Thought this was funny - 10800 bph- huh?

[SpaCityHustler]

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[FONT=arial,helvetica]http://www.qualitytyme.net/pages/rolex_faqs.html[/FONT]


[FONT=arial,helvetica]Thought this was hilarious......
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[FONT=arial,helvetica]Do genuine Rolex watches "tick"?[/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]This has been a big misconception regarding Rolex watches, "sweeping" versus "ticking". And in the past people used this as a method of identifying counterfeit Rolex watches. [/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica]The truth is, genuine Rolex watches do, in fact, "tick". However, they tick at around 5 to 6 times per second, so it gives the illusion of "sweeping" or "floating" around the dial. If you watch the second hand with a loupe you can see it. [/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica]In the past, cheap counterfeits would utilize quartz movements, and thus would "tick" once per second. However, these days counterfeits use mechanical movements that appear to "float", but only at around 3 to 4 times per second. This gives what we call a "choppy step", and can also be spotted with a loupe. [/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica]With that being said, Rolex also made quartz watches, since the 1970s, but were discontinued a few years ago. However, these models were only made in very small quantity, and represented only around 2% of their total watch production. Another Rolex model, the Tru-beat, featured a mechanical movement that was designed to "tick" only once per second. This "dead beat" seconds feature wasn't very popular and the watch was discontinued shortly after it was introduced, in 1954. [/FONT]
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[takashi]

Well, seems like a usual misinformed "bust the myth" site.

 

[frigpig]

Google Chronoswiss Sautrelle. or go to the Chronoswiss website
"In the new Sauterelle, a word that means "grasshopper" in English, the very large balance with its variable torque and accompanying Breguet overcoil balance spring complete 18,000 semioscillations per hour (2.5 Hz)-just like in the good old days. In these hectic times we like to call this skillful deceleration-actually a really good fit with Gerd-Rüdiger Lang, who one can confidently say is calmness and composure in the flesh. A conventional second hand would move forward in leisurely steps of one-fifth of a second; the fact that this hand marches forward only every full second with stately precision is due to the sophistication of the movement, which was developed in cooperation with watch technician Karsten Frässdorf. Its basic function is the same as that of any other mechanical caliber except that it possesses an additional small gear train, whose wide pallet lever and accompanying escape wheel feature prominently on the back. It counts five semi-oscillations of the balance in tandem with a small spring, which only then allows the second hand to make its precise jump to the next division mark on the corresponding scale around the edge of the extraordinarily clean dial. Identical numbering graces dial, case, and movement."

Anything to be different.......... or the same as a $25 Timex!
This is actually pretty damn cool.

 

[VB_Spike]

lol, how to spot a fake rolex from ticks...apparently, from what they are saying, I should be able to walk in with my sea dweller and ask for a couple grand at least

Oh I wish.

 

[trailboss99]

So a gen Rolex "ticks" at 5 to six beats a second huh?
Rather strange info from such a well known seller.


Col.