Wednesday, April 17, 2019

How Rolex form and history about Rolex



ROLEX



Rolex SA  is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer
 based in Geneva,Switzerland. Originally founded
 as Wilsdorf and Davisby HansWilsdorf and Alfred
 Davis in London, England in 1905, the company
 registered Rolex as the brand name of its watches
 in1908 and became Rolex Watch Co. Ltd. in 1915.             
After World War I,the company moved its base 

of operations to Geneva, Switzerland in order
 toavoid heavy taxation from a recovering
 post-war Britain,and in 1920 Hans Wilsdorf 
registered Montres Rolex SAin Geneva
 as the new company name which eventually
 became Rolex SA in later years.Since 1960, the
 company has been owned by the Hans
 Wilsdorf Foundation, a private family trust.


Rolex SA and its subsidiary Montres Tudor SA
 design, manufacture, distribute and service
 wristwatches sold under the Rolex and Tudor
 brands. In 2018, Forbes ranked Rolex as the
 world's 71st most valuable brand.As of 2018,                        
 among the world's top ten most expensive
 watches ever sold at auctions, three are
 Rolex watches. In particular, Paul Newman's
 Rolex Daytona currently holds the title of the
 most expensive wristwatch and the second most
 expensive watch ever sold at auction,
 fetching 17.75 million US
 dollars in New York on October 26, 2017.



To watch video about full history of Rolex, click on below link.

https://youtu.be/32eA5okMrhQ


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