7 Little Secrets of Rolex, Revealed

As a legendary watchmaking brand, many friends are very important to Rolex information, so we are also constantly summarizing and collecting some lesser-known information about Rolex, and today we share with us some of this content.

I. Rolex's image at home and abroad

Mainland Chinese people first recognized Rolex many is due to the Hong Kong police film, the film gangster boss many are wearing a big gold Rolex. Because of the early reform and opening up, Hong Kong film "full" screen, so Rolex in China's earliest image is also about so, tycoon + domineering.

But the image of Rolex in the West is not this posture, compared to the domestic, the implication is much richer, for example, former U.S. President John F. Kennedy's piece of gold Rao is very famous, engraved with "Jack, Marilyn will always love you. May 59, 1962", a watch engraved with a legendary president and a stunning actress between the grudge and love affair! A watch engraved a legendary president and a great actress between the feud and love affair, is also a very fragrant history of the witnesses.

Second, where does the Rolex position come from?

Rolex understanding, or often pay attention to the "watch tribe" content of friends will be clear, Rolex's three most classic creations are known for waterproof Oyster (Oyster) structure, revolutionary active rotor results of the Perpetual (Perpetual) classic, and the dial shows the date of the window "Big Eyes" (Datejust), the author believes that these three creations have established Rolex's legendary position in the watchmaking world. Speaking of which, Rolex's dive watches are very representative, in addition to the classic Submariner series commonly known as the Aqua Ghost, Rolex also has the Deepsea series with even more outstanding diving performance, and the deepest dive record of the wristwatch to date is still maintained by Rolex.

Rolex DEEPSEA Series 116660-98210 black dial watch, active mechanical movement, stainless steel, grade 5 titanium caseback, 60-minute graduated unidirectional rotating bezel with scratch-resistant Cerachrom vitrified bezel, platinum-coated numerals and indexes, 44 mm diameter, water-resistant to 3,900 meters.

In terms of time, it can be said that the Rolex legend began in 1927, when the cross-sea swimmer Mercedes crossed the English Channel wearing her newly launched Oyster waterproof watch, which remained intact after 15 hours in the water, proving that Rolex was the first brand to create a waterproof watch. The Daily Mail called the event "an unattainable miracle" and "the greatest success of watchmaking skill". Of course, in hindsight, we heard that it was a very successful commercial maneuver for Rolex.

Three, Rolex came to Switzerland due to tariffs.

If you ask "Rolex founder Wilsdorf is a German, why should the watch factory be located in Switzerland?" I guess there must be a lot of friends will say, because Switzerland has a strong watchmaking culture, there is a complete industrial chain of the watchmaking industry, Switzerland is very close to Germany, etc. These reasons sound very reasonable at first glance, in fact, are not the most direct reason to promote Rolex to set up a watch factory in Switzerland, directly promote Wilsdorf to move the watch factory from the United Kingdom to Switzerland is the reason for the United Kingdom's relatively high export tariffs, it can be seen that, from the very beginning of the establishment of Rolex is to focus on the world, a country's market, or even a continent's market can not fit in a country. The beginning of the establishment of the factory is to focus on the world, a country's shopping malls, and even a continent's shopping malls can not be loaded with Rolex's "ambition".

Huge expensive (type 116769TBR-74779B, official price of about 4.75 million yuan) a Rolex, but in addition to the massive diamond-setting, it is still a oyster, perpetual, datejust ......

The name Rolex is derived from a good pronunciation.

Unlike many traditional watch brands, Rolex was renamed after its founder just three years later to what it is today, "Rolex", and as mentioned earlier, Rolex is a global brand, and when Mr. Wilsdorf named his Manufacture "Rolex", it was precisely because of its simplicity and readability for customers of all cultures, which is a bit like what mothers and fathers consider when naming their children today. When Mr. Wilsdorf named his Manufacture "Rolex", it was precisely because of the simplicity of the name, in order to make it easy to be read by customers of all cultures, which is a bit like what today's mothers and fathers take into account when naming their children: ease of reading and writing. Sometimes think about it, in order to let others remember their own take a particularly complex name, is not necessarily a particularly desirable thing, because this will bring people to recognize the "trouble", and the true meaning of life is "with others, their convenience.

Er, don't be surprised, although generous face, I am also Rolex, my name is Cellini Prince type series 54419 silver plate watch, active mechanical movement, 18K white gold raw materials, back, diameter 45 * 29 mm, waterproof 100 meters.

Five, Rolex used to make quartz watches.

Many watch enthusiasts are bound to be surprised by this fact, "Oh my God, is this true?" "Isn't this a big deal?" "In order to make money there is no "downline" ah?" In fact, we don't have to be so surprised, there is a famous saying that I don't know who especially got my cousin's heart, "When young people choose to test new things, we have to be open-minded to give us understanding and wishes", understanding and wishes may be too much to ask for, at least we don't have to "bad-mouth each other", right? "We should know that in the 1960s, quartz watches were really a novelty, just like today's smartwatches, but it is just a test, why be so harsh, and because of the small production value, in the world of luxury goods, they are already worth a lot of money.

Once upon a time a Rolex quartz watch, type Oysterquarz Datejust 19018, 18k yellow gold raw materials, from the appearance can also be seen is the quartz version of the log type series, don't laugh at me oh, who has not once upon a time ......

Six, Rolex has created two time zones.

Don't get me wrong, two time zones exist naturally, here of course refers to the watch's two time zones function. Rolex as a benchmark brand in the industry is by no means a misnomer, over the past hundred years from its creation can be said to be no shortage of people, watch brother had to pick up some classic results to share with us. The GMT series of products represented by two time zones is also the earliest creation of Rolex, and as an important miscellaneous function, this great creation at least facilitates many people who often go on cross-country business trips or travel around the world. In short, a master is a master because he has made many classics.

Rolex GMT II 116713-LN-78203, active mechanical movement in intermediate gold (18k yellow gold - stainless steel) with date display and dual time zones, 40 mm diameter, water-resistant to 100 meters.

VII. Hidden Secrets in the Genre

These numbers are the type of watch, they are not only an identity information, there are some unknown "secret" in it, understand some can help us recognize the characteristics of the watch, and even identify fake watches, if the number does not match the characteristics of the watch is of course a fake watch. The last number is simple and easy to remember, let's talk about it.

The famous "GOLDEN LAW" type is 116233, the last "3" means that the watch is made of "inter-gold" or half-gold (18K yellow gold and steel). The last number "0" represents stainless steel, such as the "water ghost" 116610. If it is "8", it means that the raw material used in this watch is 18K yellow gold, the true "Big gold labor", the type of 218238.

The "9" stands for 18K white gold, like this GMT II 116719. "4" stands for 18K white gold and steel, like this beautiful women's watch 179174. "2" stands for platinum and steel, like this 16622. "5 "5" stands for rose gold, like this SKY-DWELLER 326935. The "1" stands for rose gold and steel, as in the case of the Logotype 116201. The "6" stands for platinum, which is now the most prestigious precious metal, as in the case of the Daytona 116506.

Overall: know how much hidden secrets is not important, up posture is not in the amount of information, how much can remember and how much can be used, expect these to further understand and recognize Rolex to assist us.