The Rolex Defect You've Never Seen Before | Watchfinder & Co.
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Mistakes happen, it’s a fact of life. When you’re Rolex, however, making some of the very best watches in the world, they don’t happen very often. But they do still occur from time to time, and this one-it’s a doozy.
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Rolex makes mistake
Watch price doubles.
Were it to double? I'd say 1,000+ times! (wanna bet?)
You bet it will
Startling!
Young Alwyn that’s worth more money Being like that I would love to own it and never wear it in my collection 👍👍👍
Errors make the watch worth 5 to 6 times more
I like to imagine somewhere out there is a Rolex with two 3’s
Clever comment!
Probably worth like $900.000
Sounds like the plot of a weird romance movie......boy buys watch that has two 9s. Boy meets girl whose watch has two 3s. And they lived happily ever after lol
Nate Quickmire and wacky hijanks ensue.
A good pair to collect?
I got 99 problems but a 3 ain't one.
Really? "Ain't" ? "AIN'T" ???
LMBAO 🤪 🤣😆 🤦🏿♂️
Jay Z
Haha! Brilliant!
Two 9's don't a 3 make.
I'm sure more people would find the defect quicker if you didn't use a different watch for the first half and then only give them 8 seconds to find it once you switched.
Yeah, I thought the same thing; pretty hard to spot it when you spend 3 minutes or so looking at a perfect specimen, only to have it switched out during the fade-out/in.
Really though. Was that even 8 seconds? Felt like 4. I get OP is trying to be artsy and have a lot of high-def close up shots, but this video could have been made into a 5-minute "spot the defect" game at it would have been a lot more entertaining.
Are you blind? They show it from 3:22 onward.
@@secondopinion6654 ya so for the first 3 minutes we're looking at a perfect watch so how am I supposed to find a defect when it's not there?
@@jshlst "OP" I guess your from Reddit haha
The watch in the thumbnail was a Rolex explorer Minecraft edition truly a one of a kind piece
Anandhu A.B herobrines
@@OfficialYeat Exactly, only the elite (mostly with diamond gear) gets it
Oh yeah nahuy
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
Remember everyone, when wearing this watch, make you sure you are "dressed to the nines"!
4:02 for the defect. You're welcome.
Amazing kind human
wait.. go back du 1:20 there is a 3
That's what I was gonna do.thank you
holy shit @Watchfinder & Co. is a fucking shitbag for not providing this.
shu takku The watch in the first half of video is one without a defect.
The narrator manages to turn a simple mistake into a work of art in video
10/10
@Jean de St. Croix 😂 it's the same..
@Jean de St. Croix oh yeah because of the "9" mistake.. Hehe i get it now
@@H.EL-Othemany bruuuh lmao
@@edvinpierre5992 i know 😂
Big Smoke's Cluckin Bell order lmao "I'll have 2 number 9's"
I can see it now, "Rolex "Double 9" sells for $1m at auction"....
"Mistakes happen,
it's a fact of life"
Sounds like he's talking about me.
I would rather have this than a non defect model.
It's the unbelievable Rolex hype from the 70s, aesthetics exclusive for divers, very few elegant designs, very limited complications like moonphase, perpetual calendars (not the marketing model called "perpetual"), no tourbillon ever, and here a huge flaw that is perceived as a rarity, the marketing on the brand is pretty amazing!
Have 2. Buy 2 and swap the 3 for the 9,and have 2-9s & 2-3s they have the same hole spaces drilled in the dial. It will not be worth anything as people have probably tried it
@@pfelipeprog7094 hype
I bet the price of this rarity will reach summits (as well as for misprinted stamps) !.
Yeah, the perfect symmetry looks quite nice!
Don't have Rolex service the watch they will swap the dial. Sell it to a gambler for a huge markup that loves pocket 9's.
exactly what i was thinking. this watch will be incredibly valuable some day but only with full papers. never ever ever send it for a redial.
Yes nice, but at the beginning of the video you showed a correct one.
You made me think i was blind all the time.
