Rolex

 

Today I was close to lost my beater because the bracelet fell in two parts.

When I look at the watch I suppose

it's time fore some cleaning of my beter. LOL

So I start to pull off the bracelet

I guess a cleaning will be in place.

So I have to open it up.

The movement is pretty clean and runs like a charm.

So lets get into it.

I start with the crown.

Then I go for the movement

Turn it around in the case

And there we go. Nice and crisp dial.

The bezel

Some dirt under it too

Into the bath

Set it on 9 minutes

Can't see the parts after 3 minutes

Now we talking

The case is still doing fine

From the start it was a fluted WG bezel, now it's close the a smooth YG.

Now I have to take care of the clasp

I start to get it back where it should be

Not bad

Then I will put on a new crystal

Damn I haven't plan for this and I have run out of DJ crystals at the moment. So I have to take one of the used ones I still have.

And some polish

And there we go.

Now it can serve me for some time again

I really liked your picture story-book And, although it shouldn't surprise anyone, I liked seeing the contrast:
even when the outside is really dirty, the inside is still immaculate.

Good job!
Tien

Maybe a blessing in disguise that the bracelet broke as otherwise you may not have given the watch its long overdue bath.

cheers

fernando

lightened your watch from the accumulated dirt.
The result is a beautiful watch with charming patina.
One of my colleagues lost his deep sea last week in the harbour due to a defect bracelet tube, hired a diver and found the watch at the vertical of the falling point in 20 cms mud but it did not need any restoration being a year old.
Now he wears it with a Nato strap.
Cheers and thanks for a cool report like always.

Cheers.

Luc

I had so much fun looking at your repair/cleaning process photo's.

Best

Drew

I enjoyed it....

job well done...



cheers

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that is by far the dirtiest watch i have ever seen or i can ever imagine!! what do you do for a living to get your watch into such shocking stage of wear and "soiled"?? - now i know i must be crazy to wash my watch almost everyday.. and those bezel's condition i simply have no words for it.. i usually will freak out if i bang my watch against something and i had a heartache for a few days after i ding my royal oak bezel against my desk once.. ... you have done a great job here! those photos you shown here simply proves how reliable and tough rolex really are. rolex will always have a very special place in my heart. change the crystal and maybe the bezel too since your watch have already serve you very well and it is in need for some well deserved new parts! ... a great post and i truly enjoy reading. cheers and thank you very much! - jennifer

I had a lot of pleasure to see you working on this Rolex, my friend.

Thanks a lot!

Best,

Nicolas

. . . with a redemption theme, kinda like the Prodigal Son, but with a charm that only Jocke could impart.

...and what an amazing transformation without replacing a thing.

Goes to show what you can do!

Regards,

Peter

Looking good!

Wow! Looks great!

Thank you for taking us through the step by step process!

Dear Jocke

Thankyou for a excellent pictorial journey Jocke.

It was great to see this in all its details. Probably a work "easy" if you can but probably something not every watch collector should start with.

But I really apreciated this. To bad you didn't have a nicer crystal... maybe in 20 years time again ?

Cheers

Hans

to revive the watch. i'd never be able to do it without sending it to the watch maker, else the watch will end up in the junkyard.

i must add that the blue dial looks brilliant without the glass, was the dial colour photo-shopped?