...Random Retro Ad...
1964 Ford Thunderbird Ad
Am I hallucinating or does it seem like the world was much more elegant, and what happened to American cars!?!?
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Saturday, May 07, 2011
...Supreme Italian Style... Omega Coolness: Gianni Agnelli Ploprof Sea-Master Professional
...Supreme Italian Style...
Omega Coolness: Gianni Agnelli
Ploprof Sea-Master Professional
Earlier this week we learned that Gian Riccardo Marini would be taking over as the new CEO of Rolex in Geneva. This is probably and excellent choice, in that if you study photos of him, you see he has a great sense of classic style. Of course, Gian Riccardo Marini is Italian, and everybody knows Italy is renowned for being perhaps the most stylish country in the world.
Earlier today, I put up a fascinating video interview of Stephen Urquhart, who is the CEO of Omega, which made me think this would be an excellent opportunity to take a look at one of the most stylish Italian men in modern history, Gianni Agnelli.
In this photo taken in 1979 we see billionaire, business tycoon, Gianni Agnelli in St. Moritz and he is sporting his Omega Ploprof Seamaster. Gianni Agnelli is renowned for not only being super-stylish, but for also wearing his watches around the outside of his shirt sleeve. A few weeks ago on Jake's Patek Philippe World, I published another story on Gianni Agnelli sporting his Patek Philippe World Time watch.
As legend has it, Omega developed the Omega PloProf with COMEX and Jacques Cousteau. Essentially, the Omega PloProf Seamaster Professional was developed to compete with the Rolex SEA-DWELLER. Omega formally launched the PloProf in 1970 after 4 years of research and development.
Omega discontinued the PloProf in 1979, and several years ago, the brought the model back to life and named it the Omega SeaMaster Ploprof 1200M–as seen in the two photos below. To learn more about the history of the Omega Ploprof there is a great site dedicated to it named Ploprof.com.
Ariel Adams Interview Omega Coolness: Stephen Urquhart CEO of Omega Watches
Ariel Adams Interview
Omega Coolness: Stephen Urquhart
CEO of Omega Watches
My pal Ariel Adams is the publisher of A Blog To Read and earlier this year, at BaselWorld he had the opportunity to interview Stephen Urquhart, who is the CEO of Omega Watches. I really enjoyed the interview and I was extremely impressed with Stephen Urquhart depth of knowledge, and he certainly is a brilliant conversationalist.
Toward the end of the interview, Stephen Urquhart speaks about Bertrand Piccard's exciting project to build and fly a solar powered airplane around the world.
Friday, May 06, 2011
All-New Rolex Two-Tone Yacht-Master II
All-New Rolex Two-Tone Yacht-Master II
BaselWorld 2011 Introduction
Rolex recently showed off this all-new two Rolex Yacht-Master II. This watch is not really my cup of tea, but it has an interesting design.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
...The Greatest Cyclist In History... Rolex Coolness: Lance Armstrong
...The Greatest Cyclist In History...
Rolex Coolness: Lance Armstrong
Cover of May 2011 Bicycling Magazine
Pepsi Rolex GMT Master
This is a pretty iconic photo if you think about it. Lance Armstrong wearing his trademark ARMSTRONG Band on one wrist with his Pepsi GMT Master on the other wrist.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
New Rolex CEO Appointed: Gian Riccardo Marini
...The Rolex Torch Has Been Passed...
New Rolex CEO Appointed
Rolex Coolness: Gian Riccardo Marini
Rolex Geneva announced today the appointment of a new CEO to replace Bruno Meier. Gian Riccardo Marini is 64 years old and was promoted to the position of CEO for Rolex Geneva, from being the CEO of Rolex Italy. Gian Riccardo becomes only the 5th CEO to govern Rolex over the last 106 years. If you want to learn much more about the history of Rolex first CEO, Hans Wilsdorf you should check out his story.
Gian Riccardo Marini is pictured below in Italy with Elena Ambrosiadou, who is the current owner of the Maltese Falcon mega-yacht.
Monday, May 02, 2011
...Rolex Food Shot Of The Day... A Black Netherlands LV Submariner
...Rolex Food Shot Of The Day...
A Black Netherlands LV Submariner
Marco is a reader of Jake's Rolex World and he is from the Netherlands. He sent in this photo of his Rolex Submariner witch a note saying he is just about to celebrate his 27th birthday, as well as his first year anniversary on his Rolex warranty card ;-) Marco also mentioned his LV Submariner is his only Rolex and he likes it with the black bezel insert...
Friday, April 29, 2011
Royal Wedding Highlights William & Catherine Westminster Abbey Royal Marriage
Rolex Annual Calendar Moonphase Reference 6062
...Studio Shot Of The Day...
The Last Emperor Rolex Triple-Date
Rolex Annual Calendar Moonphase
Reference 6062 on a Matching Gold Jubilee Bracelet
This watch belonged to Bao Dai, the last Emperor of Vietnam. The watch is featured in John Goldberger's book, 100 Superlative Watches on page 150.
Page 150 Bao Dai Diamond Moonphase. [Reference 6062] Circa 1952
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