How much do You know about the Rolex Chromalight Display?

What is the Rolex Chromalight Display, and what's so special about it? Why did Rolex introduce the Rolex Chromalight Display in 2008? How did Rolex manufacture the Chromalight Display? What was the first Rolex model with the Chromalight Display?

How much do you know about the Rolex Chromalight Display?

• What is the Rolex Chromalight Display?

• Why did Rolex introduce the Chromalight Display?

• How did Rolex manufacture the Chromalight Display?

• What was the first Rolex model with the Chromalight Display?

• When did Rolex improve the Chromalight Display?

What is the Rolex Chromalight Display?

The Rolex Chromalight Display is a luminescent material that emits a blue glow in dark conditions. The luminosity duration of the Rolex Chromalight Display can last up to eight hours. It is more than double the time of traditional phosphorescent material. The intensity of the luminosity is more consistent over the entire emission time.

Why did Rolex introduce the Chromalight Display?

Rolex introduced the Chromalight Display in 2008. The luminosity duration of the Rolex Chromalight Display can last up to eight hours. It is more than double the time of Super-LumiNova.

Rolex began using the Luminova in 1998 and upgraded to Super-LumiNova on the watches in 2000. Rolex furnishes other sports watches such as the Submariner, Daytona, and GMT-Master II with Chromalight Display rather than Super-LumiNova since 2008.

How did Rolex manufacture the Chromalight Display?

The Rolex Chromalight Display luminescent material is an ultra-fine powder containing aluminium, strontium, dysprosium and europium. It will go through a high-temperature reaction process, forming the phosphorescent properties. The photons are the elementary particles that make up light.

The Rolex watchmaker will mix the luminescent powder with liquid resin and applied by hand to the components.

What was the first Rolex model with the Chromalight Display?

The Rolex Deepsea Sea-Dweller 116660 was the first Rolex model with the Chromalight Display. The hands, hour markers and other display elements produce a blue glow in dark conditions.

When did Rolex improve the Chromalight Display?

Rolex improved the Chromalight Display in 2021. The new luminescent material makes the intensity of the blue glow emitted last longer and have a brighter white hue in daylight.

Rolex applied the new Chromalight Display to the Explorer 124270, Explorer 124273 and Explorer II 226570.