Blog posts from Andy Callan

The Rolex Datejust series has always had a massively wide-ranging variety of styles. It has been made available in an almost countless number of different metal, bezel type, dial color and bracelet connotations over the years, with the aim of appealing to as broad a potential audience as possible. However in the past, the 34mm […]

If you’re fairly new to the world of Rolex, there’s a chance you have not 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 […]