Blog posts from Matthew Becker
The making of the Rolex DeepSea Challenge
Rolex’s partnership with National Geographic and traveling to the bottom of the Mariana Trench makes for an epic adventure story complete with its own movie director. Last week, Rolex released on YouTube a video with James Cameron describing how the DeepSea Challenge wristwatch was made. The Rolex DeepSea Challenge is an oversize version of the […]
Today’s lesson for public officials: Get a free Rolex –report it
For public officials, politicians, or celebrities in the public eye, receiving gifts come with strings –a detail that doesn’t affect private citizens. Public officials who have the ability to award contracts (and dollars associated with contracts) and politicians who can wield influence, must report all gifts in order to stay transparent as to whom is […]
Top pro athletes wear Rolex
Rolex Sponsorships in Sports Prized winnings are not fueling the increased revenue for professional athletes. Instead, it is because of the Rolex sponsorships in sports and the skyrocketing television and endorsement deals that are making these athletes very wealthy. Since 1990, Forbes magazine has been tracking the earnings of top athletes. So far, earlier in June, Forbes […]
James Gandolfini and Rolex
James Gandolfini’s passing at the age of 51 evokes a number of images and classic lines from his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO series Sopranos. Vacationing in Rome with his son on a guy’s trip, Gandolfini reportedly suffered a heart attack at around 10:00PM local time. Gandolfini was scheduled to appear at the […]