2010 Tour de France Underway

2010 Tour de France Underway

Lance Armstrong's Last Hurrah?

The 20 Stage, or the 97th running of the 2010 Tour de France cycling race just passed the half-way point. The race began with 198 cyclists comprising 22 teams of 9. It began in Rotterdam and will end 2,263 miles (3,642 kilometers) later in Paris on the Champs-Elysees on July 25.

This first stunning group image was taken by Bryn Lennon of Getty Images and shows the 2010 Tour de France getting underway on July 6, 2010.

This next amazing image was taken by Bas Czerwinski from AP Photo on July 14, 2010 and it shows the racers as they jam toward Gap, France.

The image below is of Lance Armstrong on July 3, 2010 as he completes the 8.9km individual time trial run around Rotterdam and was taken by Pascal Pavani of AFP-Getty Images.

This next image of Lance Armstrong shows Lance Armstrong on July 6, 2010 with dirt all over his face as he races on the third stage of the Tour de France. The image was taken by Joel Saget of Reuters.

As many readers of Jake's Rolex World know, Lance Armstrong is a big Rolex collector with his favorites being his white dial stainless Rolex Daytona and his Pepsi GMT-Master. In the future we will be publishing a very detailed article on Lance Armstrong's Rolex collection.

Tip: To see all the photos on Jake's Rolex World of Lance Armstrong wearing Rolex watches, click on the Label at the bottom of this post that says "Lance Armstrong" and scroll past the first story...

Rolex Coolness: Phil Mickelson Rolex Cellini Danaos

Master's Champion

Rolex Coolness: Phil Mickelson

Rolex Cellini Danaos

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The Rolex Cellini Danaos pictured below from Rolex.com is a similar model to the one Phil Mickelson is wearing above.

Rolex Wrist-Shot Of The Day: Dan Pierce's Rolex GMT Master II

Rolex Wrist Shot Of The Day

Dan "Nylon-Nation" Pierce

[Pepsi GMT Master II: Reference 16710]

Rolex Coolness: Cameron Diaz Rolex Submariner Date

Rolex Hotness: Cameron Diaz

Rolex Submariner Date

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Here is a set of photos from the current movie named Knight & Day starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. In the movie, Cameron is wearing a stainless steel Rolex Submariner.

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day Francesco's 5512 Submariner On A Nato

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day

Francesco's 5512 Submariner On A Nato

Presidential Watch Sunday: An Unprecedented Look At The Presidency: Episode 15

Presidential Watch Sunday

An Unprecedented Look At The Presidency

Rolex Watches In The Oval Office

Today on Presidential Watch Sunday on Jake's Rolex World we are going to take a look at some recent photos of famous people wearing Rolex watches in the Oval Office of the White House.

The last president of the United states that wore a Rolex President (Day-Date Model) was President Lyndon Johnson as seen in the photo below pictured with Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.

In this next photo (below) we see President Obama meeting with U.S. General, David Petraeus who is head of the U.S. Central Command, in the White House on June 23, 2010.

General Petraeus is wearing his trademark stainless steel Rolex Submariner in the photo above and below.

In this next set of photos we see President Obama meeting in the Oval Office with Bono from U2 who is an anti-poverty activist.

Bono is a fascinating man and very quick-witted. He is an admirer of President Obama, and I remember once I heard Bono say that Obama had once been spelled with an apostrophe "O'bama" as if to suggest Obama was an Irish name.

In the photo above, we see Bono wearing his now trademark Platinum Rolex Day-Date. I say, "now" trademark, because he used to wear a stainless Rolex Datejust.

Rolex Hotness: Jennifer Aniston Milgauss...

Rolex Hotness: Jennifer Aniston

Blacked-Out Rolex Milgauss

Some things get better with age including Rolex watches and Jennifer Aniston. Jennifer Aniston is wearing her black PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) Rolex Milgauss in the photos below.

