Even though this Rolex Sky-Dweller came into our shop in pretty bad shape, we’re going
to turn its life around with a little watchmaking magic!!
Let’s take a look inside!
Before removing the movement from the case, we must first disassemble the automatic module
of the watch to then drain all the energy stored.
And now this is how the energy that’s stored in the watch is completely released.
This is the first piece of shattered glass we found inside the watch, but as you will
see, it’s definitely not the last!
Here’s more glass that found its way deeper into the Rolex movement.
Now it’s time to remove the complete balance from the actual movement.
The balance wheel contains the hairspring and both parts together act as the regulating
organ of a mechanical watch, making it tick and helping it keep accurate time!
Next, we’ll remove the mainspring from the barrel, which stores the energy used to keep
the watch going.
When we removed the train wheel bridge, look what we found inside!
It’s pretty crazy how the glass found its way so deep into the watch!
Come here you little rascal!
Now this is the part that always dazzles me.
Would we be able to put all of this back together again?!
Before we get ahead of ourselves, it is time to clean all the parts.
To do this, we’ll use our Elmasolvex VA, an automatic cleaning machine specifically
used for mechanical precision parts.
All the parts are now clean and it’s time to put them back together!
Let’s start with the mainspring.
Now it’s time to lubricate and test the escape movement under our Steni 305 stereo
microscope.
Let’s reattach the complete balance.
Now we’ll insert the Calendar Seating.
And the reassembly of our movement is pretty much done...Time for testing!
Let’s start by checking the calendar function...It works!
Everything seems to be working nicely.
The hands are aligned and moving fluently, the date is changing correctly, and the ring
command functionality of the bezel is on point.
But don’t take my word for it.
We still need to run a full parameter test of the watch using our high-precision Chronoscope
X1 from Witschi….Awesome!
Everything looks good!
And let’s not forget the final test for water resistance.
For that, we’ll use our Witschi Proofmaster M...Excellent!
Just like that, our shattered Sky-Dweller is ready to go back into the world!
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