Built to Last: Rolex Watches for Every Realm
Whether in the depths of the deepest oceans to the summits of the highest mountains, in the air and on the sea, there is a Rolex watch for the intrepid adventurer in you.
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The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer was born at the top of the world and developed in collaboration with legendary mountaineers. Since then, the watch has constantly evolved to meet explorers? needs, each time becoming more robust and easier to read. Image: Rolex
Whether you seek adventure at the deepest depths of the oceans or at the highest peaks of the world, there is a Rolex watch for you. Each watch produced by Rolex reflects more than a century of innovation and refinement in engineering, design and functionality. The spirit of Hans Wilsdorf, founder of Rolex, inspires constant progress. He dedicated his life to creating wristwatches so precise and reliable that explorers depended on them, whether at the top of mountains, on the high seas, in polar ice or in the heat and dust of deserts. This was vividly demonstrated by Mercedes Gleitze as she became the first English woman to swim across the English Channel in 1927, with the world?s first waterproof watch, the Rolex Oyster.
In 1953, Rolex went one better and introduced the Oyster Perpetual Submariner, the first divers? wristwatch waterproof to a depth of 100 metres (330 feet). In that same year, Rolex also created the watch of reference for mountaineers, the Oy...
The post Built to Last: Rolex Watches for Every Realm appeared first on LUXUO.
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer was born at the top of the world and developed in collaboration with legendary mountaineers. Since then, the watch has constantly evolved to meet explorers? needs, each time becoming more robust and easier to read. Image: Rolex
Whether you seek adventure at the deepest depths of the oceans or at the highest peaks of the world, there is a Rolex watch for you. Each watch produced by Rolex reflects more than a century of innovation and refinement in engineering, design and functionality. The spirit of Hans Wilsdorf, founder of Rolex, inspires constant progress. He dedicated his life to creating wristwatches so precise and reliable that explorers depended on them, whether at the top of mountains, on the high seas, in polar ice or in the heat and dust of deserts. This was vividly demonstrated by Mercedes Gleitze as she became the first English woman to swim across the English Channel in 1927, with the world?s first waterproof watch, the Rolex Oyster.
In 1953, Rolex went one better and introduced the Oyster Perpetual Submariner, the first divers? wristwatch waterproof to a depth of 100 metres (330 feet). In that same year, Rolex also created the watch of reference for mountaineers, the Oy...
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