More articles about: Rolex
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Bob's Watches has five incomparable versions of the watch for sale right now.
Talk for longer than a couple of minutes to anyone who's really into watches, and you're pretty much guaranteed to hear some version of the following: "A watch tells a story." Yes, in the era of smartphones and fitness trackers, a mechanical ...
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He bought it for $345 (around P17,000) in the '70s.
How's your day going? Good? Great! I just discovered something that'll make it even better. Because, honestly, how could you not smile a little when you watch a veteran who served during Vietnam discover that the watch he bought for $345.97 (P17,596.03) while he ...
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The legendary actor's watch, seen in the film's debut 40 years ago, was given to his daughter Petra Brando Fischer before his death.
Few Hollywood performances have ever been as chilling as Marlon Brando's turn as Walter E. Kurtz in 1979's Apocalypse Now. Brando brought an unsettling charisma to a Kurtz that feels engrossing to this day, even as he careened through excruciating monologues about the ...
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‘His and hers’ watches that will stand the test of time.
Shopping shouldn’t be confined by gender categories, and this applies to shopping for luxury watches, too. Whether you’re searching for a timepiece to own or a gift to give this holiday season, there are plenty of options in the market that will satisfy anyone’s ...
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Meet an iced-out, diamond-certified Rolex.
"Hotline Bling," Drake's 2016 parable on the Shakespearean plight of modern communication, had many scratching their heads. What did the phrase mean? Why was a rapper looking so smug and so torn all at once, on the steps of a bannister-less pastel ...
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And that's not all: 007's iconic Aston Martin DB5 is making its way to the auction block, too.
The original James Bond wore a Rolex. That much we know, because author Ian Fleming made note of it in his Bond novels. Beyond that? Well, it's a bit of a mystery. Fleming himself wore an Explorer, but the best description to ...
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What began as a matter of function has since become a sought-after brand signature. We take a closer look at what makes the Tudor Snowflake so special.
They say that what makes a snowflake exceptional is that no two found in nature are exactly alike. That statement doesn’t apply to Tudor’s Snowflake hands, but it doesn’t make them any less desirable. In fact, its version of the snowflake is ...
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It's one of three iconic watches making history this month.
If there were any doubts that celebritydom does wonders for watch value, Paul Newman put that to rest. Well, Newman's own watch did, in 2017, when his own Rolex Paul Newman Daytona sold at auction in New York for just shy of ...
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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 ...
