Sunday, March 04, 2018

ROLEX Celebrates The Art of Storytelling...




It doesn't just tell time

Faye Dunaway 1977 receiving Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in Network



It tells history


Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty 2017 giving Oscar for Best Picture


Last years Academy Awards provided what was likely the most dramatic event in Oscar history, and it began with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, as witnessed in the video below. Faye and Warren were celebraging the 50th Anniversary of their seminal  1967 movie named Bonnie & Clyde.





Tonight Fay Dunaway and Warren Beatty presented the Oscar for Best Picture, along with Jimmy Kimmel.





ROLEX Celebrates

The Art of Storytelling

Tonight is the 90th Anniversary of the Academy Awards. The Oscar's were scheduled later this year due to the winter Olympics. Rolex, just like in past years has decorated the Green Room at the Oscar's, and this year (2108) Green Room is pictured below.


Rolex is debuting an all-new commercial that will air tonight during the Academy Awards, named, "Rolex celebrates the art of storytelling." 


The Rolex videos above and below, feature four very famous directors who have collectively won 57 Academy Awards. This includes James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Kathryn Bigelow & Alejandro Iñárritu.






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Martin Scorsese

Academy Award Winning Director

Martin Scorsese is not only one of the greatest directors in history, and he is also a Rolex Ambassador, who has participated in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. In the photo below we see Martin Scorsese wearing his Rolex Day-Date.



Martin Scorsese has directed some of the most classic and seminal films in a career that has spanned the past five decades. This list of profound films includes Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Color Of Money, Cape Fear, Good Fellas, Casino, The Aviator, Gangs Of New York, and The Wolf Of Wall Street.


Martin Scorsese's films that he directed, to date, have received a total of 80 Academy Award nominations, of which they have won 20, including Best Director. His films have also been nominated for 56 Golden Globe nominations, of which they have won 11. He has received 84 British Academy Of Film and Television Arts nominations, of which his work has won an astounding 23 Awards!!! 


The video interview below of Martin Scorsese is absolutely fascinating as it goes into great detail on his amazing career achievements:


This next video features a conversation with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola:





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Kathryn Bigelow

Academy Award Winning Director


Kathryn Bigelow is the first female to win the Best Director Academy Award. She was married to fellow Rolex directing ambassador, James Cameron from 1989 to 1991. 





In a directing career that has spanned 40 years, Kathryn has directed some amazing movies including Point Break (1991), Strage Days (1995), Undertow (1996), The Hurt Locker (2008), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), 






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Alejandro González Iñárritu

Academy Award Winning Director



Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican director who has had an amazing directing career. At the 2015 Academy Awards, he won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance.)


The next year he won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant (2105), making him the third director in history to win back to back Academy Awards. 






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James Cameron

Academy Award Winning Director

James Cameron needs no introduction to anybody who is a regular reader of Jake's Rolex World, as his amazingly adventurous reputation precedes him.





...Rolex Spotting...

90th Oscars


It's always fun to do some Rolex spotting to see who wears a Rolex @ The Academy Awards. Oscars r host Michael Strahan is pictured below on the red carpet interviewing people as he wears his stainless steel Rolex Daytona. In this first photo, Strahan is interviewing Mexican film director, Guillermo del Toro, who swept the 2018 Academy Awards by winning Best Picture, Best Director, & Best Original Screenplay for his movie "The Shape of Water."


In this next image we see Tiffany Haddish being interviewed by Michael Srtahan.


In this next image, we get a great look at Michael Strahan's stainless steel Daytona as he interviews actress, Margot Robbie.


Next up we see Michael Strahan interviewing Lin Manuel Miranda who is the founding star of the musical "Hamilton".


In this last set of images, we see actor Sam Rockwell giving his acceptance speech for having won Best Supporting Actor for his Rolex in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri". 



Notice Sam Rockwell is wearing his vintage Rolex GMT-Master, Reference 16710, which features an all-black bezel.


