Rolex Submariner Gold and Stainless on Instagram

Rolex Submariner

Gold and Stainless

on Instagram

The Submariner’s unidirectional rotatable bezel has knurled edges that offer excellent grip when setting the dive time. It rotates notch by notch, accompanied by crisp clicks that indicate the reliability of its function. Thanks to the Chromalight luminescent capsule on the zero marker, the bezel can also be used in dark underwater environments. #Rolex #Submariner #Rolesor

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John McCain Rolex Datejust

Note: I originally published this story a week ago on August 25th, 2018, but I kept updating this amazing story as it unfolded—so I thought I would bring it back up to the top story. The video content toward the end of this story is very impressive, especially President Obama's Eulogy for John McCain...

Senator John McCain

Belongs To The Ages

1936-2018

"Nothing in life is more liberating than 
to fight for a cause larger than yourself." 

—John McCain

In this photo from November of 1982, you see John McCain with his wife Cindy the month he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arizona and notice he is wearing a Rolex Datejust on a Jubilee Bracelet. 

John McCain is pictured below as a young boy (center) sitting between his grandfather and father. His grandfather John S. McCain was a Vice Admiral at the time this photo was taken and went on to become an Admiral. His father John S. McCain Jr. was a Commander at the time and also went on to become an Admiral.

John McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1958. He followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather who were both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. John McCain is pictured below with his father.

Lieutenant John McCain is pictured below in 1964 in his official United States Navy Portrait.

John McCain is pictured below (front right) as a naval aviator with his squadron in 1965. On October 26, 1967, during the Vietnam war, McCain was on a bombing mission as part of Operation Rolling Thunder and was shot down over Hanoi. 

McCain was shot down and in the photo below we see him being rescued on Hanoi's Truc Bach Lack be a number of Hanoi residents. He was seriously injured and remained a prisoner of war until 1973.

In the photo below we see John McCain's father, John S. McCain Jr, who at the time was the Chief of U.S. Forces for the Pacific Fleet chatting with then U.S. President Nixon in the Oval Office. Ironically, at the time this photo was taken John McCain was in a Vietnamese jail as a prisoner of war.

In the photo below from 1973, we see John McCain receiving a hero's welcome from President Nixon. 

John McCain is pictured below with actor Michael Landon (second from right), and Governor Ronald Reagan on May 28, 1978, attending a POW reunion part in Los Angeles. 

In 1981 McCain retired from the Navy as a captain and began his career as a politician. In 1982, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives representing the state of Arizona, where he served two terms. John McCain is pictured below with his wife Cindy, and two of their children.

John McCain is pictured below with his family as he is being sworn in as a US Senator from Arizona by then Vice President, George H.W. Bush in 1987. In this photo, notice John McCain is wearing his two-tone Rolex Datejust.

In 1987 he ran for U.S. Senate and was reelected four more times until he retired in 2016. Senator John McCain, who was also a Vietnam War veteran is pictured below in 1992 with fellow Senator John Kerry during a Senate Select Committee session on POW/MIA Affairs. Notice Senator McCain is wearing his two-tone Rolex Datejust on a Jubilee Bracelet.

John McCain famously ran for President of the United States against Barack Obama in 2008.

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day: Roberts White Gold Rolex Daytona

...Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day...

Roberts White Gold Rolex Daytona

President Uhuru Kenyatta Visits White House Wearing His Rolex President

A President Wearing A Rolex President

President Uhuru Kenyatta 

Visits White House

Republic of Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta and his wife visited President Donald Trump at the White House yesterday, and I noticed President Uhuru Kenyatta was wearing a yellow gold Rolex Day-Date which is also known as "The Rolex President."

In the photos below we see First Lady Melania Trump and Mrs. Kenyatta walking around the White House Grounds and notice Mrs. Kenyatta is wearing a two-tone Rolex Datejust.

President Uhuru Kenyatta is seen below wearing his Ceramic LV Submariner "Hulk".

Speaking of a President wearing a President, in the photo below we see President Trump wearing his Rolex Day-Date in the photo with his daughter Ivanka.

Neil Simon: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright

Neil Simon

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright
1927-2018

Belongs To The Ages

Broadway master of comedy, Neil Simon passed away yesterday at age 91. Neil Simon is pictured below wearing what appears to be an early Rolex Oyster Date.

