Watch Water Resistance: What Does it Mean?

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Watch Water Resistance: What Does it Mean?

Have you ever thought about, and been confused about watch water resistance?

On wristwatches, you can usually read their water resistance on the dial and/or case back, but what does it really mean?

The most important reason we’re writing this article is to prevent you from making any mistakes with your wristwatch when in contact with water because if a watch says, for example, 30 meters of water-resistance, many people assume that they can swim with their watch without any problem since when swimming, you don’t submerge your watch more than one meter or so.

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Is Rolex Made of Real Gold? Here’s the Answer!

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Is Rolex Made of real gold? Here’s the Answer!

Rolex is not like every other watch brand. In fact, Rolex goes above and beyond with everything they do.

While the assembly process of a watch is extremely important, the materials from which a Rolex watch is made are extremely important. If you have low-quality materials and poor refinement methods, you will end up with low-quality parts.

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Luxury Watches for Small Wrists: a Complete Guide

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Luxury Watches for Small Wrists: a Complete Guide

The watch industry has over the years moved towards larger and larger watches. This is simply because the market has requested it. As such, what is called ”ideal” or ”standard” has changed over the years, thus leading to larger watches.

Back in the day, in the 1950s or so, men’s watches were essentially not larger than 36mm. Often times they were considerably smaller than that. And at that time, 36mm for a wristwatch was considered large. Today, 36mm is considered the ”starting size” for men’s watches, and most watches that have a diameter smaller than that are considered ladies’ watches.

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Rolex Hulk: Rolex Submariner 116610LV Complete Guide

Rolex Submariner 116610LV

Rolex Hulk: Rolex Submariner 116610LV Complete Guide

The model number of the Rolex hulk is 116610LV. The full model name is Rolex Submariner 116610, and the fact is that the name ”Hulk” has never been used by Rolex themselves, but rather by collectors who have seen similarities between the green dial and green bezel, with the Hulk.

In this article, we’re going in-depth on the hulk Rolex Submariner, which is perhaps the most unique and bold Rolex Submariner timepiece.

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ROLEX GMT-Master II 116710 a Complete Guide

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ROLEX GMT-Master II 116710 a Complete Guide

Rolex has made countless innovations over the course of its history. Rolex also has countless patents under its name.

While Rolex isn’t known for being a brand that makes drastic changes, Rolex makes a lot of innovations – even though it may not always be visible.

With that said, many (most) of Rolex’s watch models are models which have been manufactured for several decades, and over the years, Rolex hasn’t made huge changes to these models, but rather iterated and refined them.

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Do Rolex watches Hold Their value? Here’s the Answer!

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Do Rolex watches Hold Their value? Here’s the Answer!

A question that we often receive is ”Do Rolex watches hold their value?”.

But the thing is, the answer to that question isn’t as straightforward as you might expect.

But let’s start by saying that Rolex is undeniably the largest and most well-known luxury watch company in the world.

And when we’re talking about whether or not Rolex watch holds their value, we’re talking about Rolex’s secondhand value on the secondhand market.

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List of Rolex Calibers: A Complete Guide to Rolex Movements

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List of Rolex Calibers: A Complete Guide to Rolex Movements

When it comes to watchmaking and makers of movements for watches, Rolex is one of the most respected and established watchmakers in the world.

No, Rolex isn’t known for creating the most beautiful movements, but it’s known for creating some of the most reliable and robust movements in the world that keep ticking year after year, with reliable and high precision.

Rolex is one of few watchmakers that have all of their movements passed COSC, and it’s a producer of movements that have created calibers that have proven to withstand time.

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Rolex Serial Numbers the Ultimate Resource Guide

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Rolex Serial Numbers: A Complete Resource Guide

All Rolex watches have serial numbers. With the help of the Rolex serial numbers, you can find out the approximate age of your Rolex watch. Furthermore, the serial number is also a great way to find out the estimated value of your Rolex. In this article, you’ll find a complete guide to Rolex serial numbers as well as a complete list of Rolex serial numbers with which you can find out the approximate age of your Rolex watch.

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Watch Glossary Terminology: A List of Important watch-Related Terms

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Watch Glossary Terminology: A List of Important watch-Related Terms

We have all been there, where we wonder something but are afraid to admit we don’t know it, or perhaps we find ourselves in a scenario where we think we know what some keyword means, but later find out we actually didn’t have a clue.

This is a watch glossary focused on less known watch terminology.

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