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1 October 2007, 01:03 PM | #1 |
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Left Handed or Right handed
This subject may have been touched on before but what the heck.
Why is there no watch specifically made for the right or left hand. I.E. the crown being on either side of the watch depending on which wrist you wear it on? any thoughts? perhaps rolex could set a trend?
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Yes they could be interchangeable like fishing reel handles ... left side or right side I know Tag makes a golf watch (Tiger Wood has wore it) with the crown on the left side of the watch. Last edited by bayhillrolex; 1 October 2007 at 01:07 PM.. Reason: spelling |
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makes sense to me
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If you stick with proper watch protocol, you are supposed to take the watch off the wrist when you wind or set it.
This takes the lateral stress off the stem caused by pulling the watch up and away from the wrist by the crown, regardless if you are right or left handed.. You know, wind or set it the way pocket watches have been used for centuries. |
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sinn
sinn makes a few models a for the right wrist
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Rolex, did make a left handed watch, I think it was a sea dweller I.e the stem and crown was on the left side.
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I mean ...When you take it off your wrist to wind it or set it, (using the proper protocol) it doesn't matter, the crown is always at the top... just like it's always been.. Moving the stem to the other side is merely an easier means to pull the stem out while on the wrist.. To engineer a watch that is truly "left handed" would require not just the stem to be located at the other side, everything would have to rotate opposite, including the winding spring and movement i.e., counter-clockwise.. Just an observation from an engineering perspective rather than a left hander perspective.. |
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Well i prefer the left hand.
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yes that is what i mean Mike what happened with that watch
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Yes, some watch makers to make them. Jaeger is one of them I think.
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1 October 2007, 01:45 PM | #13 |
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Boy I haven't a clue. That photo is credited to James Dowling. As I understand it, in the 70s Rolex made several 18K 1680s left handed as well as some DJs.
I'm sure there all buried in safe deposit boxes somewhere. |
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so im sure the value of these are quite high
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Yea im sure they will fetch quite a premium. Even a right hand version of the Submariner pictured in this thread would be worth a lot, a left hand version, maybe even more.
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