Evergreen Icon: The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust
Here?s everything you need to know about the Crown's flagship icon, still the best-seller and for good reason.
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Close-up of the Oyster Perpetual Datejust 36 dial. Photo: Rolex
Rolex celebrated its 40th anniversary in 1945 and commemorated the occasion with the launch of the Oyster Perpetual Datejust. It was a watch that found its place in the annals of horology as the world?s first self-winding waterproof chronometer wristwatch to display the date in a window at 3 o?clock on the dial. It left its mark on watchmaking history, setting the path for the future and heavily influencing timepieces of the ilk that were to follow.
Almost eight decades on and the Datejust continues to be a cornerstone of the Rolex stable. With its expert balance of form and function, it remains famed for its promise of excellent performance and reliability, delivered with timeless elegance. The collection (which has been in constant production since its launch) has kept pace with the times through design reinterpretations and technical innovations that have seen it become a modern classic ? all without ever losing sight of its original purpose: to be ?a masterpiece of horological science? as Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf declared on the watch?s debut.
Little wonder then that the Datejust has been the timepiece of choice for a long list of storied leaders including Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King; and ...
The post Evergreen Icon: The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust appeared first on LUXUO.
Close-up of the Oyster Perpetual Datejust 36 dial. Photo: Rolex
Rolex celebrated its 40th anniversary in 1945 and commemorated the occasion with the launch of the Oyster Perpetual Datejust. It was a watch that found its place in the annals of horology as the world?s first self-winding waterproof chronometer wristwatch to display the date in a window at 3 o?clock on the dial. It left its mark on watchmaking history, setting the path for the future and heavily influencing timepieces of the ilk that were to follow.
Almost eight decades on and the Datejust continues to be a cornerstone of the Rolex stable. With its expert balance of form and function, it remains famed for its promise of excellent performance and reliability, delivered with timeless elegance. The collection (which has been in constant production since its launch) has kept pace with the times through design reinterpretations and technical innovations that have seen it become a modern classic ? all without ever losing sight of its original purpose: to be ?a masterpiece of horological science? as Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf declared on the watch?s debut.
Little wonder then that the Datejust has been the timepiece of choice for a long list of storied leaders including Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King; and ...
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