Eisenhower’s Datejust didn’t sell. What the WHAT!?
When the hammer fell, the ticker read $475,000. The seller thought for a few seconds, then said, “No sale.” Well… metaphorically, at least. As I reported over on the Timekeeper Forum blog a few months ago, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 18K gold Datejust, the 150,000th chronometer Rolex produced, went on the block at RR […]
Stories
Stories. Every Rolex wearer has one. Some are better than others, of course, but each is unique. One of my favorites is the one a friend tells about the time he crossed paths with a grizzled veteran TV producer wearing a vintage Pepsi GMT-Master. When asked about the watch, the guy allowed as how it […]
Realizing My First Rolex
OK. A lot of you reading this own a Rolex watch. Maybe you own several. Maybe you’re even a collector. But you started somewhere. Someone – maybe your dad or a wife or girlfriend – gave you your first Rollie. Or you bought it for yourself after achieving something big, some milestone in your life. […]
Rolex has us on a knife edge… August 4th 2014 New Release
For a few days now Rolex has updated their home page on Rolex.com to show this beauty. What do we think it is? Well other than obviously a watch, the likelihood that it will be a super desirable watch goes without question. What the picture shows us is an angled shot of a blue looking […]