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Rolex Milgauss
the most expensive
vintage Rolex watch |

Hooded Rolex 20x37mm
gold plated steel back ROLEX
early 40's
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1942 ROLEX SKYROCKET
was produced
for Canadian WWII soldiers for fighter pilots
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ROLEX 25x35mm
usual for the early 1940's watch. This gold filled
case with a stainless steel back. These cases
were Canadian made for ROLEX in order to circumvent
import duties |
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Vintage Rolex circa
1940s |

1954 (pre-submariner) vintage ROLEX
Turn-O-graph in a sparkling stainless steel case
measuring 35.5mm
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Rare
Rolex Sold for US$60,000 |
Vintage Rolex 6062 Triple Date Moon phase is one of the rarest
collectible watches on the market and is considered by
watch aficianados to be the best Rolex ever made.
The
case is 36mm 18K solid yellow gold and the dial is
Gold Star, a rare, limited feature.
The
first Rolex wristwatch model to show the day, date and
phases of the moon combination
Known
as the Rolex "phantom crown'' when "super-oyster''
crown was introduced
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1940’s Rolex
Mappin 31mm
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Paul Newman |
Celebrity Rolex
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The Rolex company started in 1908. Almost immediately it became famous. In 1910, after Rolex was introduced to the world every manufacturer wanted to get
Rolex certificate because that means not only prestige, but recognition of exclusive quality.
Rolex revolutionized the world of timepieces. By 1914, Rolex Company moved from Great Britain to Switzerland. Within short period of time Rolex purchased additional factory in Geneva. Today all Rolex watches are manufactured in Bill
& Geneva only. Oyster model (the first waterproof watch in the world) was made twelve years later. Special structure of the frame made Rolex Oyster totally waterproof.
There is about 10 million Rolex watches was produced and it becomes very difficult to recognize fake unauthentic models. This is why Rolex Company fight with fakes for many years.Rolex watches by right are reputed as the most prestigious watches. It is a symbol of success and only several
watch manufacturers deserve this reputation.
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1905 Hans Wildorf established London firm that
specialized in watch
distribution
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1908 Wildorf opened new brand name:
Rolex
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1910 Rolex started to give official chronometer certification in
Switzerland
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1914 The Kew Observatory in Great Britain awarded to
Rolex: CLASS A precision
certificate
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1926 Rolex developed
& patented the Oyster: first air, dust &d waterproof model
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1927 Rolex Oyster crossed English Channel
unscathed
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1931 Perpetual Rotor: self-winding mechanism found in every modern automatic watch
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1945 Oyster Date model was invented. This was a first watch that automatically display a
date
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1953 Rolex had created watch for diving: - the Submariner
model
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1954 Oyster Perpetual
Ladydate
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1955 Oyster GMT Master was designed to
check time in different time zones
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1956 Oyster Day-Date
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1960 Bathyscaphe was created
& plunged 35,787 feet into Pacific Ocean
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1967 Oyster Sea-Dweller was invented - waterproof in depth of 610m/2001
ft
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1971 Oyster Explorer II was
designed
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1978 Oyster Perpetual Date Sea-Dweller was tested for waterproof in depth of 1220m/4003
ft
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1988 First Cosmographic
Daytona was fitted with a perpetual
rotor
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1992 Yacht-Master
model was created
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2004 Submariner 50th Anniversary with
green bezel and black dial commemorative model