Jordan Spieth Wins 2015 U.S. Open Championship

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Jordan Spieth

Wins 2015 U.S. Open Championship

Orange Hand Rolex Explorer II

Jordan Spieth just stepped into history when he won the 2015 U.S. Open, and became the youngest golfer in history to win the first two Majors of the season—back to back!

Back in April of 2015 Jordan Spieth won the Masters Tournament in Augusta Georgia, and we see him pictured below sporting his iconic Masters green jacket.

Chapter 9: The First SEA-DWELLER's Doctor George Bond. U.S. Navy Project Genesis and Jacques Cousteau & Project CONSHELF.

The Complete History Of

The Rolex Submariner & SEA-DWELLER

Rolex's Conquest Of The Ocean

Chapter 9: The First SEA-DWELLER's
Doctor George Bond. U.S. Navy Project Genesis 
and Jacques Cousteau & Project CONSHELF.

It Is hard to believe I began working on my 18 Chapter Series on the History of The Rolex Submariner and SEA-DWELLER eight years ago! I saved this chapter, as the last chapter, which ironically ties together the nexus between the development of the Rolex Submariner and SEA-DWELLER–in what appears to be a never-ending untold story.

The photo below was taken in 1968, and it shows U.S. Navy Doctor George Bond being interviewed with his close associate, Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who is the greatest explorer in history. In the interview, they were discussing U.S. Navy SEALAB III.

"What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on." –Jacques-Yves Cousteau 

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

The First Rolex Submariner

Jacques Yves-Cousteau is considered to be the father of Scuba Diving, and he worked with Rolex in the early 1950s to develop the Rolex Submariner as seen on his wrist below in 1953.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau is pictured above and below in 1953 while filming his seminal underwater documentary titled "The Silent World", which won him the Academy Award that year for best documentary. 

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was also instrumental in the development of the Rolex SEA-DWELLER along with the U.S. Navy SEALAB Program, and in the future, when I complete this chapter, I will go into more detail on this fascinating subject. 

Below you can watch an episode of The Undersea World Of Jacques Cousteau which covers Conshelf.

Below you can watch Jacques-Yves Cousteau's Academy Award winning 1964 movie titled, World Without Sun, which chronicles his Conshelf mission.

The Complete History Of

The Rolex Submariner & SEA-DWELLER

Rolex's Conquest Of The Ocean

Table Of Contents

• Chapter 1: Genesis

• Chapter 2: The Perpetual Oyster & The Mermaid

• Chapter 3: Panerai & The Italian Royal Navy (The First Rolex Diving Watch)

• Chapter 4: A Brief History Of Diving

• Chapter 5: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Emile Gagnan & The Aqua Lung

• Chapter 6: The Birth Of The Rolex Submariner: Breaking The Rolex Design Code

• Chapter 7: The Rolex Submariner Through Time: The Evolution Of The Rolex Revolution.

• Chapter 8: The Birth Of The Rolex DEEP-SEA: Jacques Piccard & Captain Don Walsh aboard the U.S. Navy Bathyscaph Trieste Set The All-Time World Depth Record.

• Chapter 9: The First SEA-DWELLER's: Doctor Bond. U.S. Navy Project Genesis and Jacques Cousteau & Project Conshelf.

• NEXT >>> Chapter 10: The Birth Of The Rolex SEA-DWELLER: Bob Barth, Scott Carpenter & U.S. Navy SEA-LAB 

• Chapter 11: Henri Delauze & COMEX

• Chapter 12: Dr. George Bass [The Father Of Underwater Archeology]

• Chapter 13: Dr. Sylvia Earle: The First Female Aquanaut

• Chapter 14: Dr. Phil Nuytten [Pioneering DEEP-SEA Explorer: The Real Aquaman]

• Chapter 15: Dr. Joe MacInnis: From U.S. Navy SEA-LAB to The Titanic Discovery Team

• Chapter 16: Dr. Robert Ballard: The Ultimate U.S. Navy DEEP-SEA Discovery Of The 20th Century–Finding The Titanic 

• Chapter 17: Ralph White [Explorer and National Geographic Cameraman] Discovering and Exploring The Titanic

• Chapter 18: The Return of The Rolex DEEP-SEA 

• Chapter 19: The Return of The Rolex Single SEA-DWELLER: 50th Anniversary Jubilee Model 

Rolex Hotness: Jamie Lynn Sigler...

...Rolex Super-Hotness...

Jamie Lynn Sigler

Sopranos Daytona

Jamie Lynn Sigler played Medow Soprano on the HBO Blockbuster hit, The Sopranos. In her private life she wears several Rolex Daytona watches. In this first photo we see Jamie Lynn Sigler wearing her stainless steel Rolex Daytona.

Jamie Lynn Sigler is pictured below with James Gandolfini who played her father, Tony Soprano on the Sopranos series, and notice James Gandolfini is wearing his Rolex President (Day-Date).

