Why does a Rolex watch date change click over at PRECISELY twelve o'clock?

[Rubycon]

I've noticed that.

Right at 12:00 it will click over. Other watches you can see the number gradually roll over covering a period of a few hours. That's a unique mechanism?

The owner isn't answering me!

 

[dighn]

welll it's a rolex

 

[JonTheBaller]

my rolex doesn't do that

 

[ballmode]

rolex = mo sex

 

[GuitarDaddy]

My Seiko is the same way. I don't remember a resounding click, but it changes right at midnight and so fast you can't really see it roll

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: JonTheBaller
my rolex doesn't do that

That's because you bought your "Rolex" off of that shady street vendor in NYC.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
My Seiko is the same way. I don't remember a resounding click, but it changes right at midnight and so fast you can't really see it roll

Is it quartz or automatic? The sea dweller is obviously automatic.

Originally posted by: Xanis

That's because you bought your "Rolex" off of that shady street vendor in NYC.

:laugh:

 

[Jassi]

I dunno, my Rholex changes the date every 12 hours. Its kind of annoying.

 

[ItsPat]

Originally posted by: JonTheBaller
my rolex doesn't do that

Mine does.

 

[JonTheBaller]

Originally posted by: Xanis

Originally posted by: JonTheBaller
my rolex doesn't do that

That's because you bought your "Rolex" off of that shady street vendor in NYC.

nope

 

[ItsPat]

What model is it?

 

[Rubycon]

It's called a Sea Dweller.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Many quality automatic watches have this feature (though not all). The venerable Swiss ETA 2824 movement, which is used in a huge percentage of all automatic watches sold, regardless of price (not including that Sea Dweller, which features the wonderful Rolex 3135), does this as well.

 

[JohnAn2112]

Originally posted by: JonTheBaller
my rolex doesn't do that

Are you sure you don't have a Rollex or a Rolexx?

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Jassi
I dunno, my Rholex changes the date every 12 hours. Its kind of annoying.

What did you expect with a "Rholex"?

 

[Tiamat]

its probably like a 1 tooth sprocket that is 1/24th gear ratio to the hour hand

 

[cerebusPu]

my seiko kinetic changes it within 2 hours. i hate the 30/31 days though.

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: Jassi
I dunno, my Rholex changes the date every 12 hours. Its kind of annoying.

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
my seiko kinetic changes it within 2 hours. i hate the 30/31 days though.

yea me too