Blog posts from Ed Estlow
Gem and Jewelry Shows – Where Fine Watches Hide
OK! For the next week or so, we’re going to try something new: live blogging from a major trade show. As this blog post is going up on the Beckertime blog, I’m winging my way to Tucson, Arizona. Every year about this time, Tucson turns into one giant gem and jewelry trade show. About 40 […]
Rolex’s Big Kahuna, Part 2
In this post we’re picking up where we left off with the Submariner history last week. The history of the Submariner morphs into the history of the Sea-Dweller rather smoothly. Or perhaps we should say, the Sea-Dweller branches off the Submariner line like a mathematical tangent. There’s nary a bump to let you know you’ve […]
Rolex’s Big Kahuna, Part 1
And now we come to it folks. Rolex’s most iconic (yes the term is overused, but this is where it fits) model, the Submariner. People everywhere know it. Even people who know nothing about watches know it. James Bond wore one before movie product placement was a thing. So did Steve McQueen. In fact in […]
Rolex Was On A Tear With The Sky-Dweller
In our last post we talked about the relatively recent release of the Yacht-Master II. Like the Yacht-Master II, the Sky-Dweller is so new, there’s no real history to talk about. But, also like its stable mate, the Sky-Dweller made history of its own for Rolex. With 14 new patents on the ledger, Rolex released […]