A Paul Newman Daytona In The Sun: Dr. Strong's Rolex Exotic Dial Daytona

A Paul Newman Daytona In The Sun

Dr. Strong's Rolex Exotic Dial Daytona

Speaking of Beautiful Women Wearing Mens Rolex Watches...

...Super Leggy Model...

Filippa Hamilton Palmstierna

Stainless Rolex Daytona

Sorry, I could not resist this image of Super-Leggy-Model Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele sporting a mens Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona with a Black Dial. Ouuuuuuuuch!!! Oh Behave!!!!

Yellow Gold Submariner

 ...Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day...

Yellow Gold Submariner

I remember when I first saw this yellow gold Rolex Submariner photo on Instagram which was published by The Rolex Boutique in Tel Aviv, Israel and it blew my mind...talk about timeless...and therein lies a paradox of Rolex in the sense they are excellent time keepers, but they look so good, they transcend time...

1968 Rolex Magazine Ad Black Bezel Japanese GMT-MASTER

1968 Rolex Magazine Ad

Black Bezel Japanese GMT-MASTER 

Nick Gould recently discovered this super cool Japanese Rolex Magazine ad for the GMT-Master, and beside looking really great, it seem to be one of the first ads fro the all black bezel GMT-Master which I believe Rolex first introduced in 1967-1968. 

The earliest know photo I am aware of somebody rocking the all black bezel GMT-Master was Gunter Sachs who is pictured above and below rocking his all black bezel GMT-Master. Gunter was a German photographer, film director, mathematician, author and ultra successful industrialist. He was also married to the stunning Bridget Bardot.

Studio Shot Of The Day... EverRose Gold Yacht-Master

...Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day...

YACHT-MASTER

40MM: 18KT Everose Gold

OysterFlex Bracelet

I have to say I think one of the most underrated Rolex watches is the EverRose Gold Yachtmaster 40 on an OysterFlex bracelet. I LOVE the beautiful look of this Rolex masterpiece.

I think my love for this Yacht-Master has something to do with the fact the Rolex logo and chapter ring have a gilt dial look, and I also really like the single red YACHT-MASTER dial designation...

Christie Brinkley Keeping The Time Of Her Life With Rolex....

...Rolex Hotness & Coolness...

Christie Brinkley

&

Billy Joel

The Super Model

& The Piano Man

I Want My MTV!

This is a love story of sorts that chronicales two really famous people who got married at the height of their careers back in the 1980s. Supermodel Christie Brinkley and Singer, Songwriter, Pianoman, Billy Joel.

Uptown Girl & Downtown Man

Christy Brinkley famously appeared in the 1983 Billy Joel music video for the song, Uptown Girl, as we see below. Billy Joel claimed on the Howard Stern show that he concieved the song on an occasion when he was with his then girlfreind, Supermodel Elle Macpherson, along with Christie Brinkley and Whitney Houston. Billly Joel pointed out the song was inspired by the music of the legendary Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

Timeless Beauty

This is kind of a profound story in the history of women wearing men's Rolex watches. In other words, I think it may have been Christie Brinkley who started the modern trend for women to wear mens Rolex watches. In the future I will need to update my story named, "Rolex Hotness: THE ROLEX WOMAN. What Kind Of Woman Wears A Rolex? The Evolution Of The Female Rolex Archetype" to include Christie Brinkley.

Pictured below in 1985 we see Super Model Christie Brinkley wearing a Rolex Daytona, and at the end of this story, the last image you will see is Christie Brinkley four decades later, still wearing a Rolex Daytona! Christie Brinkley is one of the top Super Models in history...

Christie Brinkley is wearing a vintage Rolex "Big Red" Daytona in the photo above which is a Reference 6263, just like the model seen in the photo below from Bob's Watches. Talking about vintage Rolex Hotness!!!

Christie Brinkle fell in love with legendary singer and pianist Billy Joel and we see them together in the photo below taken in 1983. 

Glass Houses

My favorite Billy Joel album is propably Glass Houses, which debuted in 1980. I bought this album and remember starring at the album cover so many times. 

My favorite song from Billy Joel's Glass Houses is "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." Every time I hears this song it totally Deja Vu's me out!

Bill Joel was one of the most iconic recording artist in the 1970s and 1980s and below we see some video performances of his amazing songs.

In the next video we see Christie Brinkley and Alexa Rae in the video.

Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel got married in 1985 and in the photos above and below we see Billy Joel back in 1983 wearing his two tone Rolex Datejust on a Jubilee Bracelet.

In the 1983 mega hit we see Billy Joel wearing his Rolex Datejust during his performance.

In the photos below we see Christie Brinkley back in the 1990s wearing a stainless steel Rolex Explorer II.

In this next photo we see Billy Joes has wearing a stainless steel Rolex Datejust on an Oyster Bracelet.

The next set of photos was taken at an event in 1993 and we see Christie Brinkley sporting a Rolex Submariner on her wrist.

In this next image taken at the same event we see Billy Joel wearing his stainless steel Rolex Datejust with a white dial, and we also see their daughter Alexa Rae Joel standing between them.

Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel got divorced in 1994 got remarried to Peter Cook in 1996.  Peter and Christie had two children and in the photo below we see Christie with her son Jack Paris Brinkley Cook. 

