Standout features on the Rolex Milgauss

The whole purpose behind the idea and design of the Rolex Milgauss watch was to make it easier for the scientists to be able to carry their watches without any worries to their workplaces. The problem that regular watches have in research or power plant facilities is that the magnetic rays that are released in these places mess with the mechanism of the watches. So the employees are left with two options; either they continue to wear the damaged watches or choose to not wear watches at all since a watch that does not work is not of much use anyway. However, the Rolex Milgauss changed things around for workers within this profession with an innovative watch design which is said to resist magnetic rays up to 1000 gauss.

Rolex was the first company to ever come up with an idea for a magnet resistant watch in the 1950s. But in the 1980s, the Rolex Milgauss was discontinued and forgotten about for a long while and Rolex had stopped working on it as well. But the revival for this watch came in the year 2007 when Rolex decided to improve on its original Milgauss watch and brought a better, newer version of it back.

The materials that were used in the manufacturing of this watch were made sure to be of extremely high quality. One such material that was used on the Rolex Milgauss was the extremely high grade, resistant to corrosion 904L stainless steel. This stainless steel material is mostly used in high-intensity factories and facilities that have a lot of exposure to strong chemicals or have to deal with a high pressure such as in aerospace industries. Rolex is the only watch company which can afford to include such a high-quality steel in their watches but for the Rolex Milgauss, this high-quality material is justified because this watch has been designed to be able to resist exposure to magnetic rays.

Another outstanding feature on the Rolex Milgauss is that this was the first watch ever to have used the green sapphire crystal in the dial of the watch. Rolex set the bar very high with the design and quality of this watch for other watch companies. The watch hand for seconds is a fluorescent orange colour which has a lightning bolt shape and gives a modern look to the watch.

The calibre used in the Rolex Milgauss was the 3131 movement which was tweaked to suit the model specifications. The reason for the exclusivity of this calibre was that it included a lot of advanced technological features that were made to resist the effects of magnetic fields on this watch. Inside the watch case, there is a magnetic interference shield which does the job of preventing any outside magnetic activity to disturb the working of the watch. A really interesting feature on the Rolex Milgauss is that the density symbol on this watch can only be viewed by a watchmaker that is certified by Rolex.