5 More Important Facts About Rolex

We have already discovered together some interesting curiosities about the birth of the brand, about its name, about the most luxurious model ever. The history of Rolex , however, still contains many other curiosities! Let's discover them together!

5 Curiosities About Rolex - Part 2

To stand out from the crowd and the competitive market of fine watchmaking, it is important to focus on quality. Rolex understood this from the very beginning: this is why it chose to handcraft each piece, transforming it into a unique and unrepeatable timepiece, carefully handcrafted by the best watchmakers ever.

Underwater

Rolex also produces diving watches, which are carefully tested in special pressurized chambers. The estimate of failures? One watch in a thousand, occasionally. In short: Rolex always proves to be a brand of immense quality.

The maison was also the first to create a truly waterproof watch, in 1960. The underwater timepiece was anchored to the bathyscaphe Trieste and dragged into the Mariana Trench.

Time to the timepiece

It takes about a year of work to make a Rolex watch. Crazy, right? The brand only produces one million watches a year, to dedicate the right amount of time to each one and always maintain high standards of quality and efficiency.

The clock at war

The Rolex brand has marked history and its times. During the Second World War, in fact, many officers of the British Royal Air Force wore Rolex watches, which later became one of the symbols of the military aeronautics.

In two different places

One of the flagship models of the Swiss maison is the Rolex GMT Master, made at the express request of Pan Am airlines. The watch was necessary for pilots who faced transcontinental flights, encountering different time zones. The watch featured a 24-hour hand and a rotating graduated bezel.

After all these curiosities, Rolex will surely have won you over even more! If you are ready to look for the perfect Second Hand Rolex for you, come and visit us at Ferro Gioielli.