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7 November 2010, 11:43 PM | #1 |
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teflon wheels
hi just wondering when Rolex started using the coloured Teflon coated wheels in there movements and wondering does any other brands use them too??
here is a random pic i stole from the internet. (for those who don't know the Teflon wheels are the redish ones)
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7 November 2010, 11:55 PM | #2 |
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I believe those teflon wheels are actually synthetic rubies.
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8 November 2010, 12:23 AM | #3 |
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Sorry not true the two red wheels are just fabricated from a light alloy, and then coated with PTFE (Teflon) mostly started from the 15XX series movements.
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What Padi said. Here's the underside of them.
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8 November 2010, 12:25 AM | #5 |
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I think you are looking at the wrong "wheel" in the picture... the one with the teeth is apparently the teflon coated one. The little "jewels" are what I think you are talking about, right?
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