Interview with Clyve

Interview with Clyve
Clyve, the Watch-Wrangler just interviewed me about all things Rolex and we spoke in detail about an article I published on June 16, 2018, titled, "What Is Really Going On With Rolex Supply?"

Rolex & the US Open

Rolex & the US Open
A few weeks ago, I published a detailed story about how Rolex has become the official lead sponsor for the US Open. Rolex just released this cool video on the US Open which begins this weekend on August 27th and runs through September 9, 2018.

Bryan Ferry: Rolex Explorer

...Rolex Coolness...

Bryan Ferry

Roxy Rolex

Bryan Ferry's music influenced a generation of listeners, from his early days with Roxy Music, up through his solo career. Bryan wears a vintage stainless steel Rolex Explorer as seen in the photo below.

Bryan Ferry's vintage Rolex Explorer features a tropical dial which has faded to a beautiful brown color as seen in the photos above and below.

Bryan Ferry began his musical ascent as the singer and songwriter for the British glam art rock band Roxy Music.

Bryan is known for being a modern crooner, who was a pioneer glam rocker. He is considered to be a contemporary of David Bowie, but just like Bowie in later years, he developed a more classic sartorial style.

The next two photos of Bryan Ferry were taken by a reader of Jake's Rolex World named Hollister Lowe. 

Photo of Bryan Ferry appears courtesy of Hollister Lowe

Photo of Bryan Ferry appears courtesy of Hollister Lowe

In this next set of images, we see Bryan Ferry wearing his Rolex Datejust on a Jubilee Bracelet. 

Glam Rock

This first video show Roxy Music in a live performance back on August 24, 1972, performing their now classic hit song, Virginia Plain.



The Roxy Music Video below features Bryan Ferry in 1975 singing one of his best songs, titled "Love Is The Drug". Bryan's music is super iconic 80s music and early MTVish...

Next up we see Roxy Music performing their hit song "Dance Away" which was originally broadcast on the BBC on Christmas day of 1979.


The Roxy Music Videos below show Bryan Ferry singing Avalon and More Than This in 1982.

Next, we see Bryan Ferry's hit, Slave To Love from 1985, which was featured in the blockbuster hit movie soundtrack from 9 1/2 Weeks.

All this 80s music is starting to make me remember Nagel prints. Remember Patrick Nagel? His work was pretty cool and Rolex is pretty 80s anyway, isn't it?

Studio Shot Of The Day... Milgauss GV

...Studio Shot Of The Day...

Milgauss GV

1958: Men Who Guide The Destinies Of The World Wear Rolex Watches

...Rolex Time Machine...

Men Who Guide The Destinies Of

The World Wear Rolex Watches

1958

Who is responsible for Rolex Watch Spotting practices? Some would say it all began with Jake's Rolex World, but this 1958 Rolex magazine advertisement would suggest it was Rolex itself that originally recommended and encouraged the practice of Rolex watch spotting a half-century before Jake's Rolex World came into existence.

There are several interesting characteristics I notice when evaluating this 1958 Rolex magazine advertisement. The first is that the soldier in the forefront (with the sword) is British, and the three soldiers in the background are U.S. Marines. This is interesting as it was published only thirteen years after the Allied powers defeated the Axis powers.

Secondly, Rolex was coy about not revealing the identities of the leaders it refers to. This is because they promised the leaders they would not use their identities for commercial purposes.

Rolex gave General Eisenhower the 150th Officially Certified Swiss Chronometer Rolex, which is pictured below. When they gave it to him in 1948, it lacked a Cyclops date magnifier window, which was retrofitted later in a subsequent serving of the watch. Eisenhower was the President of the United States when the Rolex ad pictured above was originally published in 1958.

President Eisenhower appeared on the cover of LIFE Magazine in 1952 wearing his yellow gold Rolex Datejust.

President-elect Eisenhower is pictured below with current President Truman as they head to Eisenhower's Presidential Inauguration in 1952.

In this close-up photo of President Truman and Eisenhower, we clearly see the Rolex Jubilee bracelet on Eisenhower's wrist.

General Eisenhower is pictured below in his U.S. Army Uniform.

The three men in the foreground of this photo all wore yellow gold Rolex watches.

You can learn much more about the history of The Rolex President in my 11 Part series titled, "The Complete History of The Rolex President."