Rolex

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Rolex was born in London in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis, a firm of Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis that imported Swiss movements. The brand was registered in 1908 and the company moved to Geneva in 1919. Its fame rests on three ideas: the waterproof Oyster case of 1926, automatic rotor winding from 1931 and a collection of professional watches born in the 1950s. Since 1960 it has belonged to the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, so it is not part of any group.

Models in the Archive

38

Lines

19

Median diameter

40 mm

Most common type

Dive