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[AP Question] Why don't the Royal Oak screws in the back line up? (www.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by FivePoppedCollarCool@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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https://imgur.com/a/fvf9Srd

Picture shows the back and the front. The front screws line up perfectly. The back screws are all over the place.

Why can't they do something to make the back screws line up as well? I'm pretty sure the screws in the front and back aren't connected. So whatever they do to make the front line up they should be able to do for the back, no?

It's a very small issue but considering how much this watch is, as well as the commitment to precision/detail-orientation, this is something that really bothers me every time I see it...

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[–] yachius@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The screws in the front and the back ARE connected, the part you see can see on the front is a stationary bolt with male threads and the screw from the back is a female chicago screw that threads onto it. This makes the whole watch a “sandwich” design and there is quite a bit of engineering in the RO that was very innovative when it was designed.

The real question is why the front “screws” have slots at all, they’re purely decorative and the head of the bolt is a hex that forces alignment with the watch case. In fact the shaft of the bolt isn’t even aligned with the hex head of the bolt, it couldn’t be turned even if wasn’t captive.

https://preview.redd.it/2eo1swqnccwb1.jpeg?width=1756&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=207e3d540384eaaf30afa3405daad460276e10c5