Rolex Outdoor Shot Of The Day: Joey's Sea Dweller

Rolex Outdoor Shot Of The Day

Joey's Sea Dweller

Rolex Hotness: Kelly Killoren Bensimon-Super-Leggy-Model & Actress

Rolex Hotness: Kelly Killoren Bensimon

Super-Leggy-Model & Actress

Yellow Gold Rolex Day-Date

Kelly Killoren Bensimon is a super-model, author and jewelry designer. She was also the editor of Elle Accessories and she stars on the TV show named, "The Real Housewives Of New York City." In the photo below you can see Kelly sporting her trademark yellow gold Rolex Day-Date on a matching yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet.

Rolex Coolness: Lance Armstrong To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required

Rolex Coolness: Lance Armstrong

To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required

[Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona]

Lance Armstrong is the greatest road bike racer in history and his achievements are nothing short of spectacular. After personally combatting and overcoming testicular cancer, in 1997 Lance Armstrong setup The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) who's mission is "To Inspire And Empower" cancer sufferers and their families."

To date The Armstrong Foundation has successfully raised more than $250 Million to support, inspire and empower people affected by cancer which is an amazing achievement!!!

Lance Armstrong is pictured below with cancer survivor Felishia Abbott at a Lance Armstrong Foundation charity event.

In the photos above and below we see Lance Armstrong wearing his stainless steel Rolex Daytona.

Rolex Lume Shot Of The Day: Patachon's Sweet Summer Submariner Sunset

Rolex Lume Shot Of The Day

Patachon's Sweet Summer Submariner Sunset

NASA Photo Of The Day: Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano

NASA Photo Of The Day

Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano

As many of you know, many parts of Europe have been a no-fly-zone due to a recent Icelandic volcanic explosion.

NASA Explains: Why did the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large ash plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly noticeable because it drifted across such well populated areas.

The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in southern Iceland began erupting on March 20, with a second eruption starting under the center of small glacier on April 14. Neither eruption was unusually powerful.

The second eruption, however, melted a large amount of glacial ice which then cooled and fragmented lava into gritty glass particles that were carried up with the rising volcanic plume. Pictured above two days ago, lightning bolts illuminate ash pouring out of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day: Pepsi Rolex GMT Master II and Levi's 501's

Two Red & Blue Classics

Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day

Pepsi Rolex GMT Master II and Levi's 501's

Bill took this photo of his Pepsi Rolex GMT-Master on top of his Levi's 501, bot of which are absolute classics.

Rolex Diplomacy Hillary Clinton and Salam Fayad...

Rolex Diplomacy

Hillary Clinton and Salam Fayad

Palestinian Authority's Prime Minister

[Stainless Steel Rolex Datejust]

In the photo below we see U.S. Secretary Of State, Hillary Clinton meeting with Palestinian Authority, Prime Minister, Salam Fayad. Salam Fayad is wearing his stainless steel Rolex Datejust on a Jubilee bracelet with a fluted white-gold bezel.

U.S. Secretary Of State, Hillary Clinton also wears a ladies Rolex Datejust which is not visible in this photo, but I have some photos of Hillary Clinton wearing her Rolex Datejust on Jake's Rolex World.

Rolex Outdoor Shot Of The Day: Jo Lundbo Goes Fishing with his Rolex Explorer II

Rolex Outdoor Shot Of The Day

Jo Lundbo Goes Fishing with his Rolex Explorer II

Jo Lundbo (Jolu) from Norway sent in this superb outdoor wrist-shot of his Rolex Explorer II that he took while he was fishing. Jo said in his email, "Let me also have a go at the Outdoor Shot Of The Day." You've got it Jo!!! Thanks for sending in the excellent shot!!!

Answering A Reader's Daytona Questions...

Answering A Reader's Gold Daytona Questions

Michael Wehrle from Switzerland wrote in and asked the following question:

Hi Jake,

First of all congratulations for your fantastic web page.

I am sure that you as a Rolex expert can answer my questions.

I really like the yellow Gold Daytona with the gold bracelet, but the engraving on the bezel is different to the yellow gold Model with Leather strap.

And my second question has to do with the fact the full yellow-gold Daytona has different sized shape than the full white gold Daytona. It can be seen best on the smaller crown "savers“.

Sorry for my English. If you know the reason for the differences or if you have some information about changing the shape in the Daytona Model range, please send me an answer.

Thank you so much for your help.

Best regards from Switzerland

Michael Wehrle

Hi Michael,

I believe I know the answer to your questions:

Rolex has made the yellow gold Daytona on an Oyster bracelet for many decades. When they decided to introduce a model that came on a leather strap they wanted to make it look as finished as possible and thus they updated the case design by adding solid yellow gold end-links between the lugs so the watch looks more finished.

In other words, for such an expensive watch, they didn't want to just put a strap on the watch and leave the air-space between the lugs, which would make it look kind of primitive and unfinished. You can see this solid end link look refinement in the photo below. I imagine they changed the bezel design as well to give the strap version its own identity.

In order to make certain the solid end-links are as stable and solid as possible, Rolex design decided to attach the end-links to the case under the bezel insert as seen below.

Rolex has been making the yellow gold Datyona for a long time. They only started making the white gold version in last decade. I believe with the white gold Daytona they wanted to give the watch more presence and they specifically wanted to differentiate it from the stainless steel version, so they significantly updated the case on the white gold version and made it much more like the Yacht-Master case, particularly on the back, which allows the watch to lay flatter on your wrist and give it a more modern, streamlined look.

This also explains why the white gold Daytona has a different bezel design than the Stainless Steel version.

I hope I answered your questions.

Warmest regards,

Jake

James Bond Wears Rolex The Man With The Top-Secret Job Wear A Rolex...

James Bond Wears Rolex

The Man With The Top-Secret Job Wears A Rolex

New Scientist: September 12, 1963

This ad is another fascinating piece in the James Bond puzzle. The very first James Bond movie named Dr. No was released in 1962 and Sean Connery wore a Rolex Submariner. This is the first Rolex ad I know of that appears to play on the appeal of a James Bond persona. It was published in England in 1963 and I just added it to The Complete History Of James Bond Watches story on Jake's Rolex World.

The photo below is a screen capture from the 1962 James Bond movie, Dr. NO and we see Sean Connery testing his Rolex Submariner with a geiger counter. If you look closely the geiger counter looks similar the machine in the British Rolex Top-Secret ad above.

I just update The Complete History Of James Bond Watches story on Jake's Rolex World with the Top-Secret ad.