Blog posts from Andy Callan

Rolex has been around now for well over a century, and has been the most recognizable watchmaker on the planet for the vast majority of that time. Through a blend of amazing inventiveness, impeccable design, innovative marketing and an almost impenetrable veil of mystery shrouding their operations, they have become a source of endless fascination […]

Have you ever met anyone who has never heard the name Rolex? Me, either. The brand has such a renowned global standing that everyone, old or young, rich or poor, recognizes it immediately, whether they have the least interest in horology or not. It is by far the world’s most valuable watchmaker, worth somewhere in […]

Trying to predict what the world’s most successful watchmaker will come up with year after year is something even the most knowledgeable horology experts admit is far more about luck than judgment. Rolex is notoriously fanatical about safeguarding its secrets. Typically, anyone bragging about having the inside scoop on the goings-on in Geneva is usually […]

If the Submariner and GMT-Master are Rolex’s Lennon and McCartney, then the Milgauss is most definitely the George Harrison. All released around the same time, the world’s favorite diver and the world’s favorite traveler have been overshadowing their dark horse band mate for the last 60-plus years. A watch created especially for scientists was never […]