Rolex Desk Clock
In The Oval Office
Front and Center On Resolute Desk
It looks like we have yet another Rolex President history chapter unfolding in front of us. Last week, we saw Rolex CEO, Jean-Frédéric Dufour in the Oval Office with President Trump, and Nick Gould as as well as some eagle-eyed readers of Jake's Rolex World pointed me to how Watches of Espionage reported that President Trump has a new Rolex desk clock on his desk in the Oval Office.
The image below was taken in the Oval Office over the weekend and shows Senator Mullin from Oklahoma handing President Trump a document and we see the Rolex desk clock and can see it has a Rolex green dial. Special thanks to Nick Gould for finding this image.
Below we see Watches of Espionage's original Instagram post that shows the Rolex Desk Clock on President Trump's desk.
Below we see non image of President Trump's desk in the Oval Office as he is meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, and we see the Rolex front and center on the Resolute Desk.
The image below of a Rolex Desk Clock appears courtesy of Christie's Auction House and shows a Rolex Reference 8235 Desk clock, which I believe is very similar to the one on President Trump's desktop, but Trump's obviously has a Rolex green dial.
Rolex has been making Rolex Desk top for many decades, and pictured below we see an example of a 1985 Rolex Reference 455 Rolex Desk clock in an image that appears courtesy of Sotheby's Auction House.
The image below was discovered on Instagram by @Beheightfour and shows what appears to be a Rolex executive awarding somebody a Rolex desk clock very similar to the model gifted to the American people by Rolex:
Update, November 10 @3PM: Hodinkee's Andy Hoffman confirmed that the Rolex desk clock was a 'spirit of friendship' gift to the American people from Rolex:
"Hodinkee is able to confirm that the clock was given to the U.S. and the President by Rolex as part of a White House visit by a group of Swiss business executives. According to a letter signed by Rolex Chief Executive Officer Jean-Frédéric Dufour, the table clock was presented for the benefit of the people of the United States as one of several “symbolic gestures of appreciation reflecting the spirit of friendship and enduring ties between the two nations,” according to the letter. The table clock was described as a gift to the people of the United States and as “a modest, refined expression of traditional Swiss watchmaking.“
It's kind of fitting when you think about it that the Rolex desk clock is a Datejust, as the original and first Rolex 'President' watch model was a Datejust. It's also fascinating when you explore to understand that the Rolex DAY-DATE really is a Datejust variant, with the day of the week wheel added to it. You can learn much more about The Complete History of The Rolex President, which is filled with amazing historical moments. Below we see a photo of President Eisenhower I published years ago, wearing his yellow gold Rolex Datejust.
