Who is the prettiest woman that ever lived? Probably Sophia Loren, but then again there is another woman with a similar name and accent, and that is Sofia Vergara. Sofia Vegara is pictured below sporting her 36 MM Rolex Datejust.
Yellow Gold Rolex Daytona
On The Beach In Greece
Sofia is pictured below wearing her yellow gold Rolex Daytona, while on vacation in Greece, on the beach.
The photo below is of the same model of Yellow Gold Rolex Daytona Sofia is wearing, which is a Rolex Reference Number 116528.
Ever since I started publishing Jake's Rolex World eight years ago, one of my primary goals was to unearth what gave Rolex its magic. The deeper I dug, the more I realized how much of Rolex's successful mojo can from its founder, Hans Wilsdorf.
The challenge was that at the time, there was almost zero information available about his career achievements. It was almost like history had forgot him, thus I made it my goal to research and share everything I could find on what made him tick. Today, I am extremely proud to add this image to my story titled, The Complete History Of Rolex Leadership, Part 1: The Hans Wilsdorf, The Ghost In The Machine.
This never before seen photo comes straight from the Rolex archives in Geneva, Switzerland, and shows Hans Wildsdorf in Geneva, Switzerland in his office at Rolex headquarters located at 18 Rue du Marché (pictured below), During World War II. Notice the framed magazine ads on the wall behind Hans Wilsdorf...
Despite having founded Rolex in London England in 1905, Hans Wilsdorf, moved Rolex World Headquarters to Geneva, Switzerland in 1919. Rolex moved to 18 Rue du Marché, which was located below the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre in Old Geneva. Rolex remained at this location for forty years.
The photo above shows Rolex's Geneva Worldwide headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland in 1928. If you look closely you can see the ROLEX signs on the upper floor of the building, and also notice the unlocked bicycles standing-up next to the sidewalk. It's hard to imagine a world where people would just leave their unlocked bicycles parked next to the sidewalk, but this was the world of Geneva in the late 1920s.
A new era is upon us! Rolex announced today that Jean-Frédéric Dufour will soon be taking the helm as the new CEO of Rolex. Jean-Frédéric Dufour has been on-board with Rolex for a while now, and has been working with outgoing CEO, Gian Riccardo Marini to learn as much about Rolex as possible.
Jean-Frédéric Dufour's appointment as CEO represents a potential sea-change for Rolex in the sense that Rolex today is at a crossroads, and Jean-Frédéric Dufour's performance will have an enormous effect on the future of the brand.
Godspeed Jean-Frédéric Dufour
On behalf of Jake's Rolex World readership, I would like to wish Jean-Frédéric Dufour Godspeed and nothing but the best as the future leader of Rolex. I hope he has the wisdom and insight to keep Rolex at the cutting edge of horological innovation for the rest of the first half of the 21st Century. Jean-Frédéric Dufour is the sixth man in the history of Rolex to run the company. You can learn all about the men who have lead Rolex by reading my stories about Hans Wilsdorf, the Founder of Rolex, as well as André Heiniger and Patrick Heiniger. Below is a copy of the official Rolex Press Release announcing the appointment of Jean-Frédéric Dufour's as the new CEO of Rolex:
Tonight, Floyd Mayweather Jr, (left) fought and conquered Manny Pacquiao for the largest boxing purse in history. Both men wear Yellow Gold Rolex Watches and are both really Rolex fanatics, as they both have very large collections of high-end Rolex Watches. In the first photo below we see Manny Pacquiao wearing his bejeweled Rolex GMT-Master.
...Undisputed World Champion...
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Yellow Gold Rolex Sky-Dweller
42MM Reference 326938 Calibre 9001
Five Division Boxing Champion
WBC, WBO, WBA, & Ring Welterwight Champion
Wins $100 Million Purse
In the photo below we see Floyd Mayweather wearing his Rolex Sky-Dweller, which is one of many, many Rolex watches in his collection. Mayweather's career achievements are amazing with 48 wins and Zero losses, and 26 of his wins were by nock-out!!!
...Undisputed World Champion...
Many Pacquiao
Yellow Gold Rolex GMT-MASTER
As previously mentioned, Many Pacquiao is also a huge Rolex collector, and in the image below we see him wearing his bejeweled Rolex GMT-MASTER. This watch was 100% made by Rolex, so all the diamonds and sapphires were attached by Rolex in Geneva.
So how big of a Rolex collector/fanatic is Many Pacquiao? He owns and wears what is considered to be probably the most sought after bejeweled vintage Rolex Daytona. Just to be clear, the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona model see below, which Many owns was 100% made by Rolex back in the 1960s.
Actor, Orlando Bloom is an English actor best known for his role in 2001 as the elf-prince Leoglas in Lord Of The Rings. He also starred in Black Hawk Down, Pirates of the Caribbean, Troy and Kingdom of Heaven. In the first two photos below, we see Orlando Bloom rocking a vintage Rolex Explorer II "Orange Hand" on a fatstrap.
The Rolex Explorer II "Orange Hand" that Orlando Bloom is wearing is a Vintage Rolex Reference 1655, which was originally introduced in 1971.
Orlando is basically a vintage Rolex fanatic, up there with John Mayer–they actually look almost like brothers to me. In the next two photos we see Orlando Bloom rocking his vintage Rolex Explorer with a gilt dial.
Orlando Bloom is sitting on a track bike used forvelodrome racing which is currently in vogue.
Vintage Rolex GMT Master
Vintage Rolex Submariner On A NATO Strap
[Reference 1680]
Orlando Bloom is pictured below with some friends and he is wearing his vintage Rolex Submariner 1680 on a NATO strap.
Vintage Rolex Milgauss on a Crocodile NATO
GMT-MASTER
In this last image of Orlando Bloom, we see him wearing a Pro-Hunter Submariner on a NATO strap.
This ad for Republic Aviation is fascinating in that is discusses how Republic provided the U.S. Air Force with 4500 Thunderjets
Note: In 1953, when this Rolex Ad came out, President Eisenhower had just started his first of two terms as the President of the United States, and he was wearing the exact Rolex Datejust featured in this ad.
In this fascinating video Rolex goes into depth on the history of the Rolex Daytona. To learn much, much, much more about the amazing history of the Rolex Daytona, you can check out my story named "The Complete History Of The Rolex Daytona Cosmograph."
Historically Rolex has always been extremely secretive and discreet, and no journalists in the past have ever been invited "INSIDE ROLEX" to explore and report on all four Rolex Manufacturing faclities in Switzerland.
In November 2013, this changed when Rolex invited Jake to take an unprecdented journey into the heart of Rolex to learn and report on everything he witnessed and learned.
This Super-Detailed 3 Part Story is a "MUST READ" story for anybody who wants to understand what really makes Rolex tick.
