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I've written about accidentally dropping my PML on reddit before here and here.

First thread was after dropping it twice, second one after dropping it three times.

Well, a couple of hours ago, it happened again. I put the watch on my wrist to take a photo, but didn't secure the pin buckle because, hey, what's gonna happen, right? Of course, I raised my arm about chest high and then the watch fell off on the hardwood floor. Straight to the timegrapher and yet again, timekeeping parameters were same as the day I got it 18 months ago.

GO is the true tool watch brand lmao.

Edit: and in case you were wondering, no, it's not beat up to hell after all that. Case and sapphire are intact.

One of my long-standing pet peeves is this myth that Rolex movements are somehow mechanically superior to other watch brands.

Whenever a debate starts about how Rolex can't compete in finishing and hand-crafting with higher tier brands, someone always brings up the argument that yeah, they're machine finished, but holy trinity watches are brittle and will disintegrate when you so much as look at them, as opposed to Rolex which is the epitome of reliability and durability.

Well I'm here to tell you that's false. I just traded in my current gen Rolex Sub because I was completely disappointed in the current 3230 movement. First incident was when my toddler dropped the Sub from a coffee table (so about 50cm in height) on the floor. I put it on my timegrapher and the timekeeping had gone crazy - accuracy from +1 spd to +11spd and beat error to a whopping 1.1ms. So I had to take it in for service to try and restore the original parameters. I honestly expected the "super robust" Rolex Submariner to be able to withstand a shock from such a small height. 6 months after that, it was hit by the dreaded low amplitude issue that a lot of people have reported with the 32xx family of movements (see https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=786299), so I had to service it again. That's when I had enough and traded it in.

I also own a Glashutte Original PanoMaticLunar. This is considered a dress watch, albeit pretty thick at 12.7mm. The finishing on the movement is splendid for the price point, including hand engraved elements. Over 1.5 years of ownership, I had the misfortune of dropping this watch 3 times on the floor from various heights, including a chest-high shelf at one point. Guess what? Absolutely no impact on timekeeping. Runs the same as the day I got it.

In conclusion, Rolex movements are super reliable until you actually test said reliability.