Description

It has a rose gold monobloc case of 42mm and a fluted bezel with an ingenious function : by rotating it you can set the months displayed via 12 apertures next to the hours markers! The central hands indicates the hours & minutes on the Chromalight display while the seconds hand strikes on the beautiful grey dial. A date window is visible at 3 o’clock and the second time-zone disc is off-centered and has a 24-hours indication with a red triangle to indicate the home time

The self-winding movement is safely protected by the monobloc case and has a power reserve of 72 hours

Rolex – bio

Founded in 1905 by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in London, initially as Wilsdorf & Davis Ltd. Renamed Rolex by 1908 and moved its base of operations to Geneva, Switzerland in 1919.  Their success is due to their innovation namely the legendary “Oyster” case – first water resistant watch and their extremely reliable movements.
The most famous models are Datejust, Day-Date, Daytona, Explorer, GMT-Master, Submariner and many more.
The company is owned by the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, a family private trust.
One story, never confirmed by Wilsdorf, recounts that the name came from the French words “horlogerie exquise”‘è, meaning “exquisite clockwork”.