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Submarine Toy

by admin | July 20th, 2010

Submarine Toy

Rolex Submariner - Perpetual Motion is Possible

Rolex Submariner is a everlasting mechanism of perfection, a timepiece of its own unique status. It is a watch that could serve you in your next expedition to Antarctic.

A Submariner can keep good time both on top of Mount Everest and in Sahara desert. If you are keen on diving for pearls or in case you pursue any other extreme activities, a watch like this can become your trustworthy companion.

Rolex Submariner watch has an automatic movement and it doesn't require an energy source. It is a self-winding watch that winds automatically every time you move your wrist. A small rotor is started up at a flick of a wrist and it winds the spring automatically. Your watch is constantly loaded with an endless source of energy. Who said that Perpetuum Mobile is not possible?

Testing in Extreme Environments

The classic simple design first appeared in 1953 when the first Rolex Submariner watch entered the production. As it started building a devoted group of fans, its popularity exploded after a series of rigorous experiments testing the Submariner in different extreme environments.

It was immersed in deep oceans, given to expedition members to Antarctic and Sahara desert. It was put inside an oven and tested at temperatures of 500 oC. Nothing could stop this watch from showing correct time. At that particular time Rolex company had almost a half a century of experience behind them.

It was founded in 1905 in London by a German gentleman Hans Wilsdorf and his English brother-in-law Alfred Davis. The actual trade name Rolex was registered in 1915 as the company moved to Switzerland to join other brilliant watchmakers.

The initial series of Rolex Submariner watch had simple straight hands, very soon the hours' hand started featuring a three-pointed star - something similar to a Mercedes logo. Now, more than 50 years later, its design is not ageing, it is just maturing and still keeping the status of a timeless classic.

The Sub is a date clock - it has a smooth little date window displayed at 3'O clock. It is available in four main designs: blue, black, silver and gold. Recently new models are joining the classic range. A GMT version is available showing two time-zones simultaneously and a non-date version with a proper 3 indication joined the range in 2007.

James Bond's Own Watch

It was really the year of 1962 that changed Rolex Submariner watch from a deep-sea daredevil's favourite gadget into a style icon of the suave and debonair. Sean Connery appeared in the famous Dr No film - the first in the series about the super-agent 007 James Bond wearing a Sub.

Connery's Bond flashed a Rolex in the next five consecutive films and passed it on to next two films starring Roger Moore. They say that a Rolex doesn't need advertising. Well, the Agent 007 films together with the famous endurance tests still worked magic and catapulted the Submariner to a status of one of the best watches ever made.

This timepiece is a real boy's toy. If your childhood dream was to become a secret agent but you haven't quite fulfilled that dream yet, just get a Submariner and you'll be that one step closer to your goal.

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