Join us as we unbox together a legendary anti-magnetic watch. Shop the pre-owned watches featured in this video: www.bobswatches.com
NAVIGATE THIS VIDEO
Learn more about this week’s featured watch and find links to buy all the watches in this video below.
WRIST CHECK
Ripley’s Wrist: Two-Tone Cartier Tank Francaise
Find the Cartier W51005Q4 for sale here:
www.bobswatche...
Emily’s Wrist: Yellow Gold and Diamond Ladies Rolex Oyster Perpetual ref. 67198
Find the Rolex 67198 for sale here:
www.bobswatche...
THIS WEEK’S FEATURED WATCH: Rolex Milgauss Ref. 116400
Find the white dial Rolex 116400 for sale here:
www.bobswatche...
ABOUT THIS WATCH:
The 1950s were an incredibly innovation era for Rolex. The brand released some of its most iconic professional series watches, including the Submariner, GMT Master II, and the beloved Milgauss.
The watch earns its curious name after its anti-magnetism; “mille” means “one thousand” in French, and “gauss” is the unit used to measure magnetic induction. As you might have already gathered, the Milgauss is anti-magnetic up to 1,000 gauss.
It can largely attribute its anti-magnetism to the soft iron Faraday cage within the case that shields the movement. This innovative design was incredibly important during the technological boom of the era, during which most watches were only resistant to magnetic fields up to 50 gauss.
EARLY ERA:
Early iterations of the Milgauss looked vastly different than the modern 6-digit generation featured in this week’s edition of What’s in the Box. They looked similar to the Submariner, featuring a rotatable bezel, dot hour markers, and a striking lightning bolt seconds hand.
Rolex tweaked the collection’s design just a few years later via ref. 1019, replacing the rotatable bezel with a smooth bezel and equipping the dial with index hour markers. The charming lightning bolt seconds hand on the first Milgauss was replaced with a straight, arrow-tipped hand.
INTRODUCING REF. 116400
The series never really took off and was ultimately discontinued in the late 1980s. However, much to everyone’s surprise, Rolex revived the collection in 2007 under ref. 116400.
This model took inspiration from each of the early Milgauss iterations, featuring a smooth bezel like ref. 1019 and a vibrant lightning bolt seconds hand like the inaugural Milgauss.
Initially, the series hit the market in three different variations: The white dial with orange accents, the black dial with orange accents, and the polarizing “Glace Verte” model outfitted with a black dial and stunning green scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.
Rolex introduced another Milgauss variation in 2014 called the “Z-Blue,” which paired a blue dial with a Glace Verte crystal.
Sadly, the collection was discontinued just recently, in 2023. Models like the white dial/clear sapphire crystal Milgauss featured in this video will undoubtedly become prized collector’s items.
Rolex 116400 FEATURES:
This Milgauss is quite unlike the other watches in the vast Rolex portfolio, featuring a crisp white dial decorated with orange Super-LumiNova batons, a matching orange minute track, and an orange lightning bolt seconds hand.
It features a classic 40mm waterproof Oyster case with a clear sapphire crystal and a screw-down crown. The cases on these 6-digit Milgauss watches are slightly thicker than other Rolex sports watches to accommodate the soft iron Faraday cage.
Additionally, it boasts the celebrated time-only caliber 3131 Perpetual movement with automatic winding, Rolex’s Patented Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring, and a 48-hour power reserve.
CONNECT WITH BOB'S WATCHES
Discover more on: bobswatch.es/youtube
Twitter: BobsWatches
Facebook: bobswatches?ref=stream
Instagram: bobswatches?hl=en
TikTok: tiktok.com/@bobswatchesofficial?lang=en
5 сен 2024
