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Old 29 May 2018, 12:56 PM   #31
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Who cares, you can't change it anyway.
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Old 29 May 2018, 12:56 PM   #32
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The effort required for Rolex to line up the crown must not be worth the reward.
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Old 29 May 2018, 01:26 PM   #33
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This is just not something that I expect. Can’t even see the crown.

Omega has a patent on some kind of crown alignment but hasn’t made it in any watches.
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Old 29 May 2018, 01:45 PM   #34
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None of mine line up.
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Old 29 May 2018, 01:49 PM   #35
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No clue. I’ve never looked.


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Old 29 May 2018, 01:53 PM   #36
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Old 29 May 2018, 01:55 PM   #37
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My WG sub lines up nicely. My RG YM not so much
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Old 29 May 2018, 02:00 PM   #38
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Old 29 May 2018, 02:04 PM   #39
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Not sure I’ve ever payed attention to it....


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Old 29 May 2018, 02:04 PM   #40
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My BLNR doesn’t but my Exp II does



Not that it matters to me.
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Old 29 May 2018, 02:09 PM   #41
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I know it's not a big deal but sometimes it's neat if your Crown lines up in a uniform position on the watch.

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You can't do much about the crown, but you can take off those stickers before they get too grubby...
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Old 29 May 2018, 02:51 PM   #42
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You can't do much about the crown, but you can take off those stickers before they get too grubby...
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Old 29 May 2018, 03:12 PM   #43
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I can't sleep until I have all my crowns aligned.
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Old 29 May 2018, 05:05 PM   #44
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I was told that they do it on purpose, and then sit around the lunch room and laugh about it.
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Old 29 May 2018, 05:05 PM   #45
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All my rolexes line up differently

I have Exp2 that lined up perfectly until it was serviced at RSC

To be honest ...don’t care about it because as one poster said even if it is aligned as the runner gaskets wear down the the crown will become misaligned


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Old 29 May 2018, 10:44 PM   #46
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2003 lv lines perfectly


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Old 29 May 2018, 10:51 PM   #47
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No idea, that is not where I look to see the time
Have to agree and who the hell is going to look at a winding crown while on the wrist unless owner of watch has extreme OCD.
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Old 29 May 2018, 10:58 PM   #48
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Perfectly upside down.

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Old 29 May 2018, 11:00 PM   #49
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Old 29 May 2018, 11:00 PM   #50
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But its nice to see it though...talks about detail even though its a random thing


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Old 29 May 2018, 11:13 PM   #51
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Mine lines up perfectly, twelve o’clock. I think that over the years as you loosen then tighten the crown it will start to get out of alignment, I try not to over tighten mine.
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Old 29 May 2018, 11:32 PM   #52
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Mine lines up perfectly, twelve o’clock. I think that over the years as you loosen then tighten the crown it will start to get out of alignment, I try not to over tighten mine.
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Old 30 May 2018, 01:54 AM   #53
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Old 30 May 2018, 02:06 AM   #54
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Funny story. On my first Rolex, the crown lines up perfectly. The second one doesn't and when I first got it I brought it to a few ADs who all told me that they don't all line up. I couldn't believe that Rolex would not require the crowns to line up on all models. Anyway, several years later, I finally relented and now see that it is indeed random. Though I still don't like it and the crown SHOULD line up, dammit!
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Old 30 May 2018, 04:06 AM   #55
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I can't sleep until I have all my crowns aligned.
You too? I'm actually in a panic today over how to clean mine. I'm fresh out of unicorn tears and I also can't find the Phoenix feather pillow I strap it around at night in order to keep the caseback from being scuffed up.
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Old 30 May 2018, 04:08 AM   #56
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Funny story. On my first Rolex, the crown lines up perfectly.
There is absolutely no such thing as perfect crown alignment. It doesn't exist.
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Old 30 May 2018, 04:22 AM   #57
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Old 30 May 2018, 04:40 AM   #58
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My crowns line up pretty well.

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Old 30 May 2018, 05:01 AM   #59
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My crowns line up pretty well.








Mine also line up pretty well.




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Old 30 May 2018, 06:05 AM   #60
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Depends how much you tighten it I guess...
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