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Old 19 September 2012, 01:25 AM   #1
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has anyone seen this video?

I was looking around at some of the official Rolex videos and found this one on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEAYi...eature=related

to be one of the only official video that shows some of the assembly procedures of a Rolex watch. Amazing!!! It seems that each watchmaker at the factory assembles the entire watch.

Why have I posted in the Rolex WatchTech?

What puzzles me is what is the guy in he white lab coat doing in frame 1.33 with what appears to be either a suction tube or a brush of some kind inside the case?. Has anyone seen this and those that have more experience with assembly? It is the best of the videos I have seen so far that shows a partial factory assembly? It would be nice to see a complete assembly procedure.
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Old 19 September 2012, 01:55 AM   #2
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I was looking around at some of the official Rolex videos and found this one on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEAYi...eature=related

to be one of the only official video that shows some of the assembly procedures of a Rolex watch. Amazing!!! It seems that each watchmaker at the factory assembles the entire watch.

Why have I posted in the Rolex WatchTech?

What puzzles me is what is the guy in he white lab coat doing in frame 1.33 with what appears to be either a suction tube or a brush of some kind inside the case?. Has anyone seen this and those that have more experience with assembly? It is the best of the videos I have seen so far that shows a partial factory assembly? It would be nice to see a complete assembly procedure.
He's vacuuming out dust before closing up the case.
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Old 19 September 2012, 05:34 AM   #3
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Is each watch really assembled by hand, and does it really take one year? I thought that was just marketing hype.
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Old 21 September 2012, 01:17 AM   #4
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Is each watch really assembled by hand, and does it really take one year? I thought that was just marketing hype.
Marketing BS. Rolex makes 2000 watches a DAY.
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Old 19 September 2012, 11:20 AM   #5
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Great video. Thanks for sharing.
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Old 20 September 2012, 05:22 AM   #6
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try this one ......... [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCE0NwtLEV8&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]
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Old 21 September 2012, 02:12 AM   #7
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Not an official Rolex video

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try this one ......... [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCE0NwtLEV8&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]
Great video but nothing on what happens with the original assembly at Rolex factory when they are made
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Old 21 September 2012, 01:49 AM   #8
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Everyone might find me strange but I can't help but imagine Alex DeLarge clubbing people with a cane in his bowler cap when I see that Rolex The Movement video.
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