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Power Reserve Approximately 55 hours. Bracelet Oystersteel. Dial Silver. The sunray finish creates delicate light reflections on many dials in the Oyster Perpetual collection. It is obtained using masterful brushing techniques that create grooves running outwards from the center of the dial.
Rolex uses Oystersteel for its steel watch cases. Specially developed by the brand, Oystersteel belongs to the L steel family, alloys most commonly used in high-technology and in the aerospace and chemical industries, where maximum resistance to corrosion is essential.
Oystersteel is extremely resistant, offers an exceptional finish once polished and maintains its beauty even in the harshest environments. The Oyster bracelet is a perfect alchemy of form and function, aesthetics and technology. First introduced in the late s, this particularly robust and comfortable metal bracelet with its broad, flat three-piece links remains the most universal bracelet in the Oyster collection. For the Oyster Perpetual models the Oyster bracelet is fitted with an Oysterclasp.
All Rolex watches are assembled by hand with the utmost care to ensure exceptional quality. Such high standards naturally restrict Rolex production capacity and, at times, the demand for Rolex watches outpaces this capacity. Therefore, the availability of certain models may be limited. New Rolex watches are exclusively sold by Official Rolex Jewelers, who receive regular deliveries and independently manage the allocation and sales of watches to customers.
This is the same movement you'll find in the new Rolex Submariner. The Crown isn't messing around. On the contrary; it is just different. These watches are powered by another in-house Rolex caliber: The which features, among other things, a silicon known as Syloxi in Rolex parlance balance spring. I have devoted probably too much time to examining these two movements and trying to make sense of why Rolex manufactures them both in tandem.
I'll let you read that here. With this particular brand, it's best not to ask questions like "why. Just read the dials , and boast similar antimagnetic properties. The key difference is the materials used in their construction and the power reserve 55 vs 70 hours , but both are more than worthy of wearing the crown. The 28mm Oyster Perpetual falls into the Rolex women's category.
With this model, you'll find a more limited dial color selection. It features single baton markers all the way around the dial with no other markings beyond hashmarks for the minute hands. The bracelet has Rolex's Easylink extension system which is new to the OP line at large. It also features Chromalight luminescence, and the movement with Syloxi balance spring.
This is a curious watch. It's sandwiched between the 28 and the 34mm variants and shares general dial features such as the single baton markers with these models.
On the other hand, it shares the lacquer dial color options with the 36 and 41mm models. It also has something the 41mm model does not: that hot candy pink dial. Those who fell in love with the white and black dial variants of the outgoing OP 39 will remember that the 34mm variants were essentially a smaller-sized echo of those watches. While Rolex technically lists this as a women's model, there is really no more unisex a watch than the 34mm Oyster Perpetual. It has the same dial selection as the 28mm model.
The recently discontinued version of the OP 34 had a nearly identical dial to that of the 39 including painted squares over each hour marker a design flourish now present on the OP 36 and Those squares have been replaced here by Roman numerals.
While this makes the watch a bit more formal, and a little less fun , it is an interesting differentiator. Overall, this watch hasn't changed much from its prior generation and maintains the single baton markers. Speaking of markers, the OP 36 is the king of the double batons. Just like the OP 34, nothing about this watch's general design language changed in other than the dial colors. But the 36mm is an interesting beast in that regard.
It was something of a neglected child in the last generation. There was a white-dial model, but it was not the while dial found on the 34mm or 39mm variants.
No, its dial was basically like a Datejust without the date, only with double baton markers at three, six, and nine o'clock. Well, the white dial is no more, making way for basically every other color there is. The OP 41 is a new watch entirely. It is unprecedented, or, as Jerry Seinfeld once said to his pal George Constanza, "there's no precedent, baby!
Just like the OP 36, the new 41mm model comes in a rainbow of colors and has become a fan favorite. What we have with this blitz of new OPs is something akin to a mid-cycle refresh of a car. No crazy changes to the body, but we get some fun new coats of paint, a slightly longer chassis, and an enhanced feature-set in essentially the same package we know and love. This refresh, however, has managed to turn Rolex's entry-level watch into a hot commodity of the highest order.
Right now, on Instagram, you'll find serious collectors flaunting their "Stella" OP the same way they would a white-dial Daytona or new Kermit Submariner. Some are even going the Pokemon route, trying to catch all of the colorful lacquered dials in a set. And you can forget men's or women's watches when it comes to these models.
Rolex can and does label them as gendered, but I've seen men confidently rocking the candy pink just as I've seen a woman with the green variant. These new OPs are a great indicator that countless buyers agree with Cara that everything should just be sold as unisex. Just choose your size and color. Similarly, Rolex Oyster cases require a set of special tools in order to open them, hence their increased resistance to water and dust. Rolling out the watch in style, Wilsdorf had Mercedes Gleitze—a year-old typist—wear the Rolex Oyster during a swim in the English Channel.
Both she and the watch emerged intact, and audiences were stunned. The Oyster case has been with Rolex ever since. That was when Rolex introduced the first accurate self-winding watch, which can go on and on throughout centuries.
More than merely representing form and function, the Rolex Oyster case practically invented the concept. Employing a patented system, it has the bezel, bubble case back and winding crown screwed down against the middle case.
That middle case, by the way, is forged from a solid block of L steel, 18ct gold, or platinum, making it a robust backbone to which the other parts are affixed. Protecting the watch crystal is the fluted bezel, while the bracelet is secured to the case by way of solid lugs.
Meanwhile, the winding crown is a technical feat unto itself. Consisting of no less than 10 parts, the crown serves as an interface between the internal watch mechanics and the outside world. Put it all together and you get one tight, virtually impenetrable package.
Just how impenetrable, you ask? Try prying yours open to find out. Or just take our word for it when we say that only authorised Rolex watchmakers can open the Oyster case to access the movement within. And now you know why Rolex calls it the Oyster. Check it out. Jacob Osborn is an accomplished author and journalist with over 10 years of experience in the media industry.
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