A Prime Minister Wearing A Rolex President
Harold Wilson
Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
1916-1995
James Harold Wilson served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970, as well as from 1974 to 1976. He was a British Labour Party politician. He began his political career in 1945 when he entered Parliament. As we see in the photos below, Harold Wilson wore a yellow gold Rolex Day-Date, also known as The Rolex President.
One of my favorite things to do on Jake's Rolex World is tell the story behind different Rolex Magazine advertisements, but the challenge is some of them don't use the persons name, which was the case with the "Men who guide the destinies of the world wear Rolex watches" ad seen below from 1964, thus we need to use some logical deduction...
Harold Wilson is pictured below meeting with U.S. President Kennedy at the White House in Washington D.C., on April 2, 1963.
Harold Wilson is pictured below meeting with U.S. President Johnson at the White House in Washington D.C. and notice LBJ is also wearing his Rolex Day-Date.
Harold Wilson is pictured below with Queen Elizabeth in September of 1975 at Balmoral just after he informed her he was planning to retire his position as Prime Minister on his 60th birthday in the following March.
"He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery." —Harold Wilson
