Rolex Movement & Parts Catalogues

As part of my interest in these lovely watches, I am also getting interested in what is not visible to the naked eye. Watch movements strike me as beautiful, intriguing and fascinating in the same way - I suppose - as others have been fascinated by vintage car engines or indeed vintage steam trains. I don’t have the skills or tools to even open the back up yet but I do find myself scouring watch tool suppliers’ websites like my father scours seed catalogues. I wonder at the Bergeon tools prices and dream of owning an LG Openall before I wake up and realise I wouldn’t know how to use it never mind what to do next. There are other fascinating things available on the WWW: free lists of parts for each Rolex movement in handy pdf format, a well known auction site even has Rolex service guide documentation and exploded diagrams showing where each part fits. If only I knew enough to put all this information together….if only I had the skill to put the parts together, I might be able to assemble the 1575 movement I need for my 1500 case instead of looking in vain for a whole movement…

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