This last image of Sam Rockwell shows him hugging Jennifer Todd who co-produced the Oscars. The image appears courtesy of Monica Almeida for the New York Times.



Next up we see Kelly Ripa with her husband Mark Consuelos, who is wearing a yellow gold Rolex GMT-Master with a green pool table dial.



Monday, February 26, 2018

A President Wearing A Rolex President...[Chapter 11]







President Gerald Ford

38th President Of The United States




A President Wearing A Rolex President




In the photo above we see Gerald Ford, with his wife Betty Ford, sporting his yellow-gold Rolex President wrist-watch also known as the Rolex Day-Date. Rolex always offers a Rolex Day-Date to every President Of The United States, and they did with Gerald Ford, but he refused to accept it for some reason!?!

According to retired Rolex U.S.A., executive, T. Walker Lloyd, after Gerald Ford completed his presidency, he contacted Rolex and said he wished to get his Rolex President. Supposedly Rolex said no, so President Ford went and purchased his from an AD.



In the next photo below we see President Of The United States, Gerald Ford's official portrait photo.





Gerald Ford is pictured below with Jimmy Carter, to whom he lost the 1976 Presidential Election. Notice Ford is wearing his Rolex Day-Date.



Gerald Ford is pictured above with President Ronald Reagan on June 29, 1981, and he is pictured below with his predecessor, Richard Nixon.


Legendary golfer, Arnold Palmer is pictured below in the Oval Office with President Ford, who was an avid golfer. Notice Arnold Palmer is wearing his same Rolex Day-Date on his wrist.




President Ford is pictured below in July of 1976, dancing in the White House with Queen Elizabeth who traveled to the United States to celebrate the bicentennial of the United States.






THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ROLEX PRESIDENT

Table Of Contents




Part 16: President Trump - The Newest Rolex President


Part 18: The Rolex Precedent by Jake Ehrlich

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Magnus' Customized Rolex Daytona


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Magnus' Customized Rolex Daytona

This is a really interesting customized stainless steel Rolex Daytona, with a dial from a white gold Daytona along with white gold solid end links? What a great looking watch!!!


Saturday, February 24, 2018

Lindsey Vonn Rolex Golden Girl 2018 Winter Olympics Winner




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Lindsey Vonn

Rolex Golden Girl

2018 Winter Olympics Medal Winner


Lindsey Vonn during her 2018 Olympic run by Doug Mills/ The New York Times


You may have read my recent article on Rolex Ambassador, Lindsey Vonn as she prepared to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Lindsey Vonn recently won the Bronze medal at the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games. Lindsey is 33 years old today, which likely means this was her last Olympic performance, although you never know...


So let's begin by taking a close look at the bejeweled 41MM yellow gold Rolex Day-Date II she was wearing. Lindsey's model features a baguette diamond bezel with a diamond and ruby dial.




Lindsey Vonn set a record as she was the first American woman to ever win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics for downhill skiing when she won back in 2010. By winning the bronze medal at the 2018 winter Olympics, Lindsey set another record when she became the oldest woman to ever win a medal in the downhill skiing event.




Lindsey Vonn's Olympic experience was extremely emotional for her as you will learn by watching these videos about her relationship with her beloved Grandfather. Alert: Watching these highly emotional videos will probably make you cry...and hopefully smile as well...


"I wanted to win for my grandfather but I didn't. But I think he would still be proud of me for bronze, and I think that's what counts. My family is proud of me and I'm proud of myself. Today bronze to me feels like gold." 

—Lindsey Vonn



Thursday, February 22, 2018

Rolex Instagram Page Image...



...Rolex Studio Shot of the Night...


I just noticed this really beautiful image on Rolex's Official Instagram Page, which is very cool looking. I am really curious as to what city that is in the background? Also, I think those cufflinks are way too ordinary looking...





Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Amazing Rolex Insight: Hans Wilsdorf Foundation




Hans Wilsdorf Foundation 

Amazing Rolex Insight

Below this story, you can check out my story on Rolex's founder, Hans Wilsdorf. In that story, I mention that in 1945 just after his first wife passed away, Hans Wilsdorf setup The Hans Wilsdorf Foundation and transferred his 100% ownership of shares in Rolex to the foundation. To this day it remains a bit of a mystery as to why he did so.


HANS WILSDORF (Founder of Rolex)


I have always believed the ultimate success anybody can achieve in life is to leave this world we all share, a better place than when we came into it, and that is definitely the case with Hans Wilsdorf, as you will soon see. Not just because his beloved Rolex still makes such timeless watches, but also because of how he still supports the people of his adopted home of Geneva, Switzerland.

The Tribune de Genève recently published an article that offers unprecedented insight into how the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation works. It is written in French, so to read it in English, please click here.

The article makes some fascinating points:

• The Hans Wilsdorf Foundation remains the sole owner of Rolex.

• Rolex is the single largest taxpayer in the Canton of Geneva.

• Rolex dividends are paid to the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, which is a non-profit organization.

• The Hans Wilsdorf Foundation makes donations to public works in Geneva, as well as to schools and people who live in Geneva.

• The Hans Wilsdorf Foundation is administered by an eight-member board of directors.

• The Hans Wilsdorf Foundation is extremely discreet and tight-lipped about EVERYTHING. 

The Hans Wilsdorf Foundation website is written in French, so I am showing a version below that has been translated into English.



It is worth noting Rolex is one of the only private companies in the world that donates its profits to the benefit of society. It is estimated the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation donates a half billion dollars per year. 

Since Rolex is a privately held company nobody knows for certain how wealthy it is. People have been speculating for many years based upon the number of watches they appear to sell annually how much Rolex is worth. But nobody knows what kinds of other wealth Rolex possesses. I have no idea if it is true, but somebody once told me that Rolex is the largest landlord in Geneva, and owns somewhere around half the Genevan real-estate.

In my personal opinion, Hans Wilsdorf is the epitome of a successful entrepreneur. You can learn much, much more about what made him tick by checking out my story below this one.  


Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Art Deco Rolex Curvex



Art Deco Rolex Curvex





This Art Deco Rolex from the late 1920s seems to have an American Indian theme which is really interesting.



Photo Credit: American Heritage

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Sid Caesar: The Father Of American Comedy


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American TV Comedy Pioneer



Sid Caesar

1922-2014


Kept The Time Of His Life With A Rolex Day-Date


Sid Caesar passed away exactly four years ago today on February 13, 2014, at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 91. Sid Caesar was best known as an early TV pioneer in the 1950s where he starred on the comedy hits, Your Show Of Shows and Caesar's Hour


Sid Caesar influenced many future generations of comedians. Many other famous comedians wrote for Sid Caesar early on in their careers. This list of comedic giants includes Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Carl Reiner & Woody Allen. Steve Allen once said "Sid's was the show to which all comedy writers aspired. It was the place to be."




I remember years ago, watching an amazing Sid Caesar interview conducted by Charlie Rose, and Sid said something that stuck in my mind. He profoundly said:


"At the bottom of everything is money." –Sid Caesar


Sid Caesar is pictured below with his close friend who was also a legendary comedian, Milton Berle.









An Amazing Career

Sid Caesar was basically the Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Carrey of the 1950s. He was a physical comedian and in the 1950s his style of comedy was considered to be Avant Garde. 











2007 Sid Caesar Interview

The following interview of Sid Caeser took place in 2007, and by watching this amazing interview, you really get a sense of the man and his career. Also, Sid Caesar is wearing his Rolex Day-Date.

Monday, February 12, 2018

Rolex Sunrise over Biel Switzerland...


Rolex Sunrise Over Biel Switzerland

Michael Groove took this stunning photo in 2009 of the sun rising over one of the old Rolex buildings located at the foot of the Jura mountains just above Biel, Switzerland. Michael said: "The production facilities have been moved to the outskirts some time ago leaving some beautiful old buildings behind, now used for management, training and overhead staff."