DSSD -- Very Sissy Bezel

[Dr.B]

They just didn't want you to strain while turning it...

[Ebruner]

Originally Posted by rolexsubdate

On a watch like this, it should have been tighter. Tighter and more rigid would have better suited it ....a bezel that rotates
this easily, gives the entire watch a very toy like feel ....roatating the bezel ruins what ever heft the watch has ....
kind of like most guys in the gym .... huger muscular upperbodies but chicken legs...

How many dives have you logged with all those watches to form those opinions?

-Eddie

[Jonathan007]

His opinion I suppose.

Excellent time piece in my book.

[rolexsubdate]

It is a great watch but I bet you more guys would like it if theirs was stiffer .... I mean their bezel on the DSSD ...am I right or am I right

The new ball bearing technology has taken a little bit of machismo out of it ...
Plus had it turned a little more stiffly, it would have given the owner a psychological feel that this bezel is designed to track your dive time and your life depends on it ....that's why it is stiff and takes a little more force because a lot is riding on it ....

[Ebruner]

Way too sissy.


-Eddie

[rolexsubdate]

Originally Posted by bayerische

Water pressure won't change the resistance, since water pressure on the bezel will come from all directions onto the bezel...

Water pressure is strictly from top down, not from the sides. There is some nonzero side pressure but watches are designed to take pressure from above that directly impacts the crystal ....

If water pressure came from all directions, it will cancel each other out .... then a 20cent mickey mouse watch would survive the same depth as the $7000 DEEPSEA .....so why not just take the mickey mouse watch down there?

[bayerische]

The pressure on the bezel comes from all sides. Water gets in at the back of the bezel too, between the actual case. Just like on the human body, it's not cancelled out, it's still there, but it doesn't make resistance to move something higher.

[bayerische]

Rolexsubdate you are not comprehending what I'm saying. Water pressure does come from all sides... It's not about canceling out, that can't be done...

The mickey watch fails because it can't resist the pressure from the water.

[Ebruner]

Originally Posted by rolexsubdate

Water pressure is strictly from top down, not from the sides. There is some nonzero side pressure but watches are designed to take pressure from above that directly impacts the crystal ....

If water pressure came from all directions, it will cancel each other out .... then a 20cent mickey mouse watch would survive the same depth as the $7000 DEEPSEA .....so why not just take the mickey mouse watch down there?

You don't have a very good comprehension of pressure at depth. You may want to stop before you make yourself look any less informed.

-Eddie

[OLJR]

I guess that the important thing is that there is sufficient resistance in there to make sure that the bezel does not turn too easily of its own accord.

[rolexertion]

So the older guy goes to the doctor and says, while raising his arm, 'It hurts if I do this'. The doctor says, 'Don't do that'.

Realistically, if the bezel is too loosey-goosey, leave it alone. If it took you six months to notice it, you must not have much occasion to use it.

[rolexertion]

Originally Posted by rolexsubdate

Water pressure is strictly from top down, not from the sides. There is some nonzero side pressure but watches are designed to take pressure from above that directly impacts the crystal ....

Wow. That's amazing. I did not realize that. I guess if you're diving at 7,000 feet you had better be very careful not to tilt your wrist over to the side. And hydraulic brakes only work if the lines run in perfectly straight paths from the master cylinder to the brake pads.

Just to be clear, your post was sarcastic humor, right?

[dalip]

Originally Posted by The GMT Master

I would disagree, I think it feels refined, that thing moves silkily smoothly. It feels like it's been overengineered, just like every other aspect of the watch

Exactly how I feel about mine.

[cr6man]

Originally Posted by directioneng

Sissy Rolexsubdate should feel how smoothly the cylinder spins on a 44 magnum.

UH,OH....you said "44 Magnum" Yah. it DOES kinda feel like my S&W 44.....

[Hypermotard]

It is the perfect ratchet mechanism with a very refined sound almost like a dupont lighter or a safe in the movies :)
It does the watch justice and it sounds like there is more going on than just a ratchet spring like in other professional models.
It feels like there was some serious engineering invested unlike the 1 cent ratchet spring in our older models.
My 2 cents

[dnagwhogas]

Originally Posted by jessiethe3rd

Please send me that sissy watch and I'll train it to be a man on my wrist... bear in mind it's an extensive program - time frame for full completion of my program is 1 - 2 years.

LOL....HILARIOUS!