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18 January 2012, 11:37 AM | #1 |
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Rolex crown straight up or sideways or upside down does it matter
Me personally when i first bought my one and only rolex i didn't know the difference but now i would only buy my next Rolex it if the crown was straight up .
What about you guys does it matter ?
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18 January 2012, 11:39 AM | #2 |
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It shouldn't matter unless you are maybe taking a picture.
But no, it doesn't matter at all. dave
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I think I speak for most people on this forum that even though we can be extremely picky, the direction that the crown faces when screwed in is just chance and doesnt make any difference.
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Doesn't matter.
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! Makes no difference to me!
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18 January 2012, 12:38 PM | #6 |
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Mine are straight up if hold my hand at a weird angle.
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18 January 2012, 12:42 PM | #7 |
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Irrelevant!
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18 January 2012, 12:51 PM | #8 |
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you may get a crown that faces straight up but eventually wear and tear on the gasket rubber will make it move
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18 January 2012, 02:02 PM | #9 |
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It doesn't make a difference for me at all. I can't even see it.
When I've had my watch serviced at the RSC, they replace the crown, anyway. They certainly don't care about the direction. Now, if the Rolex crown on the face underneath the "12 o'clock" mark at the top were upside down, that would be a different story altogether! |
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A non-issue.
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When you send your watch in for service and the tube is replaced, you'll likely lose your existing orientation.
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You will lose your waterproofisity if the crown is not straight up.
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18 January 2012, 03:25 PM | #16 |
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Am I the only person a bit surprised that no one here seems to care what direction the crown points given all the other minutia that seems to set people off?? Not that it really matters.
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18 January 2012, 03:26 PM | #17 |
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18 January 2012, 08:11 PM | #18 |
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No could not care less
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So what you are saying if you had the chance to buy say a vintage Daytona or a Comex sub, double red single red sub or SD at a very good price.And because the crown did not line perfectly upright you would not buy.Perhaps you should get your hands on your watch set at almost 10 past 10 and date set to the 28th just like the Rolex brochure pictures.Who or what dictates that the winding crown has to line up with anything except in brochure pictures.Perhaps Rolex should remove the emblem from the winding crown then everyones would line up somewhere,Rolex makes functional watches not alignment points.
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Only one Rolex i ever had the Pepsi GMT was the crown upright,and that was just luck.If you will only buy one that the crown finnishes upright you will be waiting a long time to buy a Rolex. Rolex should make them with four little crowns on and then the winder will be near ok for you...crazy as its not important.
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If upside down it is a fake. Give it to me.
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My GMTIIC crown is straight up. I like it that way but so what...?
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It's something I would never even think about looking for if I hadn't read this thread. Now that I have read this thread I promise you I still will not look.
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I've never paid a bit of attention. I had to pop my Sob off and take a look just to see which way it's turned on mine.
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Ideally I want it straight. My DJ was that way. My Sub is not. It bothets me a bit, but the more I read, the less it actually does.
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doesn't matter one bit to me.
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Seriously? People look at this?
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