Discontinued Rolex Milgauss Unboxing & Review What's in the Box Ep. 12

Join us as we unbox together a legendary anti-magnetic watch. Shop the pre-owned watches featured in this video: www.bobswatches.com NAVIGATE THIS VIDEO Learn more about this week’s featured watch and find links to buy all the watches in this video below. WRIST CHECK Ripley’s Wrist: Two-Tone Cartier Tank Francaise Find the Cartier W51005Q4 for sale here: https://www.bobswatches.com/cartier/p... Emily’s Wrist: Yellow Gold and Diamond Ladies Rolex Oyster Perpetual ref. 67198 Find the Rolex 67198 for sale here: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-oys... THIS WEEK’S FEATURED WATCH: Rolex Milgauss Ref. 116400 Find the white dial Rolex 116400 for sale here: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-mil... ABOUT THIS WATCH: The 1950s were an incredibly innovation era for Rolex. The brand released some of its most iconic professional series watches, including the Submariner, GMT Master II, and the beloved Milgauss. The watch earns its curious name after its anti-magnetism; “mille” means “one thousand” in French, and “gauss” is the unit used to measure magnetic induction. As you might have already gathered, the Milgauss is anti-magnetic up to 1,000 gauss. It can largely attribute its anti-magnetism to the soft iron Faraday cage within the case that shields the movement. This innovative design was incredibly important during the technological boom of the era, during which most watches were only resistant to magnetic fields up to 50 gauss. EARLY ERA: Early iterations of the Milgauss looked vastly different than the modern 6-digit generation featured in this week’s edition of What’s in the Box. They looked similar to the Submariner, featuring a rotatable bezel, dot hour markers, and a striking lightning bolt seconds hand. Rolex tweaked the collection’s design just a few years later via ref. 1019, replacing the rotatable bezel with a smooth bezel and equipping the dial with index hour markers. The charming lightning bolt seconds hand on the first Milgauss was replaced