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Rolex SA
| ROLEX SA | |
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| Website | www.rolex.com |
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| Founded | 1905 London, England Hans Wilsdorf, Alfred Davis |
| Headquarter | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Key people | Jean-Frédéric Dufour (CEO) Bertrand Gros (VR-Präsident) |
| Owner | Wilsdorf Foundation |
| Employees | approx. 10 000 (2014) [1] |
| Revenue | CHF 4.5 billion (2012) |
| Production | more than 800 000 certified watches per year (2013) [2] |
| Brands | Rolex, Tudor |
| Subsidiaries | Montres Tudor SA |
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Brands
- Rolex, Montres Rolex S.A.
- Tudor, Montres Huître (Hüther) S.A. (Oyster Watch Limited)
Watches
The Oyster Collection
| Model | Launch | Revision | Collection 2014 | Collection 2015 |
| Air-King | 1945 | 2007 | ||
| Bubble Back | 1938 | |||
| Cosmograph | 1961 | |||
| Cosmograph Daytona | 1963 | 1988, 2000, 2013 | 2014 | |
| Datejust | 1945 | 2009 | ||
| Lady-Datejust | 1957 | |||
| Lady-Datejust 28 | 2015 | |||
| Datejust II | ||||
| Datejust Lady 31 | ||||
| Datejust Pearlmaster 34 | 2014 | |||
| Datejust Pearlmaster 39 | 2015 | |||
| Lady-Datejust Pearlmaster | 2013 | |||
| Day-Date | 1956 | 2013 | ||
| Day-Date "Sertie" | 2013 | |||
| Day-Date II | 1956 | 2008 | ||
| Day-Date 40 | 2015 | |||
| Rolex Deepsea | ||||
| Explorer | 1953 | 2010 | ||
| Explorer II | 1971 | 1988, 2011 | ||
| GMT II | 1985 | 1988 | ||
| GMT-Master | 1954 | 2006, 2007, 2013 | ||
| GMT-Master II | 1982/3? | 1985, 2013 | 2014 | |
| Milgauss | 1956 | 2007 | 2014 | |
| Oyster Perpetual | 1931 | 2008 | 2014 | |
| Oyster Perpetual 39/34/31/26 | 2015 | |||
| Lady Oyster Perpetual | 1954 | |||
| Pearlmaster | 1992 | |||
| Sea-Dweller | 1967 | 2014 | ||
| Sea-Dweller Deepsea | 2008 | |||
| Sea-Dweller 4000 | 1978 | 2008 | 2014 | |
| Submariner | 1953 | 1954, 1979, 2007, 2012 | ||
| Submariner Date | 1969 | 2003, 2010 | ||
| Sky-Dweller | 2012 | 2014 | ||
| Turn-O-Graph | 1953 | |||
| Yacht-Master | 1992 | 1994 | ||
| Yacht-Master II | 2007 | 2011, 2013 | ||
| Yacht-Master 37/40 | 2015 | |||
| OysterQuartz | 1970/6? |
The Cellini Collection
| Model | Launch | Revision | Collection 2014 | Collection 2015 |
| Cellini Time | 2014 | 2015 | ||
| Cellini Date | 2014 | |||
| Cellini Dual Time | 2014 | |||
| Cellini Rolex Prince |
Features and developments of Rolex
Winding Crown
To distinguish the winding crown of the Oyster collection Rolex places additional signs below the distinctive Rolex-Crown, depending on the type of winding crown and the material of the watch. A watch with a Twinlock Winding Crown which is made of steel gets a dash, a case made of gold (white-, yellow- und Everose gold) has two dots und just one dot, if it is made of platinum. As a mark for a Triplock Winding crown three dots are standing for steel, a watch made of gold has three dots also, but with one bigger in the middle. With a case made of platinum the size of the tree dots is exactly opposite.
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Parachrom hairspring
siehe: Parachrom hairspring
Further information
Watch models
Watch movements
Archive
Literature
- Rolex; Autor: Franz-Christoph Heel
- Uhren als Kapitalanlage. Wie man von Rolex, Cartier und Co. Profitieren kann; Autor: Michael Brückner; ISBN 3898791521
- Vintage Rolex: Sports Models; Autor: Martin Skeet; ISBN 0764322486
- Rolex Chronographen. Faszination durch Präzision; Autor Paolo Gobbi; Foto: Filippo Vinardi; ISBN 3766716220
- Armbanduhren- Spezial: Rolex. Träume für Millionen; Autoren: Peter Braun, Manfred Wegener; ISBN 3893656588
- Das ZEITGEFÜHL-Uhrenbuch; Autor: Gerd-Lothar Reschke; ISBN 3-938607-61-0
Address
Montres Rolex SA
Rue François-Dussaud 3-5-7
Case postale 1755
CH 1211 Genève 26
Tel : (++41) 022 302 22 00
Fax : (++41) 022 300 22 55
External links
- Rolex - Official Website
- Tudor - Official Website
- Oysterinfo - Private Website
- Oysterworld - Informations about Rolex (private website)
- Beckertime - Blog - largest provider of preowned Rolex watches