Rolex TP52 World Championship

Rolex TP52 
World Championship


One of the most enthralling and closely contested regattas on the international sailing calendar, the Rolex TP52 World Championship demands excellence and a high level of performance from supremely talented crews competing on 52-foot (15.85 metre) yachts. Considered a benchmark in inshore yacht racing, the pinnacle event of the TP52 class season makes for dramatic, captivating racing. In 2021, 10 teams from seven countries gathered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, for the highlight of the annual 52 Super Series. After eight races held over five days, Takashi Okura’s Sled team from the United States emerged victorious to claim a well-deserved title. Rolex supports the TP52 World Championship as part of its wide-ranging support for yachting dating back more than 60 years.

CHI Geneva 2021 Highlights Presented by Rolex

CHI Geneva 2021 Highlights
Presented by Rolex

The Rolex Grand Prix at the CHI Geneva is one of the four equestrian Majors that form the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping and is one of the most prestigious Grand Prix on the international circuit. The Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final, also hosted at the CHI Geneva, is an elite competition which invites the top 10-ranked riders in the world to compete to be named among the best among them. Re-live the excitement of both competitions at the world’s leading venue, as the finest riders compete for this prestigious title.

Through its support of the finest international riders, competitions and institutions, Rolex has been a long-standing supporter of equestrianism, encouraging the global development of the sport. This enduring commitment is based on a rich heritage stretching back more than 60 years, starting with Rolex’s relationship with pioneering British Olympian Pat Smythe. The brand is a founding partner of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, the sport’s ultimate prize, which is awarded to any rider who, consecutively, wins the Grand Prix at three of the four Majors: The Dutch Masters, the CHIO Aachen, the CSIO Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’, and the CHI Geneva. Rolex’s partnerships with key figures in the equestrian community – Steve Guerdat, Scott Brash, Kent Farrington, Rodrigo Pessoa and Isabell Werth to name a few – run across generations and span the globe, enabling knowledge and experience to be shared. As part of this perpetual process of growth and constant improvement, Rolex supports the Young Riders Academy which nurtures future talent.

Season's Greetings from Dr. Joe MacInnis

Space Dwelling 

Single RED SEALAB SEA-DWELLER

Season's Greetings from 

Dr. Joe MacInnis

New Image of Single-RED SEA-DWELLER

Floating in Zero Gravity aboard Space Shuttle

Dr. Joe MacInnis just got back from a trip to visit The Crown in Geneva, Switzerland and he sent in this REALLY AMAZING new high-resolution color photo of his Ultra-Rare Single Red SEALAB SEA-DWELLER floating in zero gravity aboard the Space Shuttle which was taken by Canadian Astronaut Dr. Dave Williams. 

Man, is this shot just out of this world or what!?!! It's hard to put into words just how crazy-profound this image is!!! This is arguably the single greatest Rolex tool watch in history based upon where it has been and what it has witnessed.

Below we see a photo of Dr. Joe MacInnis while he was training to be a SEALAB Aquanaut with the U.S. Navy SEALAB III program in San Francisco, California at Hunters Point Shipyard.

Below we see a photo of Dr. Joe MacInnis when he was featured in a Really cool Rolex ad from 1974.

Vintage 1980s Rolex Exotic Dial Brochure

Vintage 1980s Rolex

Exotic Dial Brochure

This 1980s Rolex brochure shows off some fascinating models with equally interesting dials that reminds me of Autumn and Fall.

We see five yellow gold Rolex watches with the following characteristics:

• Day-Date with an Onyx dial
• Lady Datejust with a a blue lapis dial
• Oysterquartz Day-Date with an African mahonany dial
• Lady Datjust with an African mahogany dial
• Datejust with a birch dial.

I'm surprised not to see a bark finished Day-Date bracelet with a wood dial ;-)))

Mario Andretti The Hodinkee Interview

...Rolex Super-Coolness...


