Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day Volecs Explorer II

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day

Volecs Black Dial Explorer II

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day: Roberts White Gold Rolex Daytona

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day

Roberts White Gold Rolex Daytona

Madonna: Material Girl Loves Her Stainless Rolex Daytona

Madonna

Material Girls Love Stainless Rolex Daytona

Madonna has four children. She has a little boy and a little girl she adopted from Africa and when she is not on stage, and playing Mom, she wears her stainless Rolex Daytona as seen in the following photos.

In this first photo we see Madonna with her two daughters. Mercy is sitting on her lap playing with her Rolex Daytona clasp while Lourdes looks on. This first photo was taken in Chinkota, Malawi, Africa.

In the next two photos Madonna is holding her son David in her arms

Vintage Rolex Chronograph Yellow Gold Dual Scale

Vintage Rolex Chronograph

Yellow Gold Dual Scale

[Reference 6234]

This beautiful 36mm Rolex Chronograph from Robert Maron has a standard chronograph scale and a 1 mile distance telemeter scale. This allows you to simultaneously measure speed and distance. It is also anti-magnetic

Rolex Revolutionary: Fidel Castro No Crown-Guard GMT Master

Rolex Revolutionary: Fidel Castro

No Crown-Guard GMT Master

In the past I always thought Fidel Castro took Cuba wearing a Submariner, but I was not able to make a 100% positive identification on whether it was a Submariner or GMT Master.

Today we see the first proof-positive Fidel Castro wore a GMT Master just like Che Guevara.

This begs the question of whether he wore a Submarine and a GMT. As you can see from other photos, Castro used to wear a Day-Date or a Jubilee on a Rolex President Bracelet. If you think you can make a positive I.D. on these other watches, post a comment or send me an email.

On these two images below, you can click on them for much more detail.

When Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 in Cuba, Rolex had headquarters in Cuba. You see "Habana" on many magazine ads prior to 1959. As legend has it, Castro looted Rolex headquarters and confiscated all the Rolex watches.

I kid around and say "Communism for the masses and capitalism for the bosses" but it makes sense that in 1959 and through the 1960s that Fidel Castro and Che Guevara wore their Rolex watches as sturdy tool watches, because they were precise timing instruments. Remember this was before quartz watches. Also, in the early 1960s Rolex watches were not nearly as much of a status symbol or "Luxury Watch" as they are today.

Below, is an interesting photo of Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winning author, Ernest Hemingway, meeting with Fidel Castro in Cuba. Hemingway lived in and had a home in Cuba from the 1930s to 1959.

Rolex Outdoor Shot Of The Day-Hannes Stainless Steel Rolex Explorer II

Rolex Outdoor Shot Of The Day

Hannes Stainless Steel Rolex Explorer II

Rolex Hotness: Lorena Ochoa-The Greatest Female Golfer Today

Rolex Hotness: Lorena Ochoa

The Greatest Female Golfer

Lorena Ochoa is arguably the best female golfer playing today. She has been ranked number one in the world for the last three years from 2007 to 2010. Lorena is from Mexico and she is the first Mexican golfer to ever be ranked number one in the world.

Lorena is pictured below in a recent Rolex magazine ad wearing a ladies 31 Datejust. She usually wears her two-tone ladies 29mm Yacht-Master as seen in the photo above and in the last two photos in this story.

In the next two photos, Lorena is pictured at The Rolex Awards Dinner. In the photo below Lorena is posing with her LPGA player of the year trophy.

The Rolex Awards Dinner and reception was held at Donald Trumps Mar-A-Lago and we see (from left to right) Rolex representative, Peter Nicholson, Donald Trump, Lorena Ochoa and LPGA commisssioner, Carloyn Bivens.

Hugh Hefner Video...

Hugh Hefner

Now & Then

It is always fascinating to see somebody now and 50 years ago. Enjoy.

First Known Tiffany & CO. Rolex Submariner Ad Big Crown Submariner

First Known Tiffany & CO. Rolex Submariner Ad

The Elusive Big-Crown James Bond Submariner

[Reference 5508]

I think this Tiffany & CO., Ad is from 1960 and it is the earliest one I have ever seen that showcases a Rolex Submariner. Very Cool!!!

