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Quick Facts
- The first watchmaker to earn chronometer certification for a wristwatch
- Rolex has the record for the most certified chronometer movements in wristwatches
- Rolex helped developing quartz watch movements
- Rolex brought out the first self-winding watch in 1931
- Rolex has watches suitable for deep-sea diving, mountaineering, and aviation
Expert summary
Rolex is a very famous Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches and accessories. Rolex watches have grown into status symbols. It is also the largest single luxury watch brand today producing about 2000 watches per day. The estimated total revenues come to about US$3 billion. Business Week magazine places Rolex among the 100 most important global brands. Rolex was founded in 1905 by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in London. The trademark ‘Rolex’ was registered in 1915. The company was moved to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1919. The company is owned by a private trust. It was Rolex that made the first waterproof watch case, the first watch with date on the dial, and the first watch showing time zones.
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Rolex Milgauss 2007
he perfect watch for people in Telecommunications, Aerospace Industry, Medical Imaging and Research Laboratories, and similar industries expossed to magnetic fields is the Rolex Milgauss. Rolex’s Milgauss fights against the magnetic fields that interfere with the performance and preciseness of fine timepieces. So due to the Rolex’s resistance you can count on precise and reliable function for as long as you own this magnificent piece of work. -
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Purchased this book and read it cover-to-cover. Refer to it regularly as well. Solid reference, but all images are in B&W and would be MUCH more effective in color, even if cost would be more. B&W is simply not a good substitute for color when dealing with images of watch dials, watch movements, inscriptions on watches, and comparison's between real and counterfeit Rolexes where the subtleties are important. Book needs editing and polishing -
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