Five More Reasons To Be Proud Of Your Rolex
When you wear a Rolex, you sometimes feel like you’ve got a target on your back – or, more accurately, on your wrist. Plenty of people admire your watch, but plenty have a real dislike for the brand. They think the brand is too blah, too over-rated. Too over-priced. Maybe they think wearing one telegraphs […]
Yet Another Rolex-Only Auction
Berlin auction house Auctionata is holding a Rolex-only auction next Tuesday. Out of 94 watches going on the block, there are some interesting pieces here, including a couple of Oman watches, and a couple of pocket watch chronographs. The obligatory Daytonas and vintage Subs (red and regular) are here, and a GMT or two. Datejusts […]
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 […]