You almost fooled me.
Almost.
Immediately went back to the beginning to check too.
Literally swapped at 3 mins in lol. Almost didn’t catch it
Inspection time may have been at x:15 where the minute hand blocked the imperfection.
I has three 9s...lol. Someone just put it upside down at the 6 o'clock 😊
vinht23 what
Or three 6’s... 666
Pedro Molina 😮
I was going to say three 6's but I'm blonde so don't mind me lol
@@flyinb45 better than being ginger 😂 soul eaters !
Always a great day when watchfinder puts out another video
Yes indeed
Well, there should be another one with two 3 digits then...
There must have been a ton of chaos when someone noticed that one nine was missing from the box of nines and that there was an extra three. Someone probably realised but by the time they did, it was too late. Amazing.
You have good aptitude skills.
@@green_life7 Thank you.
This could wind up being the most expensive Rolex in history. Just like those old stamps with the airplane up-side-down. To say this is one in a million is probably actually an understatement. What an absolutely awesome piece to have in ones collection.
Whilst not in the market for a Rolex, what an awesome item this particular watch would be in the collection ❤
This makes the misaligned chapter ring on my Seiko Samurai minuscule by comparison.
Terry Newton unfortunate misaligned chapter rings on Seiko are the norm! Not unusual at all! 😂 I know I have a couple of em
Well the crown in the rehaut at 12 a clock is also misaligned pretty often .If you ask Rolex via email they will tell you that it is not intended to line up with 12 a clock lol.
As said rusts normal
@mayte You sure that's genuine buddy?
Same on most Rolex
it could also be a sneaky aftermarket mod.
would this defect significantly increase its value?
I'm 100% positive it is. The holes in the dial are the same for the 3 & 9, and yes it will especially as time passes 10 years and 100k air King!
It’s not a mod
There's an even more monumental mistake that no one noticed at 5:36. The rolex on the right was built upside down!
the watch is shown upside down!
@@ritankarsasmal380 r/wooosh
That one worths 3,000,000
Bahahahahaha
It's for the Australian market. Actually pretty common in the southern hemisphere.
Wayne Gretzky should be the one wearing it.
99 is a rubbish nick name. Rare-King is far better.
Rair king 99
Fail king, the 9th
99 is much better
Are you working for Rolex? Marketing genius!!
Error King
Wow! This video is really one of the best if seen on UA-cam for years!
I never thought I would smile and laugh that much over a video that is about watches.
Brilliant job!
Its Rolex laying Easter eggs for collectors to find. Obviously done on purpose to increase brand and model hype.
The only human touch from a watchmaker is applying the hands. The fact the mistake was not spotted over the the many checks afterwards doesn't ring true. More likely the Air kings not selling well and could do with a light push from their marketing team
Yep smells a bit fishy!!!
Why not ?!...
People who have visited the Rolex production facilities disagree with your statement about watchmakers only touching the watches to apply the hands.
Another conspiracy theorist. Yawn..
The defect makes the watch even more beautiful!
That’s freaking hilarious! It probably increased the investment value and collectibility status considerably. Possibly on purpose, maybe to see what the market would do with this error? As soon as I saw it, I wanted it, and I’m not a Rolex fan either. Love this channel!
3’s were on backorder.
That defect is hilarious! How did this get by QC?
My GMT LN came from my AD with green luminous hands and blue luminous dial, dated 11/2017.
I'm wondering where I can get my Rolex stem time adjust repaired?
This is amazing. It's a great leveller, and yet as you say it makes the whole watch making process more human
Probably won't be possible anymore, or at least will be made impossible in the near future. Nowadays many production processes including that of automobiles has quality control using cameras and the computer analyzing it to make sure everything is perfect. Such a system would _always_ catch errors like this.
Dope channel one of the best watch information channel
How did you get your hands on this one???
I love the way watchfinder managed to teasingly point out the mistake without being rude or disrespectful to Rolex. Way to go watchfinder. Your provide real value. :-)
I’m actually wearing me Air King at the moment lol, made me 👀 🤣
Imagine if it turns out that your Air King had the same mistake and you'd never seen it!
