Wristwatches · Waterproof wristwatch
Rolex Oyster (1926)
DocumentedEditorial status
Screw-down crown and case made the wristwatch practical for everyday exposure to water and dust.
- Maker / attribution
- Rolex
- Attribution as recorded
- Rolex
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Place of manufacture
- Geneva
- Date
- Patented 1926
- Historical period
- Golden Age of Mechanical Watchmaking
- Movement
- Undocumented
- Escapement
- Detached lever escapement
- Winding / power
- Manual (Perpetual from 1931)
- Case / materials
- Various
- Dimensions
- Undocumented
- Holding / location
- Type record
Mechanisms in this object
- Detached lever escapement — Escapement
Related reading
- Bibliography under research.
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