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day: Clif's Vintage Sea Dweller

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day

Clif's Vintage Sea Dweller

I love the domed crystal on the vintage Rolex SEA-DWELLER models. They look so sleek and almost like a UFO or Frisbee...

Macro Shot Of The Day: Lstvan's Rolex OysterQuartz Datejust

Macro Shot Of The Day

Lstvan's Rolex OysterQuartz Datejust

First Rolex Men's Rolex Watch For Women: Ladies White Gold Daytona

First Rolex Men's Rolex Watch For Women

Ladies White Gold Daytona

Pink Mother Of Pearl Dial

Women have been wearing men's Rolex watches since the actress Honor Blackman played Pussy Galore in 1964 in Goldfinger. In the late 1990s, Rolex came out with the first fashion watch for women that was based upon, what up until then, was considered a men's watch.

Rolex offered this watch in white gold, with a pink mother-of-pearl dial with a matching pink band. They also offered it in green, yellow and blue. I always thought this was a really sexy watch (for girls ;-)

Free iPad Desktop Wallpaper: 1966 Rolex Submariner Seahorse Brochure Cover...

Free iPad Desktop Wallpaper

1966 Rolex Submariner Seahorse Brochure Cover

I am starting a new feature today for free iPad desktop wallpaper and this is the first image which is from a 1966 Rolex Submariner brochure. Enjoy!!!

iPad Instructions:

1. On your iPad, navigate to this post.

2. Tap and hold on the image below and a dialog box will appear.

3 Select "Save Image"

4. Click your home button.

5. Click on settings.

6. Click on "Brightness & Wallpaper."

7. Click "Wallpaper."

8.Select "Saved Photos."

9. Select this image.

10. Click on "Set Lock Screen" or "Set Home Screen" or "Set Both."

Vintage Rolex Explorer Ad Conquering Mount Everest

Vintage Rolex Explorer Ad

Conquering Mount Everest

Big Bubbleback Rolex Datejust: Reference 6305

Big Bubbleback Rolex Datejust

Reference 6305

Martijn (Theflyingdutchman) is a fan of Jake's Rolex World and he sent in these stunning photos of his "Big Bubbleback" Rolex Datejust watches. These watches were made between 1955 and 1957 and they are highly sought after by collectors.

In Italy the Reference 6035 "Big Bubbleback" is commonly referred to by collectors as "Overttone," which means "Big Egg,"since it has such a thick bubbleback. I love how Rolex in the mid 1950s used to have a red date on the Datejust and Day-Date.

Beyoncé: Put A Ring On It

BeyoncéSingle Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
I can't seem to get this song out of my mind, and what a video!!! Beyoncé is really amazing!!!

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day: Rambam Flower Power...

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day

Rambam Flower Power

Rambam form Norway took this stunning shot of his LV Submariner which he titled:

"Flower Power. Well...sort of ;-)"

Rolex Coolness: DSQUARED The Caten Brothers

Rolex Coolness: DSQUARED

The Caten Brothers

The Caten brothers, Dean and Dan are pictured below. They are clothing designers and Dean is wearing his yellow gold Rolex Yacht-Master II and Dan is wearing his white gold Daytona.

Studio Shot Of The Day: Roberto's Pre-Daytona Rolex Chronograph

Studio Shot Of The Day

Roberto's Pre-Daytona Rolex Chronograph

Notice the tachymeter scale on this vintage Rolex chronograph is on the outside of the dial, as apposed to the Daytona which has it on the outer bezel.

Rolex Outdoor Shot Of The Day Fabrice's Submariner In The Wild

Rolex Outdoor Shot Of The Day

Fabrice's Submariner In The Wild

[Reference 1680]

I spoke with my pal Greg today and he told me his just purchased his first Rolex vintage Submariner which is a Reference 1680, so I though I would share this great photo. Those high-hat acrylic crystals were really something else!!!

Rolex Coolness: Jacques Chirac-Former French President...

Rolex Coolness: Jacques Chirac

Former French President

Yellow Gold Rolex Datejust

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day Jocke's Stainless & Platinum Yachtmaster

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day

Jocke's Stainless & Platinum Yachtmaster

Daytona 500 & NASCAR Legend Richard Petty Rolex Daytona...

