The sound your watch makes.

[Brushpup]

Originally Posted by joe100

Some are louder than others. I have a glass and steel coffee table and sometimes I put my 5500 on it while I watch a movie. The harmonics of the movement reverberates across the glass making a cool but hideously irritating noise. It's a 1520 and my other Rolex watches never cause that to happen.

I'm gonna try that. I want to hear it.

[ROGERWILCO357]

anyone old enough to remember the odd couple where he gets a new quartz watch and he becomes an insomniac due to the old watch would tick and put him to sleep and takes the whole episode to figure out the quartz was the problem no ticky so no sleepy..wow now I know I’m old..ugh

[gunny]

Here a little update for your eyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcsifA5hAF4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJN_GbcexI8

Have fun!

[bycrom]

Originally Posted by gunny

Here are my results of the sounds:

The equipment:



The sound of a ROLEX – Datejust II – 116334
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyzo3SEY3aw

The sound of a ROLEX – Datejust II - changeover date
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cwSewR2ymo

The sound of a ROLEX - GMT Master II – 116713
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANMMvV_TVJY

The sound of a ROLEX – GMT Master II - changeover date
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHZ_KWiEYQQ

Have fun!

So awesome, the harmonics are simply amazing. I pushed this (airplay) to my house stereo, I think I will create a loop and just let it rip all day! :-)

[Robert Loblaw]

Great Recording!

I really like hearing how the sound changes gradually throughout the second hand sweep.

My EXP 2 3186 sounds exactly like this. Previously I thought the sound was constant and uniform but its nice to hear the complexity.

[ronbo710]

... I've encountered is that sometimes I sleep with my watches on and I can actually hear it ticking through the pillow if my arm is underneath it I know you think I am crazy but it has happened a few times. I know there are probably a few sound engineers laughing right now -Ron

[Time Exposure]

Mine makes a ka-ching sound like an old cash register opening. Or is that just in my head?

[gunny]

The sound is just awesome, thank you for your interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcsifA5hAF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJN_GbcexI8

[TimeOnMyHands]

try to hear a Milgauss....

[Castor]

Originally Posted by grandmasterP

I notice every Rolex I listened to makes a distinct ticking sound, it almost has a ring to it or a chime sound as it's ticking away and you can almost swear you hear all the gears and springs inside.......it's hard to explain but it's like music to your ears when you listen to a healthy Rolex running perfectly.

as compared to every other automatic watch I listened to usually has a slower ticking sound and usually I can only hear the ticking and no tinging sound like a Rolex. a Rolex seems to tick a bit louder than other watches too

I don't know if that makes any sense at all but it has a distinct sound.....lol

That's exactly what mine sounds like... it's almost musical.

[JohnEaton]

Originally Posted by Mephist

I agree!!!

I sometimes put my hand under my head wean going to sleep and listens to the ticking, it got a calming effect on me.

Me too! But my Rolex 'sing' to me, a soft musical pinga-pinga-pinga

[gunny]

Yesterday a fake Rolex was with me:

The sound of a non Rolex:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbJxKEaUYqc

[Tan]

Interesting thread! Thanks for sharing.

[wohlfecc]

This is an interesting idea- using audio signature to identify your own watch, like a Soviet submarine. I bet if you graphed them each would have a slight variation, enough to see it as unique.

[financeman]

Sometimes I put my arm to my ear at night and listen to the ticking. The sound has always been able to put me to sleep. If the ticking is loud enough on some of my less expensive watches, my wife would make me take it off so she could sleep

[Brushpup]

Originally Posted by gunny

Here a little update for your eyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcsifA5hAF4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJN_GbcexI8

Have fun!

Love these and commented on your GMT recording a while back. Really cool to hear this recorded.

[Mickey®]

Originally Posted by gunny

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