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Diamonds are Forever
25/11/2009These are some macro snaps I’ve taken of the diamond dial of my DateJust. It really does bring out the detail of the diamonds and their settings.
Considering their diameter, they would actually be penetrating into the dial itself. Otherwise, it’s shape would not be that of a typical diamond and as such would not be able to reflect light as effectively. In essence, to the naked eye they appear as small ‘diamonds’ mounted on the dial – but in reality, a large portion is hidden underneath the settings.
While it is typically expected for diamonds to be set inside platinum claws, I believe Rolex has simply used Everose gold in their settings (75% gold, 23% copper, and 2% platinum alloy) for aesthetic reasons.
I was also able to capture one of the ’security’ features on the crystal. The Rolex coronet is laser engraved in, and takes just the right angle to photograph.
Here’s an excerpt from one of the Rolex catalogues regarding the quality and sourcing of their diamonds,
Rolex DateJust Accuracy since October 1st, 2009.
9/11/2009
When visiting Singapore a couple months back I took my DateJust in for a regulation. Since then I have kept to the practice of setting my watch on the first of any month that has 31 days, and this allows me to ‘run’ the watch till the next setting 61 days later.
As such my DateJust was last set on the 1st of October 2009, making it 40 days till today. I was randomly taking a look at the wwp.greenwichmeantime.com site and realised that my watch had only gained a total of 2.5 seconds till today!
This is quite incredible as it means the watch has only been gaining 0.0625 seconds each day, on average. While I have not been keeping an eye on its daily variance, over a period of 40 days this is pretty fabulous.
My entire collection of Omega watches comprising of four brand new purchases, at the time, and another four near-vintage Speedmasters could never reach this level of accuracy. They did, at best, at most about +2 seconds per day.