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Old 7 October 2015, 08:23 AM   #1
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Polishing a Rolex Daytona
Awesome video showing the whole process - I know a few people have asked over the last week

http://youtu.be/lTE7TWsNpVk
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Old 7 October 2015, 09:00 AM   #2
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Nice video, looks like the the watchmaker was wearing an AP Diver.
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Old 7 October 2015, 09:22 AM   #3
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Pretty cool video!!!
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Old 7 October 2015, 09:59 AM   #4
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Very cool! Thanks for sharing
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Old 7 October 2015, 10:42 AM   #5
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Old 7 October 2015, 11:09 AM   #6
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Makes me want to go get mine polished! haha
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Old 7 October 2015, 11:23 AM   #7
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Old 7 October 2015, 12:18 PM   #8
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Yeah pretty cool to watch
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Old 7 October 2015, 01:24 PM   #9
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Yup, quite cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Old 7 October 2015, 01:54 PM   #10
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Call me a scratch lover but I didn't think it looked that bad... I wouldn't have polished it yet that state if it was mine.
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Old 7 October 2015, 01:57 PM   #11
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I dig the soundtrack!
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Old 7 October 2015, 02:29 PM   #12
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Cool video, but man that bezel looks way over polished.
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Old 7 October 2015, 03:05 PM   #13
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Great vid! Thanks for sharing!
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Old 7 October 2015, 03:09 PM   #14
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Cool video, I think he has on an AP Safari
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Old 7 October 2015, 03:23 PM   #15
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Cool video, but man that bezel looks way over polished.
Polishing the bezel will remove some of the paint. Needs to be re-enameled.
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Old 7 October 2015, 06:11 PM   #16
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I dig the soundtrack!
The sound track is played a lot on the film 'True Romance' and it's one of the best films I've seen.
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Old 7 October 2015, 07:20 PM   #17
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Impressive stuff!
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Old 7 October 2015, 07:52 PM   #18
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Great video, feel guilty wiping mine with an old cloth
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Old 8 October 2015, 01:30 AM   #19
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Not the way rolex does it, sorry.
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Old 8 October 2015, 02:53 AM   #20
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Not the way rolex does it, sorry.
Interesting. Can you elaborate? Thanks,
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Old 8 October 2015, 03:01 AM   #21
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Not the way rolex does it, sorry.
Can you elaborate on how Rolex does it differently? Thanks.
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Old 8 October 2015, 03:59 AM   #22
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skills!!
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Old 8 October 2015, 04:13 AM   #23
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Not the way rolex does it, sorry.
Then elaborate... please.
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Old 8 October 2015, 04:34 AM   #24
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I am also interested to see/hear how Rolex polishes their watches ... This seems to be the most common polishing technique I've ever seen on these forums.

Great video of a beautiful watch!
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Old 8 October 2015, 05:09 AM   #25
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That would be telling, sworn to secrecy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry folks.
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Old 8 October 2015, 05:25 AM   #26
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That would be telling, sworn to secrecy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry folks.
Many Rolex parts are given an initial machine polish by robots rest is done by hand/machine and is no different to what you see in the video unless the men they use are also robots.
Rolex produces a million watches a year no way they have an army of humans working day and night to produce that many watches. Rolex uses robotics and specialized machines to produce the million plus watches or employ Oompa Loompas.
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Old 8 October 2015, 06:14 AM   #27
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I thought the video showed the refurbishment of a used cosmograph not the manufacturing process, i must be mistaken obviously i'm a robot.
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Old 8 October 2015, 06:23 AM   #28
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I thought the video showed the refurbishment of a used cosmograph not the manufacturing process, i must be mistaken obviously i'm a robot.
That speaks volumes...
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Old 8 October 2015, 06:28 AM   #29
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Cool video. Thanks for sharing
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Old 8 October 2015, 07:19 AM   #30
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I thought the video showed the refurbishment of a used cosmograph not the manufacturing process, i must be mistaken obviously i'm a robot.
Yes it does but your saying Rolex don't do that and won't explain what you mean either - yes they use robots however to machine polish but otherwise it's men and machine just like the video there is no secret method to polishing watches frankly
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