Milgauss is not a professional model

[Daytonaboy1977]

Originally Posted by Xenophon

Has anyone else noticed that the Milgauss is NOT in the professional section of this years Rolex catalogue ? A couple of years ago it was. How come it's been redesignated ?

The other bizarre thing is people kept referring to it as a sports model!!! Although a gorgeous watch it certainly does not fit into that category for me.

[MagedMS]

Originally Posted by everose

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!!!

Some people seem to think the Milgauss is invulnerable to magnetic fields,period!!!!!

It is resistant to magnetic fields up to 1000 gauss("Mil-gauss")


10,000 gauss = 1 Telsa

MRI machines typically use between0.5 to 3 Telsa,........or 5,000 gauss up to 30,000 gauss.......way beyond the capabilities of the Rolex Milgauss!!!!!!


If you work near an MRI and your watch is not magnatised,it is because of the special shielding around the rooms and doors of the MRI equipment.


Ball,IWC and Sinn,among others have all produced watches which can resist up to 80% of the Rolex Milgauss protection.


Does anyone know of a production watch beating Milgauss anti-magnetic protection??


Interestingly,in my Rolex catalogue from 2009 it describes Milgauss as being,
" paramagnetic " and NOT as being antimagnetic.

Thanks for the information.. I have double checked the conversion units @ wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss_(unit)
But back to the Millgauss, compared to all other Rolex's / Watches, it is the best one to withstand a strong magnet found in Speakers, fridges, horseshoes, tools, elect. motors... etc. if it was in direct contact with the magnet >>> No other watch will support that except the Millgauss.

As to what is advertised by Rolex (..It would take levels such as those found in an MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging) that has a magnetic field of 15000 to 30000 Gauss.. I think the Millgauss is a tool that is designed to survive the (Room Enviroment) of an MRI - Please visit this link as I found very interesting information.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging

[PA6-541]

The original Milgausses were made for technicians who worked with atom smashers. The introduction of the 6541 Milgauss coincided with the opening of the cyclotron at Cern, Switzerland (1958?). The fact that so few of the originals were sold owes to the dearth of particle physicists. Inside that small group, how many wanted a Rolex?

[Joey_V]

Originally Posted by everose

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!!!

Some people seem to think the Milgauss is invulnerable to magnetic fields,period!!!!!

It is resistant to magnetic fields up to 1000 gauss("Mil-gauss")


10,000 gauss = 1 Telsa

MRI machines typically use between0.5 to 3 Telsa,........or 5,000 gauss up to 30,000 gauss.......way beyond the capabilities of the Rolex Milgauss!!!!!!


If you work near an MRI and your watch is not magnatised,it is because of the special shielding around the rooms and doors of the MRI equipment.


Ball,IWC and Sinn,among others have all produced watches which can resist up to 80% of the Rolex Milgauss protection.


Does anyone know of a production watch beating Milgauss anti-magnetic protection??


Interestingly,in my Rolex catalogue from 2009 it describes Milgauss as being,
" paramagnetic " and NOT as being antimagnetic.

That's if you're in the MRI scanner when it's running. Otherwise, the Milgauss is completely able to withstand the magnetic fields straying from the machine if youre a radiologist/tech.

Originally Posted by Lion

I guess I do not understand the point being made but why does it matter where they categorize Milgauss???

Probably for clarification.... but either way, the Milgauss (GV for me) is fantastic! I don't care if it's professional or not.

[t e x]

Originally Posted by Joey_V

That's if you're in the MRI scanner when it's running. Otherwise, the Milgauss is completely able to withstand the magnetic fields straying from the machine if youre a radiologist/tech.



Probably for clarification.... but either way, the Milgauss (GV for me) is fantastic! I don't care if it's professional or not.

And that's what counts

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Xenophon

Thanks JJ, but what's your point ? Do speliologists and divers have more money and is the non-professional range any cheaper relatively? It still doesn't answer why the Milgauss is not in the professional range.

Nah.......I was just kiddin' around, Nathan. Actually, I agree........for all technical purposes, the Milgauss is definitely a Professional watch and should be treated as such.

99% of Milguass wearers will never find the need to subject the watch to the kind of magnetic intensities for which it was designed; but that does alter the fact that it is still first and foremost a superbly engineered pro watch.

JJ

[Xenophon]

I think it is a quintessential "professional" model. For some reason I suspect the Rolex marketing people redesignated it after a couple of years to appeal more to the people who would normally buy Datejusts and Day-Dates and not those who would buy Sumariners or GMTs