31 Jewels

[BigHat]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Obvious question to Vanessa, Padi and the other experts....

If those 31 jewels are under "constant force" and if there are extra jewels in the watch, what purpose do the extra jewels serve?

JJ

For the less than constant yet important functions like date change

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by BigHat

For the less than constant yet important functions like date change

Thanks, Matt.

What I fail to understand is why Rolex just can't give us the ACTUAL amount of jewels present in their movements instead of just mentioning the ones undergoing "constant force"?