Rolex is a Swiss luxury watch company founded in 1905 in the city of London by Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis. Rolex is the largest and the most successful luxury watch company on earth. This watch company manufactures close to two thousand watches daily and has an annual revenue of about three billion dollars. It is a fact that Rolex watches are well known all over the world. This watch brand is synonymous with luxury, wealth and of course the art of high end watch making. Billionaires, millionaires, watch collectors and regular folks are fascinated with fame, design and quality of the Rolex watches.
Rolex watches have been advertised in magazines all over the world including the USA. Rolex watches have been even advertised on TV showing stylish and glamour commercials. After all, it is extremely rare to see a wristwatch commercial on TV. Rolex has the most notable and desired list of so called ambassadors (people that are endorsed by Rolex and wear their watches). The list consist of talented and famous people like Placido Domingo, Arnold Palmer, Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Sir Edmund Hilary ,Eric Clapton and Yo-Yo Ma. Rolex is also the official sponsor and time keeper of numerous major sport championships like Wimbledon, Davis Cup, FEI World Equestrian Games, World Golf Championships and The Australian Open. Even infamous James Bond, agent 007, have wore Rolex watch in many of the Bond movies.
Currently Rolex manufactures the following men’s and women’s watch models: President Day-Date, Datejust, Cellini, Submariner, Milgauss,Explorer II, Air King, GMT-Master II, Daytona and Yacht-Master. Rolex manufactures it’s watches in stainless steels, gold and even platinum. Some watch models like President Day-Date and Datejust are even manufactured with diamonds on the dial, bezel and even bracelet. Prices on brand new Rolex watches start from about four thousand dollars for stainless steel Rolex Air King and up to twenty thousand dollars for an eighteen karat gold Rolex President Day-Date. However some unique platinum and diamond covered Rolex watches are priced significantly higher and can sell for tens of thousands of dollars. Rolex manufactures self-winding watch movements for most of it’s watches however some Rolex watches have quartz movement too.
Rolex watch company manufactures watches for various types of people, situations and budgets. For example, President Day-Date, Datejust and Cellini are watch models that are slick, elegant and more business type. However Submariner, Milgauss,Explorer II, Air King, GMT-Master II, Daytona and Yacht-Master are watch models that are sporty, chunky and more casual type. All Rolex watches are always at the top of their group among competition. For example, Rolex Submariner is one of the greatest diver watches ever made to this day and is at the pinnacle of all diver watches. Another example is Rolex President Day-Date which is also famous for its design and quality. President Day-Date is also one of the scarcest luxury business watches in the market.
Rolex watches can be a great gift and even a great investment. Some rare watch models like eighteen karat gold chronographer Daytona can keep it’s resale value and even increase in value over some period of time. It is a fact that Rolex watches are the best at keeping their retail value amongst their competition. Pre-owned watch stores, watch dealers and even watch collectors are eager to buy good quality pre-owned Rolex watches. Infamous Rolex logo is the King’s Crown. They place it on the dial of all o their watches. Rolex watch company have been at the pinnacle of the luxury watch making industry for a long time and never ever gave second thoughts about their status. Rolex is truly the King. You can not go wrong with Rolex.