Beautiful Rolex model.
The paint job on the seconds hand was pretty shoddy too.
I was thinking that was the defect too. The lum under magnification is crap
i have noticed other similar paint issues on other rolex watches reviewed on this channel too
can you please make a video for the new Nomos Glasshute diver watches? many thanks!
I want this watch, just so I can show it to people. It’s a hell of a conversation starter and could be a future classic!
love your videos even more than The Urban Gentry!
Another amazing video, thanks! I'm still wondering what watches the 'narrator' actually wears :)
None ... He is saving for his A Lange ... He mentioned it in the new years Q&A
@@mitulrmehta Really? Ah i must have missed it, how can a person with this amount of knowledge not wear a watch?! ;)
@@Jochempie63 I think it might be the curse of handling all these high end watches ... Even Rolex and JLC cannot meet the standards A Lange has set it seems
Haha loved that "water flowing up hill" analogy, great content!
I love this channel, you made a watch defect so interesting.
Pewdiepie’s camera for the thumbnail? Great collab
Nah, the quality is too good. XD
Rate that haha
The idea of a unnecessary avoidable waitling list is the biggest defect from Rolex
Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist that’s why you should buy something else. There’re really not worth that much.
The waiting list makes second-hand Rolexes way more valuable, so much that they can charge even more for new ones and maximize profit.
@@clemlvn9598 i totally agree mate. A grand seiko spring drive comes to mind.
@@nomad6-1 i understand completely, nevertheless the waiting list is still avoidable but rolex understands the exclusivity a waiting list brings
Always love the cinematography in your videos!
The photography on these videos are right up there!!! the macro shots are unbeatable! Yep great videos!!
Epic miss! Too funny, I would keep it as is, might be worth a bit more in the future!
a bit, Im pretty sure this watch is going over 100k
When I was age 16 I took flying lessons in 1968. I didn't know then that my flight instructor was a NASA wannabe astronaut. He wore an Omega .321 cal. pre-lunar Omega Speedmaster Professional. My 16 year old sweetheart girlfriend was his cousin and through her I was able to obtain my FAA student pilot's license and actually "soloed" in a Cessna 150 in 1968 before Neil and Buzz first landed on the moon. My girlfriend from back in 1968 gave me a pre-lunar Omega Speedmaster, one of the first .861 models ever built for my birthday on July 30th, 1969. She worked for Bambergers, an Omega dealer later bought out by Macy's. My guess is that my "Speedy" was built in October, 1968 about nine (9) months before Neil and Buzz first flew on Apollo 11.
I still have my original Omega .861 Speedmaster Professional, one of the first original new .861 models converted from the .321s. However, back in the late 80s before anybody knew the original Speedmaster Professionals were made to a better model from the .321. to the cal. .861 I sent my "Speedy" to the Omega repair facility in N.Y.C for an overhaul. My watch needed a "tune up" because the green radioactive particles that were originally placed on the face hands of the watch were "crumbling off" and the particles were accumulating as debris inside the Hesalite crystal.
Omega did a crazy thing. For $300 U.S. back in either the late 80s or early 90s for only $300 they replaced the old "Hasilite" plastic crystal with a newer and harder form of the plastic crystal.
Omega also replaced the "pushers" with new pushers and new rubber grommets. But Omega also gave me a "brand new" silver wristband included in the cost of only $300 for ALL THE WORK including a new silver wristband. I was very happy that Omega replaced the "subdiales and the sweep second hand" as well as a harder shell newer "Hesalite" crystal.
