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Rolex has long established itself as a leader in watchmaking. Ask just about anyone of their top-of-mind watch brand; and the answer is sure to be Rolex.<\/p>\n

Rolex is where it is now because it led the way for many innovations and milestones in the history of watchmaking. In 1910,\u00a0the company earned a chronometer certification \u2013 the first ever to be given to a wristwatch\u00a0\u2013 and they have not stopped since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here are 8\u00a0firsts in watchmaking that Rolex introduced:<\/p>\n

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The Oyster
\n<\/strong><\/span>The world’s first waterproof wristwatch (1926)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Launched in 1926, the Rolex Oyster was the world’s first truly waterproof and dustproof watch. To\u00a0protect the dial and movement from elements, the Oyster was developed with a hermetically-sealed case, closed by a\u00a0screw-down crown and screw-down caseback, each\u00a0lined with rubber gaskets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The following year, Rolex founder Hans Wildorf, famously gave swimmer Mercedes Gleitze one of the earliest Rolex Oysters to wear in her attempt to repeat her swim across the English Channel. After 10 hours in icy cold water, her Rolex was still dry inside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Oyster Perpetual movement
\n<\/span><\/strong>The first self-winding mechanism with a perpetual rotor (1931)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Ever wondered why it’s called “perpetual”? Instead of being manually wound, the Oyster Perpetual Movement has the ability to run on the energy provided by the motion of the wearer’s wrist. The activity of the wearer causes the rotor to move back and forth, thus winding the mainspring and powering the watch.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Rolex Datejust
\n<\/strong><\/span>First watch with a date window on the dial (1945)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
As simple as it can be today, the quick-changing date on the dial was a gamechanger during its time.\u00a0Rolex was celebrating their 40th\u00a0anniversary in 1945, so they wanted to\u00a0\u00a0commemorate the occasion with a groundbreaking timepiece.\u00a0The result was the Datejust<\/a> – the first self-winding, water resistant wristwatch,\u00a0with a\u00a0date window on the dial that changes at midnight.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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pre-Rolex Explorer
\n<\/strong><\/span>The first watch to reach Mt. Everest (1953)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 1953,\u00a0Sir Edmund Hillary became the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest,\u00a0along with expedition partner Tenzing Norgay. On his wrist was a Rolex watch, an Oyster Perpetual that would end up being the ancestor of what is now known as the\u00a0Rolex Explorer.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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With the goal of creating\u00a0watches that can withstand elements,\u00a0Rolex started sending their Oyster Perpetuals to Himalayan expeditions. The pre-Explorer\u00a0eventually accompanied\u00a0Norgay and Hillary to the peak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Rolex Submariner |\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>First watch waterproof to 100m (1954)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Rolex already had water-resistant watches since the late 1920s, after\u00a0they launched the\u00a0innovative\u00a0waterproof Oyster case. Ren\u00e9 P. Jeanneret, a passionate diver and one of Rolex’s directors, thought it was time for a dedicated watch for diving.<\/p>\n

Through\u00a0Jeanneret’s\u00a0insight, the Submariner<\/a> was launched with the distinct honor of being the first water-resistant dive watch, one that was waterproof up to 100 meters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Rolex Day-Date
\n<\/strong><\/span>First watch to display day and date of the week on the dial (1956)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
While Rolex produced complicated watches before (such as Moonphase and Perpetual Calendars), they didn’t sell particularly well. The\u00a0Rolex Day-Date<\/a>\u00a0was the first complicated watch that\u00a0resonated with the public.\u00a0It\u00a0asserted its universal nature by becoming the first waterproof and self-winding chronometer to indicate, in full,\u00a0the day of the week in 26 different languages.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Rolex Yacht-Master II
\n<\/strong><\/span>The first wristwatch to have a command bezel designed for multiple uses (2007)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Rolex bezels have progressed in functionality through the decades – from 24-hour markers, to bi-directional bezels. Rolex introduced the Ring Command bezels with the Yacht-Master<\/a> II debut. This time, the Ring Command does double duty and acts as a timing bezel, for setting the countdown timer, thus having time-setting functions similar to what a winding crown would.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Rolex GMT-Master II Batman
\n<\/strong><\/span>First bi-color ceramic bezel watch (2013)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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In 2005, Rolex introduced the Cerachrom ceramic bezel in their\u00a0Professional\u00a0watches. Made from extremely hard ceramic material, it is virtually scratch-proof, and fade-proof. Some watches from\u00a0GMT-Master<\/a> line were\u00a0left out from using the Cerachrom,\u00a0due to their bi-colored bezels\u00a0that were though to be impossible to create using ceramic.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Rolex achieved what was thought of as impossible \u2013 to create a ceramic bezel with two colors, but produced as a single piece.\u00a0Rolex begins to create\u00a0the bezel as one color, and then adding the other color before the bezel hardens. The result is a bi-color, single ceramic ring, with no bleeding of color and gradual fading.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO CREDITS: Wikimedia Commons ; Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay from Wikimedia Commons.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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