Modern Rolex Submariner - Horology Deconstructed

High resolution, book format. Deconstruction Rolex Submariner (Manufactured in 2014) by THE NAKED WATCHMAKER Images from www.thenakedwatchmaker.com All texts, photographs and illustrations are Copyright ©2018 The Naked Watchmaker Edition R01b Formatted for use on mobile telephones, laptops and tablets. All rights to this publication are reserved. It would be appreciated by the author that no part of this book may be reproduced, copied or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, xerography and videography recording, with out the permission of The Naked Watchmaker. Rolex was founded by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in London, England in 1905. It moved its base of operations to Geneva, Switzerland in 1919. The Rolex Submariner Originally designed in 1953 is one of the most iconic of the Rolex models, and of all wristwatches ever made. The Submariner photographed has been worn consistently since 2014, the case is both tarnished and tarnished as a result. The case back is screwed in place by a specific tool which follows the form of the serated pattern. (Personalised signature and logo by Rolex for the client). The steel around the winding crown is raised as a form of protection against impacts. The winding crown unscrewed into winding position. The bezel is uni-directional, only rotating anti-clockwise. The first views of the movement once the case back is removed. The arrows point to the two sides of the setting lever which holds in place the stem, and when pulled by the stem places the watch in winding position. To remove the stem one pushes the visible button shown here to the left. The above image shows a casing screw securing the movement tight in place by pushing against a ledge of the case side. In the lower image the screw has been tighted down freeing the movement which is rotated to a cut-out allowing the movement to be removed from the case. For the movement to be rotated to this position the stem has already been removed. Once the movement is removed from the case, the movement casing screw is in essence screwed tightly against the mainplate. When the movement is returned to the case and rotated to its correct position, the screw is effectivey undone which then pushes against the inner rim of the case holding the movement tight in place. The system is one of the most simple and elegant solutions for securing a movement in a case. The winding crown tube which the crown is screwed down upon, is itself tightly screwed and loctited in place using a star shaped key which is fitted to the inside of the tube so as not to damage the outer thread. In addition to the loctite there is a small circular lead seal placed between the tube and the case which adds an additional security against water entering the watch. There are two rubber seals on the inside of the tube as well as an additional one on the outside. The winding stem with winding crown removed from the case and movement. Built into the winding crown is a clutch system which allows the crown to ‘idle’ when pushed down so as not to wind the calibre. When released it locks into place allowing the watch to be either wound manually or when placed in setting position to adjust the hands. The clutch sytsem needs to be slightly stronger than the setting lever spring system so as to ensure that the setting is retuned to winding when the crown is pushed back into place. In the inner base of the winding crown is a further seal which pushes against the top of the crown tube to add an additional seal for water resistance. The Rolex Triplock winding crown comprising of ten different components.