The Restoration Of A Rolex Tru-Beat Caliber 1040 (Reference 6556)
Rolex makes some of the most robust workhorse movements on the planet, but (with some exceptions) “Rolex” and “complication” are rarely words found in a single sentence. That is what makes the Rolex Tru-Beat and the restoration of it so awesome. I got the chance to work on an incredibly rare and uncharacteristic Rolex movement and loved every dead second of it. While many readers here know this, for the sake of the new, the Tru-Beat has a dead-second complication, meaning the second hand “ticks” rather than flows. Made in the '60s, this was a mechanical novelty that was relegated to near obscurity because of its unfortunate likeness to a dreaded cheap quartz watch. The complication serves no practical purpose, and while arguably most complications serve no practical purpose, Rolex has almost never ventured into the world of complications. They don’t make tourbillons, repeaters, perpetual calendars, etc., yet for a brief period of ti

Hands-On: The MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual Calendar, And Why It Matters To Anyone Interested In
The Legacy Machine Perpetual Calendar was the very first true high complication from MB&F, which seems very difficult to believe at first, because the impression one has of the company, and its watches, is exactly the one of exclusivity and ingenuity that you ordinarily associate with the traditional high complications. The perpetual calendar in the Legacy Machine Perpetual is like every other perpetual calendar ever made in that it allows the watch to correctly show the date, whether or not the month in question has 31, 30, 29, or 28 days in it. How it does what it does isn’t arbitrary, either – it’s an essential part of the fantastic aesthetics of the watch. To understand how the Legacy Machine Perpetual can look the way it does, you need to understand what a perpetual calendar is, how it works, and how the Legacy Machine takes the basic principles of a traditional perpetual calendar and modifies them in order to allow it to look like no other perpetual calendar

Very Familiar!
A version we used back in the late sixties... Best,Ron1024X768...1680X1050...

Rolex skydweller in japan
I have a friend who asked me to jump on here and see if anybody knows where he can find a sky dweller in tokyo. He wants the white gold and stainless with a blue dial. Thanks in advance

Datejust II 41 SS silver or Blue dial?why?
Need some help hereAfter catching the Rolex bug and buying my first Rolex a couple of weeks ago (Sub C) I'm looking at my next RolexMy brother lives in Malaysia and can get me a new Datejust 41 SS from AD for around $6050Blue or silver? I like them equally the sameSilver:Distinguished from my black subcLooks bigger (I'm a 6'6 guy)Reflects different colorsCan buy it today (in stock)Blue:More elegant (imho) but close to the black dial subc??I tend to lean more towards darker colored dialsWill have to wait a couple of weeks to get it (not currently in stock which might be a reason maybe more poplular??)If you were to choose one, which one? And why?Which is more popular ?( since I really like them equally the same and would be equally happy with either )Does one keep its value more than the other?Thank you for helping a relative newbie