Mario Andretti

The Hodinkee Interview

Hodinkee published this super cool interview with Mario Andretti, back April of 2018 and it is AMAZING! The reason I just updated and am republishing the article is because Nick Gould discovered a significant piece of the missing puzzle which shows Mario Andretti rocking his Rolex Day-Date while taking a photo of Lotus Founder and Formula 1 Racing Pioneer, Colin Chapman. Watch spotting is really a scientific process more than anything. 

Colin Chapman with Mario Andretti rocking Rolex Day-Date back in the 1970s. 

I think Mario is holding a Nikon F or a Pentax K1000 35MM Camera.

Once we discover photos of people wearing a certain model we tend to take it for granted, but often times it can take years or even decades to discover a photo of a certain person wearing a certain watch, and that is what we see here for the first time. I would know as I have been searching for a photo of Andretti for decades wearing his Day-Date and this is the first time we see one.

Mario Andretti is considered to be on of the greatest if not the greatest racing legends that have ever lived.

During the video, Hodinkee's Jon Bues discussed Mario Andretti's Rolex Daytona which is seen below close up.

In the photo above of Mario Andretti's watch collection, we see his Rolex Daytona next to a yellow gold Rolex Day-Date which they don't discuss in the interview or in the article for some strange reason!?!!

I assume Mario Andretti's yellow gold Rolex Day-Date pictured above is the same one pictured below in the 1976 Mario Andretti Rolex Day-Date Ad, which is very cool. I further assume it's the same one pictured at the top of this story which Nick Gould recently discovered. Hat's off to Nick "Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner" Gould for finally making a positive ID on this previously elusive Rolex!!!

The documentary below on Mario Andretti was filmed the same year as the Mario Andretti Rolex add pictured above from 1976 was originally published.

Paul Newman Rolex Day-Date!?!?!?

I have an interesting story to share with you about the photo below of Mario Andretti with his good friend Paul Newman. Back in 2014, I discovered the photo below of Paul Newman and Mario Andretti which was taken at the 1988 Indianapolis 500, and I noticed Paul Newman wearing what appeared to be a Platinum or White Gold Rolex Day-Date.

I was surprised, as Paul Newman is renowned for wearing at least five different Rolex Daytona models, as well as having worn a stainless steel Rolex Datejust, which I documented in detail in "The Complete History Of The Paul Newman Daytona". 

In the photos below we see Paul Newman wearing his iconic stainless steel Daytona that has a white exotic dial.

If you are a reader of Jake's Rolex World you know that Paul Newman's famous Rolex Daytona recently sold for close to $18 Million.

Late last year, on December 4th of 2017, I published a story that finally solved the mystery of Paul Newman's President bracelet, which can be seen in the photo below. This story revealed that Paul Newman somehow fitted a Rolex President bracelet to his black dial Rolex Daytona, which was fascinating.

Hypophyse's Two-Tone Root Beer GMT-Master

...Rolex Wrist Shot Of The Day...

Hypophyse's Two-Tone Root Beer GMT-Master

The Lady Datejust

Update from Jake: Rolex just introduced a magnificent new campaign for THE LADY-DATEJUST titled THE AUDACITY OF EXCELLENCE, which made me realize I never really wrote a detailed article on this super-iconic Rolex model, so I plan to expand this article significantly until it is complete, at which time I will remove this notice.

Stunningly Gorgeous New Rolex.com Campaign Featuring Princes Grace

The Complete History Of 

THE LADY DATEJUST

The Most Iconic Women's Rolex

A Celebration of Audacious Femininity

Rolex has been a brand that has celebrated women's accomplishments from its inception, and this superb new Rolex video stands testament to that fact. I have always believed the highest level of existence a woman could achieve in life would be to be a lady, just as the highest level of existence for a man is to be a gentleman. 

I recently published the newly discovered Rolex Magazine Ad below which I am madly in love with, and in particular it is the coolest Rolex Lady-Datejust ad I believe I have ever seen. In the past I have written extensively about The Evolution Of The Female Rolex Archetype as well as How Women Began Wearing Men's Rolex Watches. In the not so distant future I will be significantly expanding these articles with some amazing undocumented history of women and Rolex.

So let's start back at the beginning.