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Old 20 April 2018, 02:28 PM   #31
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This topic comes up all the time. The ONLY watch that will always have the crown upright when its fully screwed down is a Precious Metal SkyDweller.

Any other watch that has it sitting up is just by co-incidence.

Wonder why that is ? Why just the PM sky dweller ?
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Old 20 April 2018, 05:07 PM   #32
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Wonder why that is ? Why just the PM sky dweller ?
Is it true?

If it is, maybe a ceramic gasket?
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Old 20 April 2018, 07:04 PM   #33
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It’s really not a big deal. Enjoy your watch. I just happened to look at mine right now, and it’s in the perfect orientation for looking at it while wearing it. LOL.

Off topic, but that is a well worn BLNR! Great to see.

My crown doesn't line up either.
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Old 20 April 2018, 07:36 PM   #34
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I had one once come aligned, it stayed that way after many years.
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Old 20 April 2018, 07:49 PM   #35
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Wonder why that is ? Why just the PM sky dweller ?
The Skydweller has a special patent which is only applied to PM pieces

Read below. Check every single picture of a PM Skydweller. They will ALL sit upright.

http://www.thewatchnerd.co.uk/righting-the-rolex-crown/
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Old 20 April 2018, 08:28 PM   #36
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All well and good

But think of the replacement costs and sheer scale of the repair work on Winding crowns alone after the slightest knock renders the mechanism US.

Think of the myriad of threads about their crappy design is and how flimsy it is
Rolex sucks, etc, etc, etc .

Have you got any other ideas about hoe to escape this place?
Er........parachute?
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Old 20 April 2018, 08:30 PM   #37
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My 16610 lined up perfectly. The new BLNR not so much.


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Old 20 April 2018, 08:34 PM   #38
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All well and good

But think of the replacement costs and sheer scale of the repair work on Winding crowns alone after the slightest knock renders the mechanism US.

Think of the myriad of threads about their crappy design is and how flimsy it is
Rolex sucks, etc, etc, etc .

Have you got any other ideas about hoe to escape this place?

Right....I've given this matter considerable thought. (16 seconds)
If the coronet was recessed and under an itsy-bitsty cyclops?
What, could POSSIBLY go wrong?

OK........I'll get me coat.
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Old 20 April 2018, 10:46 PM   #39
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No worries no one will notice not even you after a while.
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Old 21 April 2018, 12:27 AM   #40
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I had the same thought with my watch. For a company that aligns its marketing in search of perfection, isn't this just laziness that they don't line it up? It's obviously possible, since it happens by chance, so I can't imagine they need a special patent to just manufacture the pieces so that they fit together with the logo facing upwards.
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Old 21 April 2018, 12:30 AM   #41
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Man, threads like these make me happy I'm not a "detail oriented" person.
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Old 21 April 2018, 07:02 AM   #42
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Man, threads like these make me happy I'm not a "detail oriented" person.
Me too, I hate all this pedantism.


Isn't it "orientated" though?





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Old 21 April 2018, 07:15 AM   #43
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Considering Rolex is such a vertically integrated company and how they talk about precision and whatnot, I can't believe that Rolex can't index thread the crown and tubes. It's not exactly high-grade machining magic to index threading. It's obviously a big enough deal that Rolex's promo ad's all feature them perfectly aligned. At this level of watch, little details like this SHOULD matter.
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Old 21 April 2018, 07:29 AM   #44
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New watch crown position

I’ve had two watches ever that had crowns that lined up perfectly, both divers. One was a 14060M and the other a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe.
As the seals wore down within the crown mechanism over the following months of ownership, both crowns gradually made their way around when tightened.

I still own my Bathy, and the crown logo now faces the 7 minute marker, if imagined against a watch dial.

It doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
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Old 21 April 2018, 08:54 AM   #45
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Off topic, but that is a well worn BLNR! Great to see.

My crown doesn't line up either.
I saw the pic before posting, and then said whatever.
I really have to wash my watches.
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Old 21 April 2018, 09:20 AM   #46
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I’m really confused. The crown on the crown can be rotated 360 degrees in any direction. Can you just wind the watch, screw in the crown, and if it’s off, unwind and change the starting position before you screw it down so it’s perfect??


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Old 21 April 2018, 09:24 AM   #47
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I’m really confused. The crown on the crown can be rotated 360 degrees in any direction. Can you just wind the watch, screw in the crown, and if it’s off, unwind and change the starting position before you screw it down so it’s perfect??


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Nope. The threads keep it in the same position each time.
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Old 21 April 2018, 10:03 AM   #48
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Nope. The threads keep it in the same position each time.


Thanks for clarifying!


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Old 21 April 2018, 11:43 AM   #49
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This is how mine is on my gold sub, wish it was perfect.

My 114060 has a perfect straight crown position as well as my AP 15400
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