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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

For this edition of our Then and Now series, we’ve selected one of Rolex’s oldest sports watch models still in production today—the Explorer. Although we’ve clearly demonstrated in our past Then & Now articles that Rolex has a knack for maintaining fundamental design details of a particular watch while still managing to vastly improve the […]

While Rolex watches are—in our opinion—pretty perfect when they come out of the factory in Switzerland, some wearers like to add their own touch to them. There are different ways to customize a Rolex watch from adding gems to PVD coating to engraving and more. Whether you’re into customizing or not, have a look at […]

Welcome to our latest chapter of our Then & Now series where we have a look at the very first reference of a specific Rolex model and compare it to its most recent iteration. Sometimes the resemblances are striking, while other times they look like completely different models. Continuing our journey though Rolex’s history, we […]

Rolex first debuted the Datejust watch in 1945 and since then, the company has made countless versions of their signature dress watch. For instance, there have been plenty of different stainless steel Datejust models produced over the last seven decades. If you’re on the hunt for the perfect pre-owned steel Datejust model but are having […]

For this installment of our Then and Now series where we compare the very first Rolex model with its newest counterpart, we take a look at the Submariner. It’s no secret that the Submariner is one of Rolex’s most coveted sports watch models. Highly recognizable, immensely popular, and just downright cool for many to own […]