WITHDRAWN: Rolex Submariner 14060 Random Serial Blue Parachon Spring

[boojiking]

Rolex 14060 M Random Serial from 2011 with Blue Parachon Spring. Supplied with all boxes booklets and named and dated warranty card from Canadian AD. No deep marks or dings anywhere. Folding clasp is still tight and the bracelet has no stretch or marks with some plastic still attached. All pictures are taken today by me and they accurately describe the condition of the watch and clearly show the Blue spring. Lots of positive and two negative feedbacks on the forum and as usual another minty Rolex specimen at a ridiculously high asking of $8000 plus shipping. No trades unless it is a Daytona.

 

[boojiking]

Booji Deal !!! Time to launch this one $6750 no trades. Not too many like this one around.

 

[boojiking]

On hold for Gary

 

[boojiking]

Back on the market lots of questions about the Blue parachon spring here is the answer. Yes it is actually blue
ROLEX has developed and patented a new hairspring called PARACHROM. This hairspring is made of a niobium, zirconium and oxygen alloy. It has been used for the Cosmograph Daytona starting from 2000.

In 2005 a blue-coloured version was introduced for the new GMT Master II and the Cosmograph Daytona. It has an even better performance as regards to long-term stability. This blue version has also been patented.

The hairspring and balance form an oscillator, the regulating organ of the watch. This oscillator is the guardian of time. The precision of the watch is determined by the regularity of its oscillations. The requirements of this regularity are very great since measuring the time with a precision of 1 second per d ay is like measuring a distance of 1 km to within 1 cm.

To guarantee this extreme precision, the torque must be as constant as possible regardless of the temperature to which the watch is submitted. It is for this reason that only a few, very special materials can be used for the hairspring.

Commonly used alloys have an iron – nickel – chromium base. These alloys are ferromagnetic and so have two major drawbacks: they make the hairspring susceptible to magnetic fields and to shocks.

ROLEX has developed a new family of alloys with a niobium – zirconium – oxygen base know as PARACHROM, which is up to ten times less susceptible to shocks and absolutely unaffected by magnetic fields.

The registered name comes form the fact that the alloy is paramagnetic and that it is coloured (CHROM in Greek).

This development required 5 years of research by physicists and materials engineers and called for the most advanced observation and analysis techniques. It resulted in the filing of applications for two patents, one for the protection of the chemical composition of the alloy, the other the way of modifying the surface of the hairspring to stabilize its properties (blue colouring). The blue colour of the hairspring increase the prestige of the watch. As a matter of fact, in the history of watch making, bluing a hairspring was an operation done only for the most accurate and sophisticated watches.

 

[boojiking]

It Seems that the value in the rarity of this 14060 with the blue spring has not been realized as yet so it's off the market. Thanks for everyone's interest and great questions.

 

[boojiking]

Up again.$6749
Please note this watch has no dents dings marks or damage to the case bezel crystal or bracelet and has not been serviced nor has the top of the lugs or bracelet been brushed or refinished.
The shiny sides of the case near the lug holes were lightly touched up by a Rolex Ad as there were light marks on the shiny sides near the lug holes.

 

[boojiking]

Withdrawn. Thanks for all your interest.