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18 June 2019, 11:15 PM | #1 |
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Rolex Oyster Zerographe
I thought Id share this as I hadn't come across this Rolex before, also was the damage to the dial cased by the radium on the Hour and Minute hands?
Rolex Zerographe is arguably the first ever Rolex Oyster chronograph, with the earliest example dating to 1937. And it’s powered by the first in-house Rolex chronograph movement, a 10 1/2”’ hand-wound calibre. The movement preceded the next in-house construction, the calibre 4130 inside the current Daytona, by over 60 years. But the Zerographe is not a chronograph in the conventional sense. Instead it has a constantly running central seconds, with the pusher at two o’clock serving to reset and instantaneously restart the centre seconds – a flyback mechanism that allows for the timing of short, consecutive periods. Pushing the button sends the seconds hand to 12 o’clock, where it immediately resumes its motion, unless the button is held down, which keeps the seconds hand static at 12 o’clock.
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Typical radium burn indeed
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20 June 2019, 11:18 PM | #3 |
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Ive never seen anything like this before and found it interesting. all the best "H"
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Happens more often
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Thanks for sharing. That looks really cool.
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