The King

Richard Petty

Richard Petty is nicknamed "The King" of Racing. He won the Daytona 500 a record 7 times as well as Nascar 7 times along with 200 other races during his career. Petty is considered by many to be the the greatest NASCAR driver in history.

Richard Petty's father was also a racer named Lee Petty who won the Daytona 500 in 1959 and was also a 3 time NASCAR winner. Richard Petty is pictured above and below wearing his trademark stainless Rolex Daytona with the black dial. It is hard to find photos of Richard's Daytona, because, like Astronaut John Glenn, he wears his Rolex flipped around his wrist.

Updating Jake's Rolex World for iPad Viewing

Updating Jake's Rolex World

for iPad & iPhone Viewing

Hi Everybody,

As many of you know, I was extremely excited for the iPad to come out since I knew it would completely revolutionize the viewing experience and quality of Jake's Rolex World and actually make it into a world-class digital magazine that was also very good for the environment.

When the iPad first came out, the first thing I did was check out Jake's Rolex World and it was one of the biggest disappointments of my life!!! The iPad was amazing, but Jake's Rolex World looked terrible and kept crashing the iPad!!!

The challenge was that in trying to make Jake's Rolex World future-proof, I over-shot the mark quite a bit!!!

Unfortunately, I have had to completely redesign the html infrastructure and UI which is terribly time consuming and challenging and required a lot of math skills I typically don't use.

The great news is that doing so was a blessing in disguise and now Jake's Rolex World is looking better and loading faster than ever on the desktop, on laptops, as well as on the iPad and iPhone!!!

There are four phases to optimizing Jake's Rolex World and as I complete each phase, I will update it here:

• Phase 1: Figure out what was wrong and how to fix it!!! This was not easy and my brain is still hurting from all the math and experimenting with the User Interface. The challenge is that I did not want the new user interface to simply work on the iPad and iPhone, I wanted it to look and work perfectly. I also did not want to waste a single pixel. The biggest challenge was making certain it looked great on the desktop and on laptops as well as on the iPad and iPhone. (Status: Complete)
• Phase 2: Redesign and resize all page and UI elements to optimally fit on the iPad and iPhone screen. (Status: Complete) Having completed this means Jake's Rolex World is not viewable on an iPad and iPhone with the following exceptions:
• Phase 3: Redesign all story view shortcuts that appear on all pages on the sidebar (Status: Complete)
• Phase 4: Take all large stories and break them into multiple segments so the iPad and iPhone won't crash on them. (Status: In Progress)

I am completely committed to providing you (my readers) with the absolute best viewing and reading experience possible and now Jake's Rolex World looks amazing on the iPad and iPhone!!!

Warmest regards,

Jake

Rolex Coolness: Johnny Rutherford...

Rolex Coolness: Johnny Rutherford

1981 Vintage Rolex Day-Date Ad

Stefano Mazzario:l Macro Shot Of The Month

Stefano Mazzariol

Macro Shot Of The Month

Brian Williams: NBC Nightly News Anchor...

Rolex Coolness: Brian Williams

NBC Nightly News Anchor

Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona

Rolex Day-Date II

Platinum Rolex Day-Date II

An 8th Rolex On Daniel Craig James Bond Prefers Rolex Submariner

An 8th Rolex On Daniel Craig

James Bond Prefers Rolex

[This Time A Modern Stainless Submariner]

Daniel Craig who plays James Bond is pictured below wearing a modern stainless steel Rolex Submariner. Also, his girlfriend, Satsuki Mitchell appears to be wearing one of his stainless steel Rolex models as well. I first documented Daniel Craig's preference for Rolex back in November of 2008 and have documented all 8 of his Rolex watches.

A Note From Jake: Celebrating The 4th Year of Jake's Rolex World!!!!

A Note From Jake

Celebrating The 4th Year of Jake's Rolex World!!!!

This last weekend, as I wrote The Complete History Of The Paul Newman Daytona, the 3rd anniversary of Jake's Rolex World came and went. It is hard to believe I have been working full-time on publishing Jake's Rolex World for 3 straight years!!!! On average, I have worked 7 days a week, 10 hours a day, because I am extremely passionate about capturing this amazing and highly inspirational history before it disappears.

