Blog posts from Andy Callan

If you’re fairly new to the world of Rolex, there’s a chance you won’t have heard of the name Turn-O-Graph. It is a model no longer in the collection, the final reference retiring in 2011. However, it is also a watch with a great deal of history, and is one of the true originators within […]

Gold has been used in watchmaking for as long as watches have been made. In fact, its role in horology far predates the invention of the clock, with the precious metal found in the very earliest time measurement devices of various ancient cultures—the sundials and clepsydras of China and Babylonia. Prized for both its visual […]

Theoretically, a watch dial can be any color you want, and over the years Rolex has used most of them. The tone chosen goes far beyond just having a nice face to look at and speaks volumes about the wearer’s own sensibilities and tastes. It is, in many ways, the most important aspect of a […]