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.

Celebrating 100 Years of Oyster

Rolex Full Documentary

 Celebrating 

100 Years of Oyster

"The World is Your Oyster" 

Rolex recently introduced it's novelties @ Watches and Wonders in Geneva, Switzerland recently, and to continue the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Rolex Oyster they launched this brilliant new documentary:

Rolex & Pan Am Travelling Through Time

Rolex & Pan Am
TRAVELLING THROUGH TIME
Nick Gould (@niccoloy) discovered this amazing Rolex film about the history of time. I love stuff like this, where it's literally like a Rolex time capsule.

Federer Twelve Final Days...

 FEDERER

TWELVE FINAL DAYS

Feature-length Documentary

Rolex sponsored the making of an amazing new documentary on tennis legend, Roger Federer's final days of his professional tennis playing career. The Federer documentary is available for watching exclusively on Amazon Prime beginning today, on June 20th. 

"Federer: Twelve Final Days" was directed by esteemed directors Asia Kapadia, and Joe Sabia, and examines Roger Federer's last days of his amazing tennis career achievements as the 20-time Grand Slam Champion. Much of the film chronicles occur during his participation nine months earlier in September of 2022 during the Laver Cup.

As you can see, there are a zillion video clips of Rocking Roger sporting his magnificent harem of Rolex watches. In this next video, we see Rocking Roger reacting to watching scenes from his documentary.

When I began publishing Jake's Rolex World, back in 2008, I believe Roger Federer had recently become an official Rolex brand ambassador, or as they say in Rolex parlance, a "Rolex Testimony". Below is an early Roger Federer Rolex ad I published in 2009:

I've been contemplating consolidating all my Roger Federer stories into one, which I might do in the future.

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

Wimbledon 2016

Wimbledon 2016

Rolex's been the primary sponsor of the oldest and most prestigious fortnight in professional tennis since 1978, which is known as the Wimbledon Tennis tournament. Rolex is also the official timekeeper or Wimbledon. It's hard to believe Wimbledon 2016 is already underway! Rolex created this short video entitled "What Makes Wimbledon Special", which should get you stoked for some amazing world-class tennis...

...Rolex Presents...

The Spirit Of Wimbledon

Four Part Series 

Wimbledon from 1877 to 2011

Several years ago Rolex released this remarkably detailed and amazing four part documentary on the history of Wimbledon, which is absolutely fascinating!!!

2014 Rolex Middle Sea Race Documentary

2014 Rolex Middle Sea Race Documentary
Rolex recently released this fascinating film that covers the 2014 Rolex Middle Sea Race. The Rolex Middle Sea Race is a 600+ mile race that requires amazing endurance and strategy. This film documentary, is extremely beautiful, as it chronicles this epic race.

...Rolex Coolness...

Niklas Zennström

Founder of Skype and Kazaa

Two-Tone Rolex Yacht-Master

Niklas Zennström is a Swedish entrepreneur and he is best known for founding Skype and Kazaa. Niklas is also a passionate yachtsman. His sailboat named the Rán II won the Rolex Fastnet race in 2009 and 2011, and his team came in second in the 2014 Rolex Middle Sea Race, as seen in the above video.

2004 Rolex Middle Sea Race Ad

...Rolex Presents... The History of The Open

...Rolex Presents... The History of The Open
4-Part Rolex Golf History Documentary
Rolex recently published this 4-part video documentary on the history of The Open. It is so great to see Rolex producing these full-length video documentaries...

...Rolex Presents... The Triest's Deepest Dive Documentary

...Rolex Presents...

The Trieste's Deepest Dive Documentary

Rolex just published this AMAZING video documentary regarding the history of the deepest dive in history. To learn even more about the Bathescaphe Trieste and Rolex's record setting DEEPSEA dive you can read my story on the subject.