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An all-white version of the original is now available.
Rolex is a universally desired brand, by watch fanatics, fledgling collectors, and people who know nothing about 'movements' alike. Take a glance at the new Yacht-Master 42, and it's easy to understand why. Unveiled at Baselworld 2019 (that's the big watch fair in ...
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As the dust settles from the recently concluded Baselworld 2019, we round up the watch brand’s latest mouthwatering releases along with those that deserve a place on every collector’s wish list.
Every year, in the month of March, the watch cognoscenti descends upon the city of Basel, Switzerland for the Olympics of the horological universe, a.k.a. Baselworld—and this time, Rolex wowed the crowd by unveiling its assortment of the newest Rolex watches for ...
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Both produce beautiful watches with their own strengths and following, but the key to understanding each is to look at the differences and similarities.
“Rolex and Tudor are owned by the same company, you know,” a very stylish man once casually said to me, and honestly, my mind was blown. Perhaps this is common knowledge, but to someone who, at the time, was completely watch-uninitiated, the ...
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A true watch fan will be able to tell the timepiece you’re wearing (and measure your net worth) with little more than a passing glance at your wrist. Here is a rundown of the telltale giveaways that distinguish an essential watch from the pack.
After a few drinks at a 50th Anniversary Homecoming Reunion (you know how we love those), a man who was easily 20 years younger suddenly trailed off midsentence as he fixed a stare at my left wrist. I thought he was just ...
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Beyond its nouveau riche connotations, a yellow gold watch can mark the difference between a stylish conservative and a man with true swag.
We know what you’re thinking: You’ve avoided yellow gold all your life because of the image, hammered into you since childhood, of the returning OFW clad in a denim jacket and his signature “Saudi Gold.” It could be why an entire generation ...
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Two reasons to consider Tudor right there.
Let's cut to the chase: Tudor was established by Hans Wilsdorf—you know, the man who also founded Rolex—as the watch that offered the same dependability of the Swiss luxury timepiece, but at a more accessible price. He was just looking out for ...
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A 1950s special is up for grabs.
Rolex are more trend-makers than followers. Still, they never truly embraced the square-dialed watch, and only a very limited few were ever produced. This means they're incredibly rare—more so than the vintage Oyster Perpetuals and Submariners that've set the watch world alight—and ...
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The Rolex 'Paul Newman' Daytona 6264 18k Yellow Gold is a piece of watch history.
Paul Newman still represents, for many, the ultimate in Old Hollywood glamour: the Renaissance-jawed silver screen charmer with eyes that could take him straight under any and every velvet rope.A man who looked as good clad in a dinner jacket cruising through ...
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Get a cool, refreshing Pepsi for the last days of summer.
There's always one release that sends Baselworld into meltdown (the world's biggest watch trade fair, if you weren't in the know). That release usually comes from Rolex. However, few realized that the GMT-Master II, 2018's stand out piece, would create this much ...
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It's a watch with a hell of a backstory
What's more classic than a Rolex Submariner? A Rolex Submariner owned by Steve McQueen, that's what—and one that survived a Californian wildfire.And now it can now be yours. Following the record-breaking sale of Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona, British auction house Phillips has recently ...
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Because you can never have too many tickers in your collection.
Every man—no matter how simple or powerful—has exactly 24 hours in every day of his life, but how many have a face to wear on their wrist for each hour? Are there actually 24 watches that are worth wearing in this world? ...
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It came in at the price of three Porsches, and it was worth it.
We’ve introduced you to the Paul Newman Rolex Daytona before, and we were excited when we found out that one would be going up for auction here in the Philippines (not that we ever actually had a shot at it, really—it was ...
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An exhibition of the Baselword beauties marks the opening of the swankiest Rolex shop in the country.
At the inauguration of the new Rolex concept store in Bonifacio High Street, Swiss ambassador Andrea Reichlin made a profound observation about man's relationship with time—that we are always in a race against it, and that this race is never in our ...
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This extremely coveted Rolex is going under the hammer at Salcedo Auctions.
A few months back, we picked up on news that the iconic Rolex Daytona of actor and racecar driver Paul Newman had surfaced and was and going up for auction in New York. It was a Reference 6239—the one he actually wore—and ...
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It's actually quite easy if you know what to look for.
Most of us probably know that if you're paying 50 bucks for it, or buying it from a guy in a trench coat on 6th Avenue, a Rolex is probably a fake. But with so many counterfeit watches out there, sometimes you ...