Notice in the photo above Christie is wearing a stainless steel and platinum Rolex Yacht-Master. In the photo below we see Christie Brinkley with her then husband Peter Cook and their son Jack. Notice Peter Cook is wearing a stainless steel Rolex Daytona with a white dial.

In the photo below we see Christie's son Jack with his half-sister Alexa Rae Joel and notice Jack is wearing a stainless steel Rolex Submariner.

In the phot below we see Christie Brinkley with her son Jack and he is still wearing his Rolex Submariner.

In this next photo we see Christie Brinkley with her ex-husband Billy Joel and thier daughter Alexa Rae Joel.

The next photo was taken last year in 2017 a the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament and we see Christie Brinkley talking with fashion designer Vera Wang, and we also see Christie's son Jack wearing a Rolex DEEP-SEA D-Blue.

In the next photos we see Christie Brinkley wearing a modern stainless steel Daytona with a white dial. This means she has been wearing Rolex Daytona models for four decades. Another thing Christie Brinkley and the Rolex Daytona have in common, is they are both timeless beauties...

The Story of Time By Rolex 1951 Documentary

The Story Of Time
BY
Rolex
1951 Rolex Documentary
Soundtrack Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra
Back in June of 2017 I just discovered the documentary titled, The Story Of Time By Rolex which was a 1952 Academy Award nominated short film documentary that explored the subject of what time meant, and how time measurement evolved throughout the history of mankind. The way I discovered, the movie was a friend of mine who is a fellow Rolex fanatic, referred to it, and I had no idea what he was talking about? He was surprised, and I Googled it, and there it was hiding in plain sight.

This Rolex movie ads additional pieces to the Rolex History puzzle, and it very profound on many levels. The Story Of Time By Rolex documentary can be viewed below. The Rolex documentary was filmed in 1951, and is obviously dated today, but deeply profound in many ways—especially if you watch it over and over again, as I have done.

This Rolex video and its theme, very much remind me of another online horological magazine I publish, named, "Jake's Time Machine: Exploring The History Of Timekeeping." I must admit I am utterly fascinated with Timekeeping and all of its facets. I think the pursuit of timekeeping in many ways correlates with the Spirit Of Inquiry. This brings to mind a few great Albert Einstein quotes; which I believe are perfectly on-point for the Rolex documentary, the first of which is:
"The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books—a mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects." —Albert Einstein
The second Einstein quote which I believe is also perfectly on-point says:
"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity!" —Albert Einstein

Back in November of 2022, our Captain Danny published a brilliant story named "When Rolex Took a Left Turn." Nick Gould pointed out that in the 1953 Rolex video above that it features a left handed Rolex which is seen below.

Rolex Macro Shot of the Month: Klaus' German Rolex Day-Date Dial

Rolex Macro Shot of the Month

Klaus' German Rolex Day-Date Dial

Is this a striking macro shot, or is this a striking macro shot!?!?!?! Wow!!! Klaus from Germany took this amazing photo of his Rolex Day-Date close-up. Oh, the high-art of it all!!!!

Rolex Submariner Surfing Safari

 Rolex Submariner

Surfing Safari

What's as cool/rad as a Rolex Submariner in the life aquatic? Is this a trick question, you ask!?!! Nope. The answer is SURFING. As The Beach Boys sang: 

Let's go surfing now, everybody's learning how, come on and safari with me...

Rolex's history with surfing is fascinating. In the past they used to give out Rolex watches for participants who won Surfing championships. Nick Gould did some research and discovered they used to give lady surfers Datejust models, and men Submariner models as we see below with World Champion Surfer, Shaun Tomson.

A Rolex Submariner is the ultimate Surfing watch, and even though it was originally intended to be a diving watch, it is the ULTIMATE all-around watch for the life aquatic. Below is a fascinating Rolex Surfing ad from 1972 featuring a single red Submariner, which I recently discovered. Notice it is from Buenos Aires, Argentina...The two Rolex Surfing ads below are the ONLY ones I have ever seen, which leads me to believe that Rolex didn't think it was a lucrative market to advertise to, but damn they are COOL :-) In particular, I LOVE the illustration of the surfer on this first vintage Rolex ad...

A reader on the @Rolex.Magazine Instagram page mentioned the surfer in the add looks like Tom Cruise, with a short neck.

 Single Red Submariner 

[Reference 1680]

Rolex made the Single Red Submariner from 1967 to 1976. The Single Red designation came from the Single Red SEA-DWELLER which was developed to be tested in prototype for early 1967. Below we see another Rolex Submariner ad from the 1970s.

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2012 Rolex Milgauss Ad

2012 Rolex Milgauss Ad

If you are a reader of Jake's Rolex World, you know I consider many vintage Rolex ads to be works of art, in and of themselves. This 2012 Rolex Milgauss ad, in particular, strikes me as having magnificent composition. The GV Milgauss model (pictured below), was recently discontinued and featured the innovative, unique Rolex trademark green edged sapphire crystal, is so un-Rolexy in so many ways, but that is what makes it so interesting. The orange 3, 6, & 9 markers, coupled with the orange lighting bolt second hand, really set it apart. GV is French and means "Green Crystal." I still can't believe Rolex actually discontinued this amazingly iconic model???