Cortébert, Rolex, Panerai & Molnija

Στο Instagram account μου ανέβασα το παρακάτω θέμα. Δεν θα το μεταφράσω … το κάνω copy & paste όπως το ανέβασα.

Did you know that there is a connection between Cortébert, Rolex, Panerai and Molnija movements?


Look at the similarities


From left to right:
a 1940's Rolex movement cal. 618, an old Molnija 15j movement, a Cortebert cal. 624 movement and a Cortebert cal. 616 movement

Cortébert
Cortébert was a Swiss watch brand, manufacturing their own movements and supplying movements to other companies such as Rolex.

Rolex
Rolex sourced those movements from Cortébert and just branded them Rolex.

Panerai
On the other hand side Rolex made Panerai watches which were equipped with Cortébert calibers. Rolex-made Panerai watches of Ref. 3646, 6152, 6154 and 6152/1 were equipped with Cortébert Cal. 618 16 Ligne pocket watch movements specifically made for Rolex.

A Rolex Cortebert in a Panerai is known as the 'Holy Cow' among the Paneristi, and it is now priced at € 40000-80000

Molnija
In the early 1920s, Cortébert was approached by Soviet Russia for assistance in establishing a watch industry in Russia.

In 1926, Cortebert was already part of the Ebauches SA consortium in which all relevant raw material manufacturers were represented —> UNITAS, ETA...

After the development of the Unitas caliber, the Cortebert machines were sold to Molnija, who made a copy of the Cortébert's 16 Ligne Cal. 620 as Molnija 3602.

The Molnija movement is a copy of a Cortebert movement as used in Rolex watches from around 1940 and they kept pretty much the same movement design until 2007 with just minor changes.

In other words the Molnija movement was originally a Swiss Cortébert movement.



Cortébert


Rolex

Rolex for Panerai


Molnija 3602

Δηλαδή με ένα Molnija 3603 (~ 30€) μπορούμε να κάνουμε vintage homage Panerai και Rolex ιδιοκατασκευές.

Εγώ θα προσπαθήσω να φτιάξω το παρακάτω very very rare Rolex…





Dial: έχω βρει έναν Ουκρανό ο οποίος μπορεί να φτιάξει το dial.

Watch cases incl. crown & stem για Molnija υπάρχουν… Rolex crown εδώ έχει λιγάκι δουλειά.


Μηχανισμός (έχω ήδη πάρει 3, 2x 3602 και 1x 3603)






Δείκτες: ψάχνω ….

Dude, you are crazy!

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Ας αρχίσουμε με αυτήν την ιδιοκατασκευη μέχρι να δούμε τι θα γίνει με το „Rolex project“.
 

Μηχανισμός Molnija 3602







Τι λέτε;

Update:  Project „Rolex Ref. No. 2533“



Η κάσα ήρθε προχθές

Οι δείκτες σήμερα








Το dial θα το πάρω την άλλη εβδομάδα.

Τον μηχανισμός Molnija 3603 τον έχω εδώ και ένα μήνα.


Εάν πάνε όλα καλά …. σύντομα θα είναι έτοιμο το ρολόι …. which Rolex never built/sold!

Όπως έγραψα και στο Instagram:

„The image above is from a 1935 Rolex catalog. It shows a 47mm Rolex [Reference 2533] wrist watch with soldered on lugs and lumed hands and lumed indices.

This Rolex was never built/sold due to the fact that a 47mm wristwatch in 1935 would have looked so unusually large and thus, strange.“

Τι κάνανε λοιπόν οι „marketing μάγκες“ της Rolex:
απλώς αλλάξανε το dial και πούλησαν το ρολόι (κάσα, μηχανισμό, δείκτες και με το νέο dial) πακέτο στην Panerai.

The rest is history ….

Dude, you are crazy!

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Yes, I am crazy about mysterious things.