Ben Clymer Presents: The Vintage Rolex Episode With Geoff Hess

Ben Clymer Presents

The Vintage Rolex Episode With Geoff Hess

In episode four of Ben Clymer Presents, Ben interviews vintage Rolex collector and expert, Geoff Hess who is the head of watches for Sotheby's auction house as well as the founding host of the RollieFest. Ben and Geoff have a fascinating conversation about the current state of Rolex vintage collecting, and they discuss the amazing value proposition of Rolex scholarship, which is one of my favorite subject topics.

Hodinkee included the superb image below in the video above that shows a number of different vintage Paul Newman Rolex Daytona models.

10 PAST TEN Launches 2.0 Website...

10 PAST TEN Launches 2.0 Website

My pal, Eric Ku at 10PASTTEN.com just let me know he just completed an overhaul of his already great webiste.

If you are not familiar with Eric Ku, he is one of the top vintage Rolex dealers on earth. I love hanging out with Eric because he has an encyclopedic knowledge of Rolex watches and Rolex history.

Eric is pictured above behind the counter at Fourtané Jewelers in Carmel during the First Annual Vintage Rolex Concours Exhibition and Carmel GTG which takes place the same week as the Car Concours de Elegance in Carmel California. I remember Eric had an ultra-rare Rolex Explorer II Prototype I had never seen before which blew my mind. Unfortunately he would not let me photograph it :-(((

Eric Ku has an amazing Rolex fixture collection which includes the brass point of sale display pictured below.

Eric Ku somehow is able to get ahold of ultra-rare vintage Rolex watches most people have never even seen before like the Rolex Thunderbird [Reference 6609] seen below. Also whenever you see a photo with the background as seen in the photo above and below, you know it is Eric's.

The Real Single Red

The SEA-LAB SEA-DWELLER

[Rolex Reference 1665. Circa 1967]

Eric also had this crazy-rare Rolex Single-Red SEA LAB SEA-DWELLER which is one of several in existence. Definitely check our Eric's all new 10PastTen.com website by clicking here.

To see all the post we have done on Eric Ku's watches, just click on the Label below named "ERIC KU."

French Vintage 1941 Rolex Oyster Advertisement...

Beautiful Blue Rolex Watches...

These simple Rolex Watches are beautiful and I love the simple cobalt blue dials with the crocodile straps...

Rare Vintage Rolex Moonphase Triple Date...

I really hope Rolex starts making complicated watches again.  They should really give Patek a run for their money.  Don't get me wrong, I love Patek Phillippe but I think it would be really cool to see Rolex making these beautiful mooonphase models again.

Men who guide the destinies of the world wear Rolex watches...

1953 Rolex magazine advertisement for the Yellow Gold Datejust reads "ROLEX: A landmark in the history of Time measurement...

Times have obviously changed because the man in this add is smoking a cigarette...

Presidents Wearing Presidents...

Speaking of Presidents wearing Rolex watches:

US President Dwight Eisenhower was the first known American President to wear a Rolex.  The Yellow Gold Rolex Datejust pictured below was a gift from Rolex to President Eisenhower in 1950 and it has his initials D.D.E. engraved on the back along with 5 stars.

In the future I will be doing an in-depth analysis on the American Presidents wearing Rolex watches as well as conducting an exploration into the origins of the name "Rolex President."

Stay tuned...

Photo of President Eisenhower's Rolex Datejust Photo Courtesy of Raleigh DeGeer Amyx