How To Use Your Rolex Oyster Perpetual - Set & Change Time | Bob's Watches

Welcome to our new series: tutorial videos on how to use your Rolex watch. Today we’re featuring the Oyster Perpetual. Shop the collection: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-oyster-perpetual-1.html Bob’s Watches is the world’s leading pre-owned Rolex exchange. Click here to shop more secondhand watches from the brand’s catalog: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex/ The Oyster Perpetual is one of Rolex’s most enduring and longest-produced models. It combines two of Rolex’s most innovative features into one straightforward watch, the waterproof Oyster case and the Perpetual movement. The Oyster case was developed in 1926, earning its name after its reliable, waterproof seal and round shape. With its invention came the world’s very first waterproof and dustproof wristwatch dubbed the Rolex Oyster. It was only the first of many Rolex innovations that would eventually shape the watch industry as we know it today. A few years after the Oyster case was released, Rolex also invented the Perpetual movement with self-winding. This technology uses the movement of the wearer’s wrist to power itself. If the watch is strapped to the wrist, the movement does not need to be wound, hence its name “Perpetual.” Today, the Rolex Perpetual movement has evolved in leaps and bounds, offering many functions, including date mechanisms and dual-time options. However, the Oyster Perpetual series keeps it simple with a time-only function featuring three hands to display hours, minutes, and se