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24 April 2019 |
ROLEX,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2019,
A few months before Baselworld 2019's official opening, most watch forums and a few digital magazines (mainstream media looking for increasing their organic traffic) envisioned that the Rolex GMT Master 2 116710 BLNR, else said the Rolex Batman, was close to being anytime soon discontinued. That story proved to be ...
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30 December 2018 |
ROLEX,
Two thousand eighteen will be regarded as one of the craziest years in Rolex's history, from a commercial point of view. If we take a screenshot of the last five years and the watches the brand has released at each edition of Baselworld, nothing is comparable to what happened when ...
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05 October 2018 |
ROLEX,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2017,
Although the last years were, in ROLEX language, pretty much focused on the arrival of the new Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600, the new Rolex Yacht-Master 40mm 116621 Two Tone Everose Steel Chocolate Dial, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona Steel and Cerachrom and, this year, the Rolex Deepsea 126660 and, above all, the ...
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29 September 2018 |
ROLEX,
In the watch industry, it usually takes one or two names (the founders, for example) or a town's name (Glashütte Original) to make a brand's name. This is the case with Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai or some modern brands such as Bell & Ross. Have you ever wondered what's behind the origin of the name ...
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22 September 2018 |
ROLEX,
30 minutes on the wrist,
In the photo studio,
Baselworld 2016,
The Yacht-Master 40mm 116621 Two Tone Everose Steel Chocolate Dial: the unconventional choice While focusing on a policy aimed at continuously improving models and collections, with the aid of Jean-Frèdèric Dufour’s energy and leadership, Rolex has come up with a new Yacht-Master 40mm collection that didn’t exactly represent the first buying option ...
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21 September 2018 |
ROLEX,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2016,
Rolex is not just about the Oyster models When it comes to Rolex, imagination runs wild towards the various Oyster models; the Deepsea 126660, the Sea-Dweller 126600 and this year the GMT Master II “Pepsi” 126710 BLRO too. There are also the stainless steel Daytona and the gold Daytona, or even the stainless steel Sky-Dweller. ...
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02 September 2018 |
ROLEX,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
In the year in which the new Rolex GMT Master II Pepsi and the Root-Beer are launched - both in Rolesor and in full gold - professional diver’s watches like the new Rolex Deepsea make their entrance on the sly. The Rolex Oystersteel Deepsea was presented in 2008 and I ...
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14 July 2018 |
ROLEX,
30 minutes on the wrist,
MacroMonday,
Baselworld 2016,
The Naming of a Rolex timepiece Is there a reason why some of Rolex’s new collections added a digit at the end of their model name that designates the diameter of the timepiece? There could be different answers to this question and this rule is, however, not always applied: take for example ...
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06 July 2018 |
ROLEX,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2016,
Some years ago, I almost bought a Rolex Air King reference 114234 but the 34mm-diameter case represented (and still does) a psychological limit I couldn't possibly overcome, probably because of the size of my wrist that equals 20cm approximate. That blue dial with its big applied Arabic numbers in an ...
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07 June 2018 |
ROLEX,
Auctions,
Once again it is still "The King of Cool" to steal the scene of watches auction - a man worshiped by world-famous sportsmen like Valentino Rossi, who is also famous for his daring movie scenes on board cars and motorcycles (actions that he used to perform himself). A few days ago ...
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