Back in those days, nobody predicted the Speedmaster would be an icon of Lunar moon landing. Especially my early model which was one of the first .861 models made in October of 1968 well before the first Lunar landing in July of 1969. I was given my "Speedy" as a BD give on July 30, 1969 only ten (10) days after Buzz Aldrin wore the first wristwatch on the moon. Of course Buzz's watch was a .321 cal Omega Speedmaster Professional. My "Speedmaster" was built about 9 months before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. Thus my Omega Speedmaster Professional was built before the first Lunar landing. I still have the old "Hesalite" crystal and the old "pushers" from the later repair. I've been told that my pre-lunar Omega Speedmaster is worth its weight in gold. I don't believe it. But if there are any watch specialists here, I'd appreciate a true approximate value of my "Speedy". It holds its time to about a minute or two every two weeks. I don't mind because I constantly set it to my iPhone everytime I use it. So what is it worth in U.S. Dollars? Not that I'm willing to sell it. I'd rather bequest it to my son and let him keep it for years to come. But are there any professional Omega watch experts here willing to give me "some idea" of its present value? Thanks in advance..
daffidavit similar story about my sub 5513 purchased in 1977 for $270, found out a couple years ago that it’s a sought after meters/foot sans serif edition. Insurance co wants appraisal before raising value.
@@Nafregamisrocanob Good for you, I hope you are able to "keep it in the family". Be well.
I spotted it within the first 2 seconds of you showing the watch. How something like this went unnoticed by that many people is beyond me.
Great and put across wonderfully,thx for all your hard work that's putting to these videos. You make it that little more interesting
That makes it a super ultra limited collector's item doesn't it?
Lets see how long it takes for Rolex to remove this video 😂
Say 9 years
They won't. They paid for it to be there.
@@visho8979
Exactly
Nothing quite as interesting as this with mine. I picked up my 114060 new from an AD local to me and noticed after that the "30" on the ceramic bezel wasn't perfectly aligned with the 6 o'clock marker on the dial. It isn't centered with the end link of the bracelet either. I inquired about it and was shown a two tone sub with the same issue that they had supposedly never seen prior. Hardly two 9's on my dial but it caught my eye seeing as part of the draw for this particular model was the symmetry of the dial.
As long as the watch still works and has all the promised features, I would love to have a defect like this
I heard that when the face of this watch was being assembled a stand in temp by the name of Franck Muller was the culprit!
Haha this is awesome. Great video as usual. Thanks for educating us
So what would happen say if a fault occurs within the watch, and you have to send it off for a service? would they rectify this fault which may i add beautifully wrong, or just fix inside ignoring the face mistake and send it back to you??
Great video! Thank's!
Nicest video I've seen in a while... This watch is truly an exceptional watch!
Am I the only one who didn’t have a clue until it got pointed out?
for most of the video it is a 3 then switches quite seamlessly between the two
@me hee He uses a completely normal watch for the first few minutes of the video then switched to the flawed one just before he said it
Absolutely loved it. Also love ur content and camera work
Anyone know the background music???
You showed the correct watch up until 3:23!
Typographic errors exist on Rolex dials. At that price it's not really acceptable...
AbstractMan23 it'll sell for much more than it was purchased
Yes it’s now worth USD 1 million
Metaether is that a fact?
One simple flaw and wasted everyone 7+ minutes to watch it. Well done!
The flaw is the work of Art.
Nah. That's actually the special edition "Gretzky" Air King.
how do you've got your hands on this?
Get a Rolex King before Rolex discontinues it.
its not a 9, its an upside down 6!
So, it is actually 666 Rolex?
Tadej Kokalj
LMFAO! 3’s were on backorder, with a deadline.
@@jayebirdjb7143 Indeed. In order to get the 3, you can have to kiss your AD's ass and get on the waitlist.
It's not just on watches either. I used to work in sales & marketing for over 30 years and a one time colleague discovered that I was rather adept at spotting marketing copy errors and started showing me stuff as a last resort to "check the checkers", or asking me to do "my thing" of one more proof read for good measure.
Many times he has given me things to check that have "supposedly" been proof read multiple times due to minor copy changes only to discover that I'd spot almost immediately a grammatical error, a blatant spelling error, punctuation error or word repetition - at the end of one line and flowing into the start of the next is a classic that gets missed.
