First, let me discuss the conclusion; the current Rolex does not count.
The reason is that not only Rolex is not counted, but the mechanical watches of the mainstream famous watch brands in the market have been transformed into luxury goods, completely breaking away from the “tool watches” category in history.
When many players talk about famous watches, whenever they talk about Rolex, they are often refuted by the sentence “Rolex is a tool watch.” The three words tool watch is very “universal.” No matter how expensive the look is, once the three words tool watch come out, it is like a veto—a piece of a dwarf watch. Ridicule is ridiculous; today’s famous watches have entirely lost the attributes of tool watches in the past.
Objectively speaking, there is indeed the concept of tool watch in history. Tool watch is translated from English tool watch. Many famous watches are indeed tool watches in history. Buying replica watch.
Rolex Submariner Gold Blue
The concept of tool watch was born during World War II.
The term tool table appeared around the time of World War II. Before, there was no word tool watch because watches around the 1920s were not waterproof, dustproof, magnetically resistant, or shockproof. Apart from checking the time, they could not undertake other tasks and could not be used as tools.
The Patek Philippe 96 from the 1940s, obviously this type of watch, cannot handle professional work. Patek Philippe replica.
Before and after World War II, watches began to have waterproof, dustproof, antimagnetic, shockproof, and other properties. For example, Rolex has an Oyster watch, Panerai has a radiometer, and IWC has a mark and an extensive pilot. These watches have preliminarily possessed professional attributes such as diving, antimagnetic, and flight and can be used as professional tools.
The Rolex Oyster watch in the 1940s was already waterproof.
The IWC Mark 10 in the 1940s was used as a military watch.
In the 1950s, tool watches started to grow. Because after the 1950s, various sports such as diving, flying, mountain climbing, racing, and polo developed. The corresponding eyes also appeared. To give a few examples, Rolex Submarine is professional diving, Breitling Aviation Chronograph is professional flying, TAG Heuer Carrera is professional racing, Rolex Explorer is professional mountaineering, and Omega Speedmaster is professional moon landing, all of which are tool watches. Even today’s Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso was a professional polo and tool watch.
Rolex Submariner 5513 from the 1960s
The Breitling aviation chronograph in the 1950s has been used as a particular flight watch.
Because, at the time, you could only use these watches, which were tools. You said I have a Casio G-shock; sorry, it was born 30 years later. After the 1970s, due to the emergence of quartz watches, which were accurate and cheap, mechanical watches began to decline, and watch factories that produced mechanical watches were in crisis.
A Rolex Submariner 1680 from the 1970s.
In the 1980s, Swiss luxury watches began transforming into luxury goods and became more complicated. Audemars Piguet’s first automatic tourbillon was born in the mid-1980s, and Blancpain’s first-minute repeater was born in 1987. The tool attribute of mechanical watches has since disappeared from a tool watch to a luxury watch.
In the 1980s, the first automatic tourbillon watch came from Audemars Piguet.
Rolex Daytona 16520 launched in 1988
Among Rolex watches of the same level, the artistry is excellent.
Historically, many Rolex sports models were used as tool watches. But today, the quality and details are very conscientious among the top eyes of the same level, Rolex sports watches. I use my Rolex Water Ghost Gold Blue; let’s examine the facts.
The case of Rolex is very smooth. The front of the matter is brushed, and the sides are polished, which can set off the sense of the high-end and luxury of the sports watch. Sports watches of other brands are not very high-end because of the relatively simple case treatment. At the same time, the scale filling in the Rolex ceramic ring is well handled; regardless of the platinum or K gold filling, the texture is perfect.
In terms of movement, although Rolex is not transparent, all players now know that Rolex’s activities are well-polished. Almost all moving parts have been polished; large polishing areas exist, even in places that cannot be seen. However, some famous watches of the same level as Rolex cannot do this, and many invisible places will not be polished.
Gender: Men’s
Case Color: Silver-tone
Series: Submariner
Case Thickness: 15mm
Engine: Rolex Calibre 2836/2813
Brand: Rolex
Band Color: Two-tone
Movement: Automatic
Model: 116613LB-97203