When I first began Jake's Rolex World back in May of 2008, I had one crystal-clear objective, and that was to take everything I learned over the prior quarter-century about Rolex and put it all in one place–on the world wide web–so I could share it with the world.

I remember just before I started Jake's Rolex World, wondering if I would even be able to build a blog around a company that made less than a dozen core watch models. I was worried I would run out of content and boy was I wrong!!!! It turned out to be quite the opposite, and as soon as I started unearthing and solving one Rolex history mystery, it would inevitably lead to another.

I felt like I was wandering around the world, looking for clues, and I would see a rock, and my intuition would tell me there was probably a lobster under the rock, so I would lift up the rock, and instead, I would find a Tyrannosaurus Rex smiling at me. And yes, you guessed–it kept happening over and over again, as it does to this day.

At the time I stated Jake's Rolex, I had no idea, it would evolve and snowball into what it has become today. When I hear readers refer to Jake's Rolex World as The Bible Of Rolex or Rolexpedia it makes me proud I was able to capture and share this amazing history with you!!!

The most important thing to understand about Jake's Rolex World, is despite the fact it has my name on it, it really belongs to the Rolex community. Without the online Rolex community, I never could have built Jake's Rolex World. There have been an innumerable number of people who lovingly contributed all kinds of content including photos of watches, people wearing Rolex, tidbits of information, video and all kinds of other valuable insight and information.

In my mind, Jake's Rolex World is proof positive of what passionate people can do to collaborate on the World Wide Web. While it is true I am a real historian, willing to dig-deep and not just simply regurgitate (like a parakeet) other peoples words, in the final analysis I am just the messenger. Without your enthusiasm, passion and insight there would be no Jake's Rolex World.

I believe when you study the engaging Rolex history, you inevitably become part of it. Once, three years ago, I asked you (my readers) to help support the future of Jake's Rolex World by making a donation. Today I am asking you to please make a donation to support the future progress of Jake's Rolex World.

I am working on some amazing research projects as well as an iPad application that will be incredible, so if you want to keep seeing great, insightful, detailed articles like the Paul Newman Daytona story below this note, as well as fascinating podcasts, please help support future progress by making a donation today.

Warmest regards,

Jake

Editor and Publisher of Jake's Rolex World

ROLEX Ceramic Bezel Manufacturing...

Rolex Ceramic Bezel ManufacturingAt Rolex The Pursuit Of Excellence Is A Passion!!!
This movie is just mind-boggling!!! The level of attention Rolex puts into the smallest details is really amazing!!!

Rolex Hotness: Sharon Stone Stainless Steel Rolex Submariner

Rolex Hotness: Sharon Stone

Stainless Steel Rolex Submariner

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day Dude's DEEP SEA on his Macbook Pro

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day

Dude's DEEP SEA on his Macbook Pro

Ferrari 599 GTO Review Turn Up The Volume!!!

Ferrari 599 GTO ReviewTurn Up The Volume!!!

Rolex Coolness: Roger Penske-1986 Rolex Day-Date with Bark Finish

Rolex Coolness: Roger Penske

1986 Rolex Day-Date with Bark Finish

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day: Jocke's Rolex Explorer

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day

Jocke's Rolex Explorer

[Reference 114270]

Looking at this great photo that Jocke took makes me curious to see the all-new 39mm Rolex Explorer that should be out soon. 39mm is almost as big as a current Submariner.

Rolex Coolness: Tony Danza...

Rolex Coolness: Tony Danza

Taxi Star Thinks Small

[Rolex Date: Reference 15200]

In the photo below we see former Taxi star, Tony Danza as he gets out of his Mini Cooper and he is wearing his 34mm Rolex which is also very small. My pal Seth has one of these models and I think it looks funny on a guy with big arms. To me it looks like he is wearing a girls watch?

Rolex Wrist Shot Of The Day:Leo's Limited Edition Rolex King Midas

Rolex Wrist Shot Of The Day

Fun In The Florida Sun

Leo's Limited Edition Rolex King Midas

Leo is wearing his original limited edition Rolex King Midas watch that Elvis Presley also wore.