39mm Explorer 1 hands - I am confused...

[MrX]

Originally Posted by ecsub44

I'm curious as to why you are so interested in these details of the hands.

Don't get me wrong...I love the minutae of Rolex topics. But I was just wondering...

The 39mm is, for me, the perfect Rolex - understated (due to the brushed finish and matte dial) yet still has that essential Rolex 'presence' when you see it on someone's wrist

I think it is the small details like the polished bezel, and the hands and dial elements that catch the light 'just so', that make it stand out in a crowd!

I am just intrigued by the ongoing discussion about the hands, such a fundamental part of the overall look of the watch. I have seen quite a few posts on different forums where contributors speculate that the hands were carried over directly from the original 36mm version unchanged, but it would seem strange that Rolex would invest all that time and money in developing the new 39mm model and not introduce new hands that were specifically designed for it They surely can't need to save money on development costs!

If they have carried them over for purely aesthetic reasons then that is a decision that would seem to be entirely down to the taste of the development team at Rolex - a decision that, from what I can tell, has split forum contributors between 'love them' and 'way too short'

Originally Posted by Manofsteelpt

Outside of my iPhone camera, I know nothing about taking pix... But I'm really curious how someone takes a picture of the seconds hand ticking? Totally cool shot, but it always baffles me when I see this!!!

You can achieve this shot with a 1 second exposure (you will need a tripod!)and light levels low enough to stop over-exposure of the brightest areas of the photograph while it captures the seconds hand at each of the 8 positions it will be in during the 1 second exposure.

Personally I would love to see a similar shot of a 36000vph El Primero (and even a Seiko Springdrive or Bulova Precisionist!)

Originally Posted by rocco1109

Don't speakers have magnets in them?

They do, but I would guess that the magnets are positioned far enough away from the sides of the speaker unit for anything that might be affected by magnetism to be fairly safe? Probably better not to regularly do it, though!

Originally Posted by Grey.Coupe

How is the Bose logo reversed, as in a mirror reflection, and the watch face as seen in the photo above...? My eyes are trying to reverse one other the other, so they match. Or is that one of the new Bose "Other Dimension" speakers?

Or are the magnets in these speakers so strong that they flip the outbound photons as the light passes to the camera, reversing the logo, but having no effect on the anti-magnetic Rolex watch?

I think the Bose logo will read correctly if you rotate the photo 180 degrees? To my eyes it looks like the speaker has been turned upside down to get the logo in the picture.