Monday, May 18, 2009
An Unusual Rolex Datejust [Reference 1630]
An Unusual Rolex Datejust
[Reference 1630]
Haris is our resident watchmaker and he took these photos of an unusual Rolex Datejust he recently worked on. It is a Rolex Reference 1630 which had a case and bracelet design like an Oyster Quartz, but with a standard Oyster Perpetual Movement.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Introducing Presidential Watch Sunday
Introducing
Presidential Watch Sunday
An Unprecedented Look At The Presidency
A man has to be part of the action and passion of his times, or to be judged not to have lived. –Oliver Wendel Homes. (Philosopher and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.)
I am happy to introduce a new feature to Jake's Rolex Watch Blog named Presidential Watch Sunday where we will be exploring photos from the White House every Sunday. What does this have to do with Rolex? Everything and nothing.
When people ask me what Jake's Rolex Watch Blog is, I tell them it is an online only magazine that explores Rolex history, with a strong emphasis on exploring the stories behind the stories. I also tell them I perceive Jake's Rolex Watch Blog as being a cross between Life Magazine, People Magazine and National Geographic.
I think referring to Jake's Rolex Watch Blog as a blog is a misnomer because I am really trying to reinvent what a magazine is for the 21st Century, not to mention, blogs typically have small photos and if you click on them, you may or may not get a medium size photo. If Jake's Rolex Watch Blog is a blog, it really would be a photo blog because the photos are 800 pixels wide by default and with many of them, if you click on them they get much bigger (like with all the photos in this story).
I think paper magazines are terrible for the environment because they waste much paper and use highly toxic ink, plus if you ever want to go back and find something in a magazine it is almost impossible.
In reality, I publish Jake's Rolex Watch Blog with images and content I am interested in, and based upon the viewership it appears my audience seems to appreciate my taste. In my mind, Jake's Rolex Watch Blog is also about exploring leadership and there is no disputing the U.S. Presidency is in many ways the ultimate in leadership.
I wish to emphasize that my coverage has absolutely nothing to do with my political affiliation and for the record, I am politically agnostic. I do like President Obama very much and think he is an extremely charismatic and intelligent leader.
I would like to thank the White House for allowing us unprecedented access in sharing these amazing images that were taken by the extremely talented White House photographer, Peter Sousza and I hope you enjoy Presidential Watch Sunday.
Another great aspect of exploring the White House is that we will get to see many, many great pieces of American art and of course, the White House is supremely elegant and a work of timeless art in-and-of-itself, just like a Rolex.
In this first image below, we see President Obama in the Oval Office and he is wearing a Secret Service Chronograph Watch that was given to him as a gift by the Secret Service on his 46th birthday, when he was running for President. Will we ever see President Obama wearing a Rolex? I hope so. I think it would be really cool if he wore President Eisenhower's or Dr. Martin Luther King's yellow gold Rolex Datejusts.
In the photo below, President Obama listens to comments during a staff meeting in the Oval Office on May 12, 2009. Notice the great portrait of George Washington above his head. I also noticed that they painted the oval office walls in yellow. I believe they used to be pained white.
This next image was taken on May 8, 2009. President Obama was visiting with a White House staff member and his son asked the President if his haircut felt like his own, so President Obama allowed him to see for himself. Notice that the desk in the Oval Office is the desk that JFK used during his administration. The desk was a gift from Queen Victoria to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879. To learn more about the fascinating history of the desk, please click here.
That is an original Remington bronze sculpture of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco on the right side of the photo. The White House is a treasure-trove of magnificent American art.
In the photo below, President Obama is playing with a football in the Oval Office on April 23, 2009. These photographs are amazing!!!!
In the photo below, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden practice putting on the White House putting green on April 24, 2009.
I hope you enjoyed checking out these unprecedented photos as much as I have and I can't wait till the next installment coming up next Sunday.
Rolex Baby Photo of the Year!!!!!
Amazingly Cute!!!!
2007 Series Daytona with 2008 Series Daughter
EHS took this amazing photo of his incredibly cute daughter along with his stainless steel Rolex Daytona. I think this photo is one of the cutest things I have ever seen!!!!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Rolex Studio Shot of the Day: Turn-O-Graph...
Rolex Turn-O-Graph
My good pal, Michael W., took this superb shot of his Rolex Turn-O-Graph Datejust. Very cool color combination if you ask me.
Friday, May 15, 2009
How A Watch Works...
How A Watch Works
Hamilton Watch Company [Circa 1949]
Ever wonder how that mechanical masterpiece on your wrist actually works? Me too!!!
Many people don't know this, but the United States used to be a world leader in making watches up until World War II, when many of the watch manufacturers converted their facilities to manufacturing military components. After World War II, the United States of America went into manufacturing other things, but the Swiss kept going with making watches and watchmaking grew considerably in Japan.
This movie, from the Hamilton Watch Company, located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania shows how a mechanical watch works. The primary difference between what you see in this video and a Rolex Perpetual is that Rolex has an automatic winding rotor that winds the watch, otherwise they work very similarly. Enjoy!!!
Flipper Friday is Back!!! Season 1 [Episode 4: The Gulf Between]
Flipper Friday
Season 1 [Episode 4: The Gulf Between]
Original Air Date: October 10, 1964
Flipper Friday threw me a curve ball I was not expecting last week when Porter Ricks was not wearing his Rolex Submariner, but a brand I never heard of named Croton. It made me wonder if I was hallucinating about Porter Ricks wearing a Rolex Submariner to begin with? So I did some research and watched some later episodes and I confirmed (with 99%++ certainty) that he was wearing a Rolex Submariner.
Also, readers of Jake's Rolex Watch Blog have mentioned to me that they like watching Flipper. There is something so wholesome, clean-cut and cool about it. I talked with Mark yesterday and he said that he grew up watching Flipper as a kid and that it brings back great memories.
Mark also said for a kid at the time the whole theme of two boys growing up with their really cool dad and their pet dolphin was the ultimate childhood fantasy and I agree. Especially when they are towing on flipper through the ocean or as Mark pointed out, driving around in a single engine power boat.
I did notice a strange continuity error where Porter Ricks watch keeps moving back and forth from his left to right wrist which is kind of funny. It is also kind of fascinating to watch Flipper from a anthropological perspective, like examining the fashion and the way they speak and interact–like when bud tells Porter Ricks girlfriend she is twitch (never heard that before).
It is also interesting to note that when this episode originally aired 44 years ago, I was not even born yet. Even thought JFK had only been dead 11 months, this world was still a JFK kind of world–idealism and all.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Rolex Wrist Shot of the Day: Milos' (WatchFan1) Red Submariner
Milos' (WatchFan1) Red Submariner
[Reference 1680]
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