BeckerTime BLOG

To run alongside our series on the Rolex holy grail watches, those extremely rare and, usually, incredibly valuable pieces that you might come across once or twice in a lifetime, we’ve decided to root through the brand’s extensive archives and take a look at some of the models that are most definitely heading in that […]

An unqualified triumph, even by the standards of the most successful watchmakers of all time, the Rolex GMT-Master series has long been the benchmark by which all other dual time zone watches are measured. Starting life in the 1950s and developed in conjunction with Pan-Am Airways, the first of the breed, the ref. 6542, was […]

You can forgive the Swiss watchmaking industry for dragging its feet when the quartz era dawned. An industry centuries in the making, they had brought mechanical timepieces to an unheard of level of sophistication. They forged movements that were both at the cutting edge of technology and a highly expressive art form. By comparison, the […]

While it may have the reputation for never letting the grass grow under its feet in terms of technical development, Rolex could never be accused of tinkering with its designs just for the sake of it. If they develop a significantly improved process or system or material that will genuinely add something to one of […]