Rolex Watch Cleaning: Service Guide

Jocke - Bad Santa, a respected member of the WatchProSite community, shares a detailed photo essay documenting the annual cleaning and unexpected repair of his Rolex DateJust. This post offers a rare, intimate look into the practicalities of watch ownership for those who truly put their timepieces to the test, highlighting the importance of regular maintenance and expert intervention when issues arise. His journey underscores that even robust watches like a Rolex can require attention after a year of hard use.

Just a regular yearly DateJust cleaning

After another year with me in the autoshop it is time for some cleaning.

So I start to pull it apart.

This guy has a hard life with me.

Lets open it up.

The movement looks great.

But there is some issues.

So I have to inspect it a little closer.

The secondhand is not working after all those vibrations he got with me.

Now I realize it will be a deep diving in the movement, so I give it to my friend Tony.

So he have to get deeper inside it to find the problem.

After he fix it he put it together again.

And give it back to me.

So I call my butler for some service parts.

So I start with this.

I pull out the cleaning machine.

And add some serious stuff.

Now we talking.

A new crystal and back with the bezel.

The springbars is in bad condition.

So a fresh pair will do it.

Time for a leak test.

And the movement running great.

The final result, good for another year with me.