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26 June 2024, 06:01 AM | #1 |
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Milguass coming back ??
I am down in AZ visiting family this week went to the Rolex AD in the Scottsdale Fashion square. The SA I was speaking with was very nice, I have to add that i've been in this store MANY times with zero interaction with the sales people. I am usually dressed pretty casual while on vacation so they pay me no mind. The guy told me that he just returned home from Switzerland for factory training. One of the questions they asked him directly was what did he think about the Milgauss. They didn't say for 100% it was coming back but the line of questions they asked about the previous reference made him think that they would be bringing it back. I hope they do I really like that reference especially the Z-Blue.
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26 June 2024, 06:27 AM | #2 |
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Yeah its soounds like its coming back especially if a SA said so….. THEy KNOW NOTHING
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26 June 2024, 06:32 AM | #3 |
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Will get back to you in approximately 10 months. Fingers crossed, hope it does make a comeback either in a new or vintage inspired iteration. The model has always been my favourite in the Rolex lineup
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26 June 2024, 06:33 AM | #4 |
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It’ll be back in a more expensive and hard to get form.
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Maybe Rolex were trying to sell him a CPO?
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26 June 2024, 07:04 AM | #6 |
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I wrote a story earlier this year about a new Rolex patent filing.
By changing the composition of the balance wheel, Rolex engineers were able to crank up the power to 4 tesla, or 40,000 gauss, before seeing any adverse effects on the timing of the watch. That could be your new Milgauss ... which would blow the competition out of the water. Full story: https://coron.et/new-long-reads/rolexs-tesla-challenge —Danny
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26 June 2024, 07:09 AM | #7 |
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Interesting based off the patent info. It would be neat to see it comeback. I loved mine and just moved on from it. If I had unlimited space in the watch box it would definitely still be there. Always thought it was a fantastic looking watch.
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26 June 2024, 08:32 AM | #8 |
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Will never happen but if the Milgauss wants to be a “scientist and engineers watch” then a date function and timing bezel would be needed.
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26 June 2024, 02:05 PM | #9 |
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That SA made that story up.
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However, I do very much agree with you about the need for a date feature, except that feature would provide for an aperture for the magnetic field to enter the movement. But on the other hand, IWC has so called antimagnetic watches with date windows...
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26 June 2024, 05:03 PM | #11 |
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I think it will get cycled back eventually, not necessary soon.
So…an AD sales associate at a place that previously disregarded you all of a sudden decides to give you confidential Rolex secrets? Definitely must be true. lol. Just kidding, the guy/girl was just making conversation or trying to make themselves sound important by having some insider information. FWIW I would love a new milgauss. I loved the z blue from afar for years, bought it and loved it, its thickness/top heaviness was my only complaint but not a huge issue, and ultimately moved it towards something else. If it comes back as another z blue it may be the first watch I “re-acquire”. |
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Very interesting read and to see what develops from this ..
** perhaps we can start the W and W 2025 thread early to accommodate this **
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26 June 2024, 08:22 PM | #15 |
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I'd love to see it's return.
The patent info was very interesting and could make a strong argument for it. |
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Yeh I would have to agree, that new balance spring would likely make it into all new references eventually rather than just in one specific reference. Why wouldn't you just put it in everything and have the superior technology throughout the range.
While I like the Milgauss (I've never owned one), I think it's lost its relevancy in the catalogue. There's no real advantage a scientist working at CERN would have wearing one these days compared to most other "high-grade" tool watches, and any reasoning to the contrary would be easily debunked. I personally think it won't return, and if it did I would prefer to see it come back in a completely different guise, almost as a modern rendition of a 6541 with some additional tech features. I think this would be a much better application than a simple Air King with a different dial and an inner case. It would just be another watch nobody wanted. Talking of Air Kings... don't even get me started on the most recent one... |
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Doesn’t matter if there is a reissue or not.
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I don’t see it coming back. It was always unpopular. Personally, I never cared much for it, though some of its specs were interesting.
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It may come back with a silicon hairspring.
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27 June 2024, 01:11 AM | #22 |
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I would like to see it come back, updated. It probably will come back, at some point; better odds than them releasing a new model.
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Rolex magnetic resistance
That article is quite the find.
According to the article, which is citing a Rolex patent, 'current Rolex watches' that have a Parachrom (CuBe) hairspring, can resist between 22,000 and 25,000 Gauss (2.2T to 2.5T). That is at least 22 times the resistance suggested by the name, Milgauss. That's any Parachrom Rolex....not just the ref. 116400 Milgauss. As for the Parachrom Milgauss (ref. 116400), there are technical reason to suspect that it's limits might be even higher when it comes to magnetic resistance. The hypothesis is that the shielding technology, and escapement alloys, used on the ref. 116400 Milgauss, might multiply the already extraordinary effectiveness of the Parachrom hairspring. But hey, unless you can safely access up to 10T fields or more, who knows? |
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27 June 2024, 08:41 AM | #25 |
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You're not wrong, he was honest with me in the fact that the person from his training was only asking what he thought about the piece, which is where he came to the conclusion that they must be bringing it back.
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A random guy at Rolex asks a random guy being trained and you conclude the Milgauss is returning?
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I agree with Peter. If you are working around 20K Gauss I don't think I would wear a mechanical watch. 20K+ Gauss is quite high. On one of my on-line engineering calculators I set up a 90mm od x 30mm id x 30mm thick 50N magnetic ring and came up with this.
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My Milgauss GV is different from my other Rolex watches.
Looks just as good today.
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Sounds like a great visit to the Rolex AD in Scottsdale Fashion Square! It's interesting that the SA just returned from Switzerland and hinted that the Milgauss might be making a comeback. I really hope they bring it back too, especially the Z-Blue – it's such a cool reference. Enjoy your time in AZ!
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