How a guard repair expert saved a destroyed Rolex

In the Grand Central Watch, a repair workshop in Midtown Manhattan, the owner Wilson Masache carefully inspects a Rolex Explorer II that was burned in an apartment fire. The clock is a tragedy: more charred than the crust of a wooden pizza. From the blackened dial to the dysfunctional movement inside, the watch requires comprehensive restoration. The Explorer II is a particularly interesting project for Masache who has the task of treating it as his personal ship of thesus. The watch is also the star of our new Watch-Dedicated series. The movement.

The movement promotes his debut GQThe YouTube channel today. The series goes through the restoration of a watch – in this case a chard Rolex – in a careful detail. In the course of almost 40 minutes, you will not only have a witness how Masache brings the Rolex back to life, but also find a comprehensive overview of what makes this Explorer something special and how luxury watches like IT work.

The first episode begins with a close -up of our protagonist: the Rolex Explorer II. The series enlarges the microscopic parts that watchmakers have to process like Masache, and describes all the sensitive maneuvers that he executes to protect them. Special tools are specially covered for working on Rolex watches such as a movement holder, and even the easy removal of rusted hands requires layers of protective materials before they are separated from the rest of the dial.

The movement Play a dramatically destroyed watch, but when you look at the show, you will understand timepieces in general. During the entire episode, information boxes appear to describe what they see when the clock is broken down and put together again. It is cool to see how a burned watch returns to life, but even more satisfactory when you realize that you have learned what a cannon pin is doing or why a luxurious Swiss watch sometimes has to take a sound bath.