The first time I ever noticed Jamie Lynn Sigler wearing a Rolex was on The Sopranos, on Episode 2 from Season 4. As you can see, she is wearing a white gold Rolex Daytona with a pink mother of pearl dial with a matching pink lizard strap.

The white gold Rolex Daytona Jamie is wearing is pictured below in a Rolex ad from he early 2000s.

Rolex Coolness: Rob Lowe–Stainless Rolex Daytona

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Rob Lowe
An Amazing Career with Rolex Keeping The Time Of His Life

Stainless Rolex Daytona

Actor Rob Lowe is timeless and pretty much looks the same today as he did 25 years ago. Rob wears a a few different Rolex Daytona models as seen in the following photos.

In this next set of photos we see Robe Lowe checking out the new retro Dodge Charger when it first came out. 

Memorial Weekend in Malibu

Rolex Coolness: Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe is pictured below playing touch-football with his children on the beach in Hawaii over Memorial day weekend in 2012. He is wearing his trademark stainless Rolex Daytona.

Rob Lowe is seen leaving a Memorial Day Weekend Party in Malibu, sporting his stainless steel Daytona.

Rolex Coolness: Rob Lowe

Cover Of November 2010 Architectural Digest

Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona with Black Dial

Rob Lowe is pictured below on the cover of the November 2010 Architectural Digest wearing his trademark stainless steel Rolex Daytona.

Rolex Macro Shot Of The Day: Ryan's Rolex Cosmograph

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Ryan's Rolex Cosmograph

The Good Life: Wrist Shot Of The Day

The Good Life

Wrist Shot Of The Day

Freddy's Exotic Dial Daytona at Houston's Restaurant

Scott Brash: First Rider To Win Two Of Three Legs In The Rolex Grand Slam

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Scott Brash
Rolex Grand Slam First Rider In History To Win Two Of Three Legs 
Earlier this week, Scottish rider, Scott Brash made history when he became the first rider to win two of the three legs in the Rolex Grand Slam. Scott achieved this riding his horse, Hello Sanctos.

Scott Brash is pictured below in 2013 at the CHI Geneva Show, in this amazing photo.

The Complete History Of Rolex Conquering Mount Everest [Part 1 of 8]

62nd Anniversary Celebration

I wrote this Rolex history story 6 years ago, and am republishing it on this 62nd anniversary of this amazing human achievement. 

The Complete History

Rolex Conquers Mount Everest

[Part 1 0f 8]

Tenzing Norgay & Sir Edmund Hillary Conquer Mount Everest

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time. – T. S. Elliot

Preface

I must admit when I set out to write this story, I had no idea how complicated and time consuming it would be. There was so much fascinating detail to capture in this story, and in the months and years to come I am certain I will update and add to the story many times.

As a historian and writer, I wanted to do more than give you a list of dated bullet points with photos. I wanted to actually take you to Nepal and take you up Mount Everest, which I feel I have achieved. I also wanted to let you stand in Tenzing Norgay's shoes and Sir Edmund Hillary's shoes to see things from their unique perspective. Enjoy the trip!!!

On Top of The World

Many of us have seen the classic National Geographic photo below of Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay near the top of Everest.

There are many unanswered questions surrounding their epic conquest of Everest, like whether they were wearing Rolex watches under their jackets in this photo. In this article I will do my best to shed as much light as I can on this amazing story of human ingenuity, achievment and perseverance, as well as two men reaching the highest highs and the lowest lows.

It Was A Very Good Year

Let's go back in time to 1953 and take a look around. The world was starting to bounce back from World War II and Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of England at Buckingham Palace as seen in the Life photo below from the coronation.

Ironically, news of the successful conquering of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached Britain on the very day of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.

1953 was a glorious year of optimism where anything seemed possible. As the world embarked upon the second half of the twentieth century, a whole new modern world began to emerge. The world entered into a truly modern epoch where everything began to change quickly, and humanity began to freely dream again. The only limitation was imagination.

In 1953 Dwight Eisenhower was the President of The United States and of course he was wearing his beloved yellow gold Rolex that had been given to him as a gift from Rene-Paul Jeanneret who was the director of Rolex. This Rolex was no ordinary Rolex, it was the 150,000th Officially Certified Swiss Chronometer that Rolex made.

1953 was a very interesting and promising year. Elvis Presley was still in high school and the Space age had arrived–and with it, America's love for the automobile culminated in the 1953 Corvette which had beautiful lines like nothing that had ever come before it.

Speaking of beautiful lines, 1953 was the year that Hugh Hefner launched Playboy magazine, which, in its debut issue, featured this stunningly gorgeous photo of the young Marilyn Monroe–The sexual revolution was also underway.

Table Of Contents

• Chapter 1: It Was A Very Good Year

• Next >>> Chapter 2: The Roof Of The World

• Chapter 3: Onward And Upward

• Chapter 4: Man Versus Mountain

• Chapter 5: Worldwide Celebration

• Chapter 6: The Rolex Explorer

• Chapter 7: The Rolex Watches

• Chapter 8: Return To Everest