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Old 18 January 2010, 03:10 AM   #9
JJ Irani
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Originally Posted by shaggy View Post
im wondering why rolex made the extra hour hand only rotate the dial once in 24 hrs hours as opposed to twice like the normal hour hand?
was it a cost issue or a technical issue?
and is it technicaly harder to have it rotate twice in 24 hrs?
Even if Rolex could rearrange the gearing for the 24-hour hand to rotate TWICE in 24 hours, it would defeat the very purpose for which the watch was intended!!
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