Tool Watch Time: Rolex Watches for Sailing
From diving to motorsports to flying to exploring, Rolex has a knack for creating watches for a specific niche in mind that quickly become appealing to a much wider audience. And it’s no different with their Rolex watches for sailing. Rolex’s roots in the world of sailing stretch back to the 1950s when the brand […]
Then and Now: The First Oyster Perpetual Date vs. The Current Oyster Perpetual Date
For this edition of our Then and Now series, we’re diving into an often overlooked and misunderstood watch model: the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date model. Sometimes confused with the larger Datejust or the manual-wound Oysterdate, the Oyster Perpetual Date is, in fact, its own collection. It is also one of the oldest Rolex models still […]
Celebrities Who Wear the Rolex GMT-Master Watch
This was certainly the year of the Rolex GMT-Master. The Swiss watchmaking giant launched not just one but three new GMT-Master II models at Baselworld 2018, continuing the legacy of Rolex’s famous pilot watch. With an appealing blend of looks and practicality, the GMT-Master lineup has been one of Rolex’s most popular watch collections since […]
The Watch Collector Series: Original Versus Customized
One of the defining characteristics of many of the watch series’ in the Rolex collection is the vast range of options in which each one is offered. Models such as the Day-Date and Datejust have scores of different configurations of bezel design, dial color and bracelet type. There are so many, in fact, that it […]