We all know Rolex as the gold standard in luxury timepieces. Rolex is undoubtedly the most iconic brand in the world. Rolex’s made its name throughout the years from the success and popularity in mainstream culture such as James Bond and Paul Newman.

Here’s some interesting facts that you didn’t know about your favorite high-end watch. 🙂

1. The First Waterproof Watch

Developed in 1926, was the brand was the first to pioneer a patented system of screwing down the bezel, case back, and winding crown against the middle case. Now, every Rolex in the Oyster collection is guaranteed to be waterproof down to at least 100 metres.

This became an even more phenomenon when in November 1927, a young English swimmer called Mercedes Gleitze swam across the English channel. Gleitze was wearing a Rolex Oyster. To the surprise of skeptics, the watch remained working perfectly despite bearing the strong sea conditions for over 10 hours.

2. Rolex Has Their Own Foundry

Rolex is a company that does things a lot differently from its competitors. It is the only watch brand in the world to have all of its gold and platinum made on site. They even use a highly guarded formula to produce the 18-ct yellow, white, and Everose gold alloys specific to Rolex.

3. It Takes A Year To Make A Rolex

From shaping the parts of the case to testing a completed watch for precision, the process takes around one year to complete a single piece. Despite the fact that Rolex produces around 1,000,000 watches a year, it still refuses to speed up production in favor of maintaining its quality. Not forgetting that almost everything they use is made in-house.

4. It Comes In 26 Languages

The Day-wheel of the Day-Date models is available in 26 languages. The languages are: 

English, German, Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Spanish, Basque, Catalan, Ethiopian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Dutch, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Moroccan, Norwegian, Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and Turkish.

5. Deepest Oceans With Rolex

In 2012 film director, James Cameron descended 10,908 meters into the Mariana Trench (the deepest point of the world’s oceans) as part of his Deep Sea Challenge exploration. Commencing the journey in a specially-made vessel, Cameron was equipped with an experimental Rolex. What is known today as the Deepsea model, the watch impressively kept perfect time throughout the 7-hour underwater journey.

Sell at Jewel Cafe

If you have any collections of your luxury branded items that are outdated, worn out or are left unused and you would like to sell for CASH, don’t hesitate to bring it to Jewel Cafe for free estimation!

Please bring along any card, receipt, box, or any additional accessories to get a better value from us for your pre-loved luxury watches.

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Feel free to visit Jewel Cafe to get FREE ESTIMATION for your unused branded watches 🙂

You can find us inside AEON Taman Maluri on 1st Floor. We are located nearby the post office. Feel free to contact us for any questions or if you would like to make an appointment at +603-9201 4001