Rolex Decades: The ‘50s Day-Date Versus the ‘60s Day-Date
Rolex’s Day-Date entered the collection in 1956 and has remained the premier offering from the world’s leading watchmaker ever since. Like the Datejust, from which it took over flagship duties upon its release, the Day-Date was a revelation; the first waterproof, automatically winding wristwatch to display the day of the week written out in full. […]
Rolex at Watches & Wonders 2023
Each March, the nerd-a-palooza that is Watches & Wonders, formerly known as SIHH, rolls into Geneva, trailing dozens of the world’s leading horology brands in its wake. The trade show of the watch and jewelry industry, it has become the El Primero event on the circuit, and is now the largest expo of its kind […]
Rolex at Watches & Wonders 2023 (Part 2)
Rolex came to Watches & Wonders in Geneva this year with a hatful of new models: so many, in fact, that we have had to split our report on them all in two. In the first post, we covered the new Daytona (celebrating its 60th birthday), the new size Explorer (a watch celebrating its 70th […]
Rolex Decades: The 2010s Explorer Versus the 2020s Explorer
Rolex’s understated and underappreciated Explorer is arguably the watch which has been the least altered throughout its extremely long life. Pretty much all of its most significant identifying features—the 36mm case, the soft tonneau shape and, of course, the 3/6/9 markers—were set in place from the outset and then left well alone for the next […]