Rolex caliber 4161

Rolex Caliber 4161

Rolex caliber 4161

Brand Rolex
Caliber Number 4161
Base Caliber 4130
Movement Type Automatic
In-House Yes
Jewels 44
Total Parts 360+
Power Reserve 72 hours
Vibrations Per Hour 28,800
Hacking? Yes
Rotor Direction Bidirectional
Balance
Paramagnetic Oscillator
Shock System Paraflex
Hairspring Parachrom Blue
COSC? Yes
Features Hours, minutes, small seconds, central chronograph seconds, regatta chronograph, 10 minute countdown timer
Country of Manufacture Switzerland
Known Models Yacht-Master II 116680

The Rolex caliber 4161 was introduced at Baselworld 2013 in the all steel/blue Cerachrom bezel upgrade of the Yacht-Master II (116680). The first series of gold Yacht-Master II watches (ie: 116688 and 116689) used the previous caliber 4160. The purpose of the features in the 4161 is to time regatta boat races where the starting sequence can last up to 10 minutes.

The 4161 is based on the Rolex Daytona’s caliber 4130 chronograph movement. It has a column wheel and vertical clutch for allowing the chronograph to start instantaneously.

Rolex says they spend over 35,000 to develop the in-house caliber 4161. It is comprised of over 360 parts. Out of those parts, Rolex says “some of them are made by UV-LiGA, a micromanufacturing technology entirely mastered in-house by Rolex. This technology allows the production of components whose tiny proportions or complex geometry rule out manufacturing by traditional machining methods.”

The caliber 4161 is equipped with Rolex’s own Parachrom hairspring. It is made from a niobium and zirconium alloy, resulting in a hairspring that is anti-magnetic and up to 10 time more resistant to shocks than traditional hairsprings. Rolex marketing brochures claim the 4161 has an accuracy of -2/+2 seconds per day. For this reason, they feel their watches surpass the requirements of a COSC certification, so in 2015 they made their own Superlative Chronometer certification which is issued once the movement has been cased.

Functions as described by Rolex:

Centre hour and minute hands, small seconds hand at 6 o’clock. Programmable countdown with mechanical memory and on-the-fly synchronization. Stop-seconds for precise time setting.

Regatta Countdown Function

The countdown mechanism is constructed using a column wheel that extends through the main plate and a vertical clutch. The mechanism makes it possible for the wearer to program in advance of and official countdown time and then start the timer once the countdown has begun and the mechanism can be programmed to count down 0 to 10 minutes. The countdown feature can be locked and unlocked by twisting the bezel through 90 degrees. The Yacht-Master II was one of the first watches in the world to have a bezel that worked in conjunction with the movement.

If the wearer has started the countdown either too early or too late then the countdown can be synchronized. By pressing the start/stop button, located at the 2 o’clock position, and then pressing the reset button, located at the 4 o’clock position, the minute countdown hand re-positions itself to the nearest minute while the seconds countdown hand returns to 0. –Wikipedia

Regatta Countdown Instructions


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Jim
Jim
6 years ago

Is a column wheel chronograph really better?

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6 years ago

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Roger
Roger
6 years ago

Best information online. Thanks for this post. Yachtmaster 2 is my grail.

Morgan86
Morgan86
6 years ago

Is there anyway to buy a compete 4161 movement?

Wostepper
Wostepper
3 years ago
Reply to  Morgan86

No. You would have to buy an entire Yachmaster II and take the movement out. That’s how. Rolex doesn’t even sell entire calibers to Rolex certified watchmakers with parts accounts.

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4 years ago

[…] starters, the case is bigger, measuring 44mm. The bigger situation accommodates the brand new calibre 4161 perpetual movement, that is done with a characteristic just for the brand new band command bezel as […]

John Flynn
John Flynn
3 years ago

Are there any problems with the earlier caliber 4160? I am looking at buying a 2009 Yachtmaster, but concerned about the older movement.

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