Being a graduate electronic engineer, I know there are other industries too like electronics where such checks can easily fail and it is only with EXTREME care and vigilance that they can be avoided.
If it can happen to an "ultimate" quality company like Rolex, it can happen to ANY company. Keep your eyes open and remember Murphy's and Sod's laws:
1. If it can go wrong, it WILL (Murphy)
2. WHEN it goes wrong it WILL cause the worst chaos, confusion and disruption possible! (Sod) 😂
Stop tricking with video quality first
HOLY SHIT LOL
(I’m a Rolex & Tudor collector, and I want this)
the time is always wrong on this watch hahahaha
The time is usually wrong on any Rolex. It's a mechanical movement, obsolete since the 1970s. It simply can't have the accuracy of even the cheapest quartz watch.
Good catch, this won’t stick around when it’s sent in for service though
I know that people who have tropical or crinkle dials have had Rolex service the watch but leave the defect parts alone.
I wonder if Rolex would notice when they serviced it...and would they fix the number without being asked?
I think they would change it...
@@ylem5002 And i would ask them not to if it were mine
Hi can you please me why Rolex have decided to ditch the hidden clasp in their new 2019 datejust???
Mistakes like that can really become even more of the collectors item, don't lose it.
If that is genuine Rolex, that is the most expensive Rolex, today. And if I’m Rolex company, I would’ve buy it back.
The owner is on our Rolex facebook forum! Couldn't believe it when it was first noticed. This is literally 1 in a million! Wonder if Watchfinder offered him retail for it?! :-)
carlgouder 15k!
carlgouder which FB group was that ? Im in a few but never saw it
UXXV Rolex owners uk buy and sell
@@UXXV As Andy said, Rolex Owners UK buy and sell. Its a good group.
But any third party watchsmith can open your Airking and change the 3 to 9... or swap any number around really? how do you prove the error was from the factory?
How mutch for this double 9 air King?
I think this watch SHOULD be worth a lot more than your regular Air-King?? Quite incredible actually 😱
You - "Rolex, making some of the very best watches in the world..."
Me - "Emmm..."
I mean regardless of what you think they're the best luxury brand of watches that provide mountains of quality within the price range. Hate all you want about Rolex being mainstream or whatever other qualms you may have against the company, but they're the most widely known and best selling luxury timepieces.
I would definitely keep this watch in my collection!! This is brilliant. Imagine how much value is added to this watch. I would need the AD and Rolex to provide me with letters of authentication.
Would love to see a video on the Gerald Genrta Omega constellation “Pie-pan” dial. Such an under appreciated watch in the online sphere.
And just like that the watch is now worth 10 times more
Jesus Calderon exactly!
Not for nothing i see two defects. The under side of the seconds hand is pretty poorly finished for what you pay for those watches!
The humble Air King 👑 is such a great watch in the modern size and update (2 secs a day, like the rest) its got personality unlike most. I'm sure they will keep track of the numbers. There's a double 3 probably
WOW!!! That "9" defect is Awesome!!!
He finally gets around to telling you at 4:05. The watch has two 9's rather than a 9 and a 3
Great marketing. Market a defect as something unique, then charge a premium for it. Any other watch brand it would be sold at discount!
They deal with people that pay 10's of thousands of dollars for a fucking watch so...... 🤷
I spilled my drink laughing when i saw the double 9s 😂😂😂
That was a really entertaining video - Of course the immediate question that springs to my mind is, Does that defect make the watch that much more valuable, like a defect in a stamp would, or does it reduce its value?
Those who disliked the video are surely from the Rolex QC department :-)
What a great video and what a unique timepiece! Man I wish I could buy this watch! Now I am imaging me in a Rolex AD like:
- Do you have an Air King?
- Yes!
-With 3 and 9?
-Yes!
- Than no thanks. ))))))
Perfect and interesting watch, good old Air king as well
It would be interesting to see HOW these numbers are applied. It might give an insight as to how it occurred.
good QC ? you do know most crowns on the rehaut don’t line up!
This defect just goes to show rolex is not made by hand.