I’m going to be quite frank here—ladies’ watches can be a bit, well, boring. You know the recipe: gem set gold in a slender form-factor that’s as forgettable as the name on the dial. As long...

A Rolex and the sea are like, well, a duck to water, the brand having kickstarted the entire dive watch legacy pretty much singlehandedly. As far as credentials go, there’s only one you need...

The search for the perfect watch is an endless one. It needs to be historically important, it needs to be aesthetically unique, it needs to demonstrate watchmaking excellence—and importantly...

If you’re looking to buy a serious dive watch, then the Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600 is likely to be right at the top of your wish list. It’s got the history, it’s got the heritage—but it’s also...

Rolex may be the biggest watch brand in the world, but it's also the most secretive. As much as there is that we know about Rolex, there's just as much—or more—that we don't. Some of those t...

When Hans Wilsdorf first set out to build a watch company in 1905, he set himself a goal: to make the world's best watch. Early Rolex promotional material boasted the number of ways Wilsdorf...

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it—or so the adage goes. That’s more or less Rolex’s approach when releasing new models. The brand avoids drastic revisions to its watches, because it can be a d...

If there's one thing Rolex knows how to do really well, it's generating publicity. With a tightly cropped and thoroughly confusing promotional shot, the Swiss giant first announced th...

There’s no question about it—Rolex is the best known, most recognisable and biggest name in watchmaking. It’s a surprise to find out that Rolex is one of the younger watchmakers out there, i...

When the Sea-Dweller was discontinued, it would have been considered a safe bet to assume a new version was on its way soon. The Submariner had been updated to the new chunkier style the yea...

Movie tie-ins? Limited edition colours? Hip hop-esque naming conventions? The last company you'd associate that little list with is Rolex, but sure enough, the Deepsea D-Blue ticks all of th...