...Rolex Revolutionaries...
Never Before Seen Photos of
Fidel Castro & Che Guevara
One of my favorite things is when a reader sends in cool historical Rolex photos. In this case, Erik sent in the images below with this nice email message:
Dear Jake
My name is Erik Twiest, and I am a longtime collector of original photos/documents of the Cuban revolution, in particular, Fidel and Che. I' am not a Rolex collector, but your story in the online magazine was very interesting.
I went through my collection to see if I could find a Rolex in the photos and I found 2 interesting early photos which as far as I know are never published.
Please see attachments;
1) Fidel in 1959 with 2 Rolex watches in Cuba, photo was taken by Korda (famous for the Che Guevara portrait). The photo is original and never published, and "forbidden" in Cuba over the years, I didn't see any similar example from Korda in books.
2) Che playing chess, probably at one of the first Capablanca Tournaments in Havana 1961/63, which he organized after the revolution.
Regards Erik.
