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The Great Escapement – How Rolex helped the British PoWs of WWII
By the beginning of World War II, Rolex SA had already established a reputation as a superior manufacturer of wristwatches. Indeed, many Royal Air Force pilots were replacing their standard-issue watches with a Rolex for their reliability, durability, and accuracy. However, when prisoners of war were interned in the German camps, their wristwatches were confiscated […]
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A Rolex and an Ejector Seat
WWII Nostalgia and Rolex are in the air again. Last week, we shared a story about Gerald Imeson’s Rolex chronograph that is being auctioned off in two days (November 6) and is expecting to fetch between $24,000 to $40,000. Imeson’s watch has fantastic provenance and was worn in the actual Great Escape. Another Rolex watch […]
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Rolex Announces Mentors
From their many years of being a privately held company, Rolex donates a portion of through the Wilsdorf private trust that Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf established after his wife died back in the mid-1960. Wilsdorf established the foundation such that company profits go back into the arts, an area that his wife loved as well […]
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Rolex, POW, and a Great Escape (updated)
Any good story has a great plot complete with setting, conflict that rises throughout the story to some type of climax, then a resolution. The story of the late Lieutenant Gerald Imeson Rolex watch has the same elements. Imeson’s Rolex chronograph is making headlines around the globe because it up for auction on November 6 […]
