5 Facts Every Watch Lover Should Know About Rolex
No debate. Rolex is nowadays the “king of watches“. It might easily be the most influential, most known and most collectible watch brand to date. According to Forbes, “Rolex is the leading name in luxury wristwatches” and the most valuable brand only focused on watchmaking. There are dozens of histories and rumors about the brand and yet, even with such influence, some facts are still unknown from collectors. Here are 5 facts every watch lover should know about Rolex.
Some weeks, the Wind Down is full of momentous news and calamitous happenings. Brands being sold, records broken – that sort of thing. This is not one of those weeks. We’re in the eye of the SIHH/Baselworld storm, and, on the surface at least, everything is calm. At this point we’re going to get all choose-your-own-adventure on you. Do you a: Enjoy this moment of peace, and pour yourself something light and sparkly? Or do you b: Hunker down in the corner with a tankard of foul-smelling swill and mutter cantankerously about ‘trouble-a-brewin’ in a thick rural accent. Either way, read on. What happened Depending on your relationship status, Tuesday was a day of blissful romance or a gross commercial exploitation of love. To celebrate, our homesick French intern Elise penned a note to the Swiss watch industry… but was it a bawdy love letter, or a breakup? Later in the week, perhaps in a moment of remorse, Elise convinced us to run a little comp, giving away a love letter writing kit (basically a bottle of great red wine, a fancy pen and a posh notebook) to the viewer who could identify all the watches shown in her video. This proved to…