This one features a Rolex 1580 caliber self-winding replica brand watches movement, and original silver face.The story, and thus the derivation of this watches nomenclature, goes as follows.In 1954 Rolex released this watch in an attempt to corner a very concentrated niche market, those people who work in and around strong magnetic fields.This included people that worked in powerplants and research labs.A "gauss" is a measurement unit for magnetic activity in the air, and this watch could withstand a magnetic field of 1000 gauss without any interruption in its movement's accuracy, hence the name "Milgauss".
Other brands later followed suit, as is common with innovative ideas from Rolex, and IWC produced their Ingenieur, Patek their Amagnetic, and Omega their Railmaster to compete in this small, obscur market.As you can imagine, there aren't replica Gucci watch too many lab technicians or powerplant workers that can afford or even have interest in a Rolex, and it was the slowest selling model in the Rolex lineup for almost 20 years.Just this year it was reintroduced with a variety of updates and it is now a very hot seller, but mostly because it represents a unique take on a pretty standard Rolex design.Here is your chance to own an original.
Click here to see the details of this great 1970 Rolex Milgauss. Hodinkee in Rolex, Rolex Milgauss, Rolex Oyster, Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Vintage Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 1:35PM There is vintage and then there is retro, the Breitling we have here is one that is both.This chronograph called the "Chrono-Matic" is nothing if not interesting replica watch gift looking.The oval surrounding the two sub-dials is something we don't see too often (although we would really like to), and the multi-colored face give this Breitling a really cool look.This watch is 100% Breitling, even though it doesn't fit into the Navitimer familiy which we so often praise.
