Haute Collector Gary Player Talks Special Relationship with Rolex
Gary Player has helped shape golf into the sport it is today. And along for nearly every step on his lifelong journey in professional golf has been Rolex.
Gary Player has helped shape golf into the sport it is today. And along for nearly every step on his lifelong journey in professional golf has been Rolex.
By Victoria Townsend
“I wish I were a woman so I could wear a Serpenti!” Overhearing these words as I entered the Bulgari booth at Baselworld 2016 on my way to meet with the Director of Bulgari Watches Design Centre, Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, I was surprised that the esteemed watch editor who pronounced them (and later confirmed to me) would cite a timepiece known more for its distinctive feminine design than for what makes it tick. My surprises were not over, as I discovered during my time at the booth.