Rolex

Someone told me not every Rolex has the upright Rolex Logo, and I believed that, out of 8 I only have this one on the Daytona and one in SD43. They told me I am lucky, am I? Just pure chance to get this occurrence? ...  

I don't know exactly how to phrase it. Some of the crown with the Rolex logo not in this upright position. Just curious to know, why some do and some don't

but not on other Rolex models. Try looking at yours..

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I wound it a few turns manually and it still returned to the same position. ...  

On the other hand, who cares! Kari

Rolexes still represent about the best value on the market. If you pay retail... In general modern Rolex is a wonderfully made watch, very well finished, great bracelets & clasps, robust and accurate. The materials are also first class. Finally, even we "... 

For the money they cost one would expect it!

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I like the fact that it's a sort of clear locked position preventing you to over turn damaging the screw/nut. That's not the case with other high end brands. But I would also appreciate Rolex's extra effort to align this end position with the logo upright... 

In fact, no brands to my knowledge aligns the crowns the correct way up. There are a couple of reasons for this. First is the Daytona use a Triplock. This has a gasket inside the crown everytime you screw it in, which compresses. Over time as the gasket w... 

People often mistake the Royal Oak for having aligned screws on the bezel which of course isnt true.

Same with the engraved casebacks of many watches, so long as the laser engraving is performed BEFORE screwing the caseback onto the watch and engraving it in its final position