Polishing a Rolex Daytona - video

[RUK]

Came across this cool video of some guy polishing a Daytona. Entertaining to


http://youtu.be/lTE7TWsNpVk

[henry333]

Nice video

[SALTY]

Thank you very posting and sharing that video. Inspires me to wear my Daytona more!

[GolfPunk]

Interesting

[WhatTheDeuce]

Cool!!!


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[broulstone]

Thanks for posting 🎅🎄👏


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[m j b]

He's done that before. ;)

Very cool, thanks for posting! I always wondered what the trick was to restoring the brushed finish.

[domrusso10]

That was a cool video to watch.

[fullcourt]

amazing....tfs

[levic900rr]

That is awesome. I'd love to have the tooling to do that at home.

[Headshrinker]

That was cool.

[Nycturbovr6]

Thanks for sharing

[Solo118]

Think I will email this guy in a few years when my Daytona needs a refresh.... let the pros handle it!

[carreramay]

That was 7 minutes and 24 seconds of COOL. Thanks for posting this.

[Psmith]

Have seen this before - still good to watch again

[Chulander]

I have a potentially very naive question, and it's something I've always wondered since becoming a watch enthusiast.

How does he keep dust/dirt/particulates from entering the case and movement when working on the watch in this manner? I'm not sure how Rolex does it, but it seems to me that handling the watch in such a manner, it'd be almost impossible in any non-sealed environment to keep dust from entering the case. I always imagined that since watch movements are incredibly precise and sensitive things, dust and other particulates could potentially have an effect on its function.

This is also why I've never opened the case back on my watches. Perhaps the video doesn't show any of the "de-dusting" process (I can't imagine they use compressed air), but how does one make sure that NOTHING gets in the case at all when opening it and taking the movement out this way?

[KrismanX]

Awesome video.


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[Swilder916]

watched this before.. it's awesome!

[Colina19]

My mouth dropped when he recreated the rough part of the bracelet. But nice job.

[Curt941]

Originally Posted by Chulander

I have a potentially very naive question, and it's something I've always wondered since becoming a watch enthusiast.

How does he keep dust/dirt/particulates from entering the case and movement when working on the watch in this manner? I'm not sure how Rolex does it, but it seems to me that handling the watch in such a manner, it'd be almost impossible in any non-sealed environment to keep dust from entering the case. I always imagined that since watch movements are incredibly precise and sensitive things, dust and other particulates could potentially have an effect on its function.

This is also why I've never opened the case back on my watches. Perhaps the video doesn't show any of the "de-dusting" process (I can't imagine they use compressed air), but how does one make sure that NOTHING gets in the case at all when opening it and taking the movement out this way?

Having worked with watches myself, it's a pain in the a$$. You've got to constantly be blowing off any dust that lands on the dial, keeping the inside of the crystal clean, etc.

I'm guessing he got all the dust off the dial/inside of the crystal, right before he put the crystal down. At that point it's sealed off and he just has to press down the bezel.

[marccuffe]

nice video thanks for sharing :)

[dysondiver]

omg ,,, he may as well of used an angle grinder ,,,, ill skip that ,,, what shape will the sides of that case end up ,,,, a good advert for rolex polishing. i use a mop like that on bike exhausts.

[Evad3]

I can't imagine that watch could handle too many of those polishing sessions???

[Choo Yao Chuen]

Thanks for sharing.

Very informative video.

[ARTISAN]

thanks for posting..............

[Vaxe]

Superb work, but I cringed at the thought that someone in Thailand likely paid BNIB price for this refinished piece.

Something to keep in mind. I doubt ADs would do this, but in bad parts of the world, who knows.

[tkerrmd]

Yeah that is a cool vid

[997.2]

music got old but AWESOME VID