BeckerTime BLOG

As with every year, 2020 saw Rolex give with one hand and take away with the other. The Geneva-based giant furnished us with a slew of new watches, or at least, new takes on already established names. But at the same time, a number of pieces were quietly relegated to the history books; among them, […]

Although easily, and by some distance, the world’s most recognizable luxury watchmaker, Rolex has long had a reputation for being conservative. Their watches have an overall traditionalism to their design, with none of the outlandish eccentricities of the likes of, say, Richard Mille or Urwerk. Even other mainstream manufacturers, Omega or Breitling for example, tend […]

There’s a definite pecking order at work within Rolex’s portfolio—a sort of hierarchy of popularity which tends to dictate how often a certain model will receive an upgrade in design or mechanism. Top of the shop has long been (and will likely continue to be) the most iconic tool watch models. So the Daytona, the […]

By far the biggest shock to emerge from Rolex this year, and for the last few years for that matter, is the latest addition to their world beating GMT-Master II range. In fact the watch, launched at the 2022 Watches & Wonders exhibition, favored us with not one, but two surprises. The Sprite? The Grinch? […]