Leo's King Midas Rolex
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Presidential Watch Sunday: An Unprecedented Look At The Presidency
Presidential Watch Sunday
An Unprecedented Look At The Presidency
"It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past. –Mikhail Gorbachev.
Welcome to the ninth installment of Presidential Watch Sunday. I would like to thank the White House and Pete Souza (The Official White House Photographer) for giving us unprecedented access to photos of the United States Presidency.
This first two photos are of President Obama meeting with former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbechev in Gostinny Dvor, Russia on July 7, 2009.
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In this next photo President Obama is in the Oval Office with former White House Communications director Ellen Morgan with her family on June 24, 2009. The are having an apple break. The White House is filled with bowls of fresh apples for a healthy snack. United States founding father and politician Benjamin Franklin said, "An apple a day helps keep the doctor away."
Football Fun
President Oboma is not only a huge fan of watching football, but loves throwing around the football. He seems to be attached to his Super Bowl football since he is always playing with it. In the photo below, President Obama is photographed with assistant Eugene Kang in the Oval Office on June 24, 2009.
It seems the President is always holding on to his football and in the photo below taken on June 24, 2009 he leans on his Super Bowl football while talking on the telephone.
It almost seems like the football is like Linus' (from the Peanut's) security blanket for President Obama. I think it is very cool!!!
In this next photo we see President Obama playing catch with the football with Trip Director Marvin Nicholson in the outer Oval Office on June 26, 2009. President Obama's Personal Secratary Katie Johnson watches them tossing the ball from her desk. It looks like President Obama has a lot of fun in the White House, which is really the whole point of life if you think about it.
In the next few photos President Obama steps out into the White House Rose Garden to take a break and throw the football on June 24, 2009 with his assistant.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
I Spy Saturday Season 1 [Episode 13 : Tigers Of Heaven]
I Spy Saturday
Season 1 [Episode 13 : Tigers Of Heaven]
Original Air Date: December 15, 1965
Today's episode of I Spy takes place in Tokyo Japan and there are some great shots of Tokyo. Kelly is also really cool looking with the Lacoste Shirt, Pepsi Rolex GMT Master and Ray Ban Wayfarers.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Sir Edmund Hillary's Rolex Discovered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sir Edmund Hillary's Everest Expedition Rolex Discovered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle Has Been Found
This is one of the most exciting moments of my life with Jake's Rolex Watch Blog!!!!!!!!!!
I wrote a super detailed article about Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Mount Everest which you can read by clicking here. The challenge is that I was able to put together all the pieces of the puzzle except one? and that was whether Sir Edmund Hillary was wearing a Rolex on his wrist when he conquered Everest and if he did where was the actual watch today?
After many months and many international emails and phone calls I can report with confidence that Sir Edmunds Hillary's Rolex has been found and properly documented. The watch is in possession of the Beyer Clock and Watch Museum in Zürich, Switzerland. I have been working with folks at the Beyer Clock And Watch Museum on this story and they just confirmed with me that Rolex in Geneva confirmed the watch indeed belonged to Sir Edmund Hillary and was given to the Hunt Expedition.
This first photo is of the the actual watch Sir Edmund Hillary wore when he conquered Everest.
The watch is an Officially Certified Chronometer Rolex Oyster Perpetual with a white dial and it is pictured below on top of a Rolex magazine ad which I believe is from between 1953 and late 1958. The irony, of course is Edmund Hillary's Rolex watch was NOT a (as widely believed and reported) a Rolex Explorer model, but a Rolex Oyster Perpetual COSC.
This next Rolex magazine advertisement is from 1953 and it appears to show the exact Rolex Oyster Perpetual that Sir Edmund Hillary wore. It does not show a Rolex Explorer, but the actual model as seen above but on an early Rolex Oyster bracelet. To the best of my recollection this model is very similar to the one Chuck Yeager wore when he broke the speed of sound barrier in 1947.
Also, notice that next to the photo of the watch in the ad below it says:
"The ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL that accompanied the victorious British Everest Expedition. Waterproof, self-winding, and a miracle of accuracy, this watch is the 'highest achievement' of the watchmaking industry."
It is interesting to note the use of language in the ad below as well–where Rolex uses the term "Highest Achievement." This is interesting to me because in my mind that is what Rolex has always been about. I think there is something about wearing a Rolex on your wrist that makes people strive higher to achieve. Perhaps, I and Rolex are romanticizing things, but it makes perfect sense to me.
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The ad has a letter from Sir Edmund Hillary to Rolex written upon his return from the 1952 British Himalayan Expedition and it reads:
"I received the watch (Rolex) on March 29th an Jaynagar on the Nepalese border, and throughout the whole of the British Cho Oyu Expedition, until we finally reached India again some 14 weeks later, I wore the watch (Rolex) continuously, night and day, and on no occasion did it stop or require winding. In the course of the expedition it experienced considerable extremes of temperature, from the great heat of India to the cold temperature at over 22,000 feet, and seemed unaffected by the knocks it received on rock climbs or the continual jarring on long spells of stop cutting in ice."
"To me an accurate watch is a novelty. I am one of those unfortunate people whose watches, for some some strange reason, always seem to go slow. No adjustment seems to counteract. However this Rolex has been different a different matter altogether. Its accuracy is all one could desire and it has run continuously without winding ever since I put it on some nine months ago...I count your watch amongst my most treasured possessions."
Welcome Home Baby!!!
The obvious reason I did not see any Rolex Explorer models is because the members of the Hunt expedition were not wearing them. In the photo below of Sir Edmund Hillary's watch we see that it has an extra long leather strap which enabled it to be worn over clothing or gloves.
This next photo of Hillary (pictured on the left) shows him in the foothills with just one watch on a black leather strap.
Same with this next photo. One watch on his left wrist.
Flipper Friday Season 1 [Episode 11 & 12]
Flipper Friday
Season 1 [Episode 11 & 12: Lady And The Dolphin, Part 1 &2]
Original Air Date: December 5th & 12th, 1964
Today on Flipper Friday we get a double feature. Kind of funny episodes and it sure looks to me like Sandy is wearing a no-crown-guard Submariner on a tropical strap.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Rolex Coolness: John Mayer
Rolex Coolness: John Mayer
On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone
[Yellow Gold Paul Newman Daytona]
Wrist Shot of the Day: The Great Wall Of China GMT Ceramic...
The Great Wall Of China
Hendri from Indonesia sent in these amazing wrist shots of his two-tone GMT Ceramic in front of the Great Wall Of China. What great shots and a very cool watch!!! Thanks for sharing Hendri!!!
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Rolex Studio Shot of the Day: Rolex Air King By Kyle...
Rolex Air King By Kyle
Kyle is one of our youngest readers at 14, and he took this photo of his younger brother Mathew's Rolex Air King. Mathew is 12. Thanks for sharing the superb photo Kyle!!!
John Mayer At Jackson Service...
John Mayer At Jackson Service
It is still hard to believe Michael Jackson is gone!?!? John Mayer's version of Human Nature was absolutely mesmerizing!!!!!
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