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31 minutes ago, Brian3 said:

Spending a pleasant Sunday afternoon overhauling a Rolex 3135 at home, nice to work on as it goes together so well with bridges practically falling into place.

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I have never had a Rolex, what would be a good first watch?

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Rolex are generally very easy watches to work on Tim, little issue of course is just the costs of the watch and not getting spare parts unless you have a parts account with them. Other than that they're a walk in the park. Nicely machined and fit together real well.

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2 hours ago, Brian3 said:

Spending a pleasant Sunday afternoon overhauling a Rolex 3135 at home, nice to work on as it goes together so well with bridges practically falling into place.

Excellent! To remind anyone that this is watch repair forum :)

Any timegrapher pic to show how a Rolex moment behaves ?

 

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1 hour ago, jdm said:

Excellent! To remind anyone that this is watch repair forum :)

Any timegrapher pic to show how a Rolex moment behaves ?

 

This happens to be my Submariner, just finished casing it up, twelve years old and this is the second time I've overhauled it, running great with a delta of 3 seconds.

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Just now, Brian3 said:

This happens to be my Submariner, just finished casing it up, twelve years old and this is the second time I've overhauled it, running great with a delta of 3 seconds.

Fantastic. I just love to see timegrapher pictures for my education, welcome to share any,

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