddnyc77]

If someone invents a perpetual motion machine it will be worth far more than 50k

[CDNWatchNut]

Originally Posted by ddnyc77

If someone invents a perpetual motion machine it will be worth far more than 50k

Precisely

[akshay]

Originally Posted by ddnyc77

If someone invents a perpetual motion machine it will be worth far more than 50k

I think it could be done, something about using gravity, some kind of weight/pressure and a cyclical type structure might work. Cuz a ball bearing could go around in an enclosed circle type structure perpetually with the right pressure/force on it.

Now I'm no physicist or anything, in fact I failed science class, just a layman's suggestion.

[cody p]

Okee-dokee!

[kareemthedream33]

Originally Posted by ddnyc77

If someone invents a perpetual motion machine it will be worth far more than 50k

Bingo.

[kareemthedream33]

Originally Posted by akshay

I think it could be done, something about using gravity, some kind of weight/pressure and a cyclical type structure might work. Cuz a ball bearing could go around in an enclosed circle type structure perpetually with the right pressure/force on it.

Now I'm no physicist or anything, in fact I failed science class, just a layman's suggestion.

I look forward to seeing your name in science text books for many centuries to come. They will name towns after you.

[Andad]

$50k MSRP yet it stops working if u dont wear it for 1 or 2 days

[akshay]

Ok here's my suggestion, with a very simple initial sketch of this perpetual rotor. What we have is a ball bearing in an enclosed circular structure. Apologies that the circle looks like an oval, it was meant to be a circle. Ok, now we place this thing inside the watch in a slanted manner so as to take advantage of gravity and we create just the right size and weight of the ball so it moves around the circle perpetually. Or we may have to create a mousetrap-like device that makes the ball move when it touches certain parts of the circle that trigger some kind of pressure, and since it move cyclically gravity does some of the work so we probably only need a single pressure point. We somehow connect the ball to the rotor. Voila, perpetual motion.

[chevycorvette]

Originally Posted by akshay

Ok here's my suggestion, with a very simple initial sketch of this perpetual rotor. What we have is a ball bearing in an enclosed circular structure. Apologies that the circle looks like an oval, it was meant to be a circle. Ok, now we place this thing inside the watch in a slanted manner so as to take advantage of gravity and we create just the right size and weight of the ball so it moves around the circle perpetually. Or we may have to create a mousetrap-like device that makes the ball move when it touches certain parts of the circle that trigger some kind of pressure, and since it move cyclically gravity does some of the work so we probably only need a single pressure point. We somehow connect the ball to the rotor. Voila, perpetual motion.

that is a run flat tires i have.

and it is expensive

[Boadicea]

Originally Posted by akshay

Ok here's my suggestion, with a very simple initial sketch of this perpetual rotor. What we have is a ball bearing in an enclosed circular structure. Apologies that the circle looks like an oval, it was meant to be a circle. Ok, now we place this thing inside the watch in a slanted manner so as to take advantage of gravity and we create just the right size and weight of the ball so it moves around the circle perpetually. Or we may have to create a mousetrap-like device that makes the ball move when it touches certain parts of the circle that trigger some kind of pressure, and since it move cyclically gravity does some of the work so we probably only need a single pressure point. We somehow connect the ball to the rotor. Voila, perpetual motion.

Unfortunately this still would not work. The problem with perpetual motioin is that there are too many forces working against it. Wherever you have contact, you have friction, even the air itself is causing friction in minute amounts. Theoretical perpetual motion would require a complete vaccume and no other popposing forces such as gravity. Push a tennis ball in space and it will travel for thousands of years but it will eventually stop, why? Even space is not a complete 100% vaccume.

[akshay]

Think of a double sided mousetrap-like device and a ball in the middle that moves from 1 side to another, triggering the movement of the device 1 way to the other so it moves back and forth perpetually. I'm being serious.

[jessiethe3rd]

[toph]

well buy a $50 quartz watch and you will never have a problem.

[aboen]

[mjrennie]

quartz is the way to go. awesome watches. lol.

[Cru Jones]

Well, to play devil's advocate and to not pile on OP (since it'd be too easy), Rolex could go with a longer power reserve.....PAM has an 8-day power reserve, right?

[chennney]

Cars can cost more than $50k, and yet they don't run perpetually -- you still have to pay for the gas. I guess a more reasonable analogy would be the requirement to turn the key in the ignition... (or push the start button for newer model cars).

[unclesallie]

I don't know what to say here, so I'll say....nothing. Some advice dman(a mod, gone for the most part)...Daren gave me,and has served me well over the years on TRF. Nevertheless, I'm awfully tempted.....

[esm]

Originally Posted by akshay

For real mang, at that price they need to invent a ball bearing that winds the thing without needing wrist movement.

This has to be Rolex's joke to humankind: we charge 100x the price of other watches and the thing only works if you work it.

i would recommend you to take it in for a free battery change at your nearest AD. make sure to ask for a "free-movement type" of battery