Blogs for News, Reviews, Trends, & Stories About Rolex Watches

The Beckertime Brand Series: Richard Mille

In an industry where some of the most important players can trace their roots back two centuries or more, the disruptive brand of Richard Mille is positively embryonic. Specializing in ultra high end, aesthetically bold timepieces with unique technological flair, the manufacture has drawn its visual inspiration not from horological history, but rather from high-tech […]

The Richard Mille RM056

It could be argued that any watch from that great industry shaker-upper, Richard Mille, is more about the spectacle than anything else, but the RM056 manages to take even their eccentricities to all-new heights. Originally released in 2012, and limited to just 5 pieces (the reasons for which will be made clear (ha!) as we […]

Review: The Rolex Turn-O-Graph ref. 16253

Rolex’s Turn-O-Graph is something of an oddity in the collection. No longer being produced, it was launched during the brand’s 1950s heyday, initially as a standalone model, and one which acted as inspiration behind that era’s biggest release, the Submariner. The debut reference, the ref. 6202, was the first serially-produced Rolex to feature a rotating […]

The History of Rolex Pilot’s Watches

It is really a matter of opinion over which genre Rolex is most famous for; diving watches or pilot’s watches. In the canon there are true icons of each, but the brand’s relationship with aviation actually stretches back further. Although they can’t claim to be the first manufacturer to develop a wristwatch designed specifically for […]

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