Rolex Coolness: Paul Cayard-Legendary Sailing Champion

Rolex Coolness: Paul Cayard

Legendary Sailing Champion

Rolex Hotness: Charlize Theron

Rolex Hotness: Charlize Theron

Academy Award Winner For Best Actress

L.A. Laker's Game

Rolex DEEP-SEA

So we all know it has been very popular for women to wear men's Rolex watches for the last decade and even longer. It is interesting that as the size of Rolex men's watches get larger to see women wearing them as well. In this next set of photos we see Academy Award winning actress Charlize Theron at a recent L.A. Laker's game sporting her Rolex DEEP-SEA.

Congratulations to the L.A. Laker's who recently won the NBA Championship. I really like this L.A. Times photo showing Kobe Bryant as the Laker's won the championship on June 17, 2010.

Rolex Moon Watch Evidence Update NASA Apollo 14 Pepsi Rolex GMT Master

Update: A reader wrote in and asked if this story was about the Pepsi Rolex GMT Master Moon watch I wrote about months ago? No. That Rolex GMT-Master Moon watch belonged to Ronald Evans and went to the moon aboard Apollo 17, as did Jack Swigert's Rolex GMT Master aboard Apollo 13.

First Rolex Moon Watch Proof!!!

Pepsi Rolex GMT Master Moon Watch

NASA Apollo 14

I have been exploring in the NASA archives and I want to give you a significant update, which, for the first time in Rolex history, proves unequivocally, a Rolex GMT-Master was worn on the lunar surface of the moon!!!!

When I first started talking about how NASA Apollo astronauts wore Pepsi Rolex GMT Master watches to the moon and walked on the moon with them, some people thought I was crazy, but today, for the first time, I will prove it beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt.

This first NASA photo is of the NASA Apollo 14 Lunar Module parked on the Moon surface which delivered Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard to the moon surface and returned them to the Service Module.

Apollo 14

Lunar Module Moon Lift-Off

February 6, 1971 18:48:42 UT

Lunar Module Pilot: Dr. Edgar Mitchell

Rolex GMT-Master

The following three photos show Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard as they take-off from the Moon surface to return to the Apollo 14 Command/Service Module in the Grumman-made Lunar Lander module named "Antares." During their moonwalk, Dr. Edgar Mitchell set the all-time record for the longest moonwalk at 9 hours and 17 minutes.

In this first image, we see Alan Shepard putting on his oxygen mask and if you study his facial expression you see a bit of trepidation. After all, he has just experienced the most euphoric experience of his life and he is likely exhausted phyically and mentally–kind of like the way you feel after a full-day of great skiing or snowboarding. He likely realizes if the Lunar Lander does not take-off, they would be stranded on the moon and die.

In the next photo we see Dr. Edgar Mitchell as he prepares the 33,000 pound (15,264kg) Lunar Module (LM) for takeoff–since he was the Lunar Module pilot. We see Dr. Edgar Mitchell wearing his Pepsi GMT Master on his right wrist and we get a clear view of his Rolex Oyster bracelet. He is wearing an Omega Speedmaster Chronograph on a velcro NASA Spec Black Nylon Strap on his left wrist.

In the past, Dr. Edgar Mitchell recalled that he wore his Pepsi Rolex GMT Master on the moonwalk, but there has never been any photographic proof to confirm this fact–until today!!!!

This next photo shows Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard very enthusiastically shaking hands in a euphoric and jubilant moment of exultation as they succesfully take-off in the Lunar Module to return to the Service Module from the moon surface!!!!

This next NASA photo was taken of Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard after they returned from the Moon and were still in a 15 day quarantine in the MSC Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Lyndon Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Notice, Dr. Mitchell is still wearing his Pepsi Rolex GMT Master on his right wrist.

In the future, I will be publishing much more information on the Rolex Moon Oysters, and to learn much more about Apollo 14 and the Rolex GMT Master watches they wore you can read the article I wrote three years ago.