Monthly Archives: December 2023

From top to bottom, Rolex has a black ghost, Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 8900, Blancpain 50 Fatty Bathyscaphe. Submariner, Seamaster, and 50 Fathoms are the world’s earliest professional diving watches. Rolex Submariner, Omega Seamaster, and Blancpain 50 Fathoms are the world’s three most famous luxury professional diving watches. All three watches were born in the […]

Although it has supplied watch straps to Rolex since the 1930s, the accurate Oyster Bracelet was long overdue. In February 1947, the Oyster strap was patented (Patent No. 257,815) and appeared in Rolex’s product catalog the following year. In that era, leather straps were a more common choice, and Oyster straps were mainly installed on […]

GMT is the abbreviation of Greenwich Mean Time. The concept of this time system was established in 1884. It is calculated and maintained by the Royal Observatory of Greenwich in London, England, and the longitude of its location is the starting point for GMT calculation. Each longitude 15 degrees apart is a time zone unit, […]

On October 30, 2018, Birmingham Fellows auction house auctioned a Rolex watch that had appeared in the 007 series of movies. This is a Rolex Ref. 5513 Submariner watch, worn by Timothy Dalton’s stunt double in the 007 series movie “007: License to Kill” released in 1989. Looking back at the car chase when James […]

In 1983, Carina Lau participated in her first TV series. Carina Lau, who had just debuted, worked as a bit player for several years until she entered the film industry in 1986 and became famous in one fell swoop with Jackie Chan’s independently produced films. She is the peach blossom in “Ashes of Time,” Liang […]

Clocks also have souls, and some are full of personality.This sentence also applies to watching photography. I was once keen on collecting Rolex posters and photos, and one of the most unforgettable ones for me was the Ref. 114060 shot by Pelle Bergström (commonly known as the calendarless ghost, which lacks the calendar window and […]

Juan Pablo Montoya is a multi-talented superstar with a long history in motorsports. In his rookie season, he won the famous CART series championship; as an F1 driver, he made triumphant returns at the Monaco Grand Prix and Silverstone; in addition, he also won the Daytona 24 Hours endurance race three times. Champion and winner […]

Nowadays, large-diameter watches are popular. Wearing a large-diameter watch is more masculine. A large-diameter large-diameter watch, more authoritative and bold than a small small-diameter, small-diameter watch, is inevitably a bit “girly.” Still, an oversized watch diameter Is a path suitable for everyone? Not necessarily. Sometimes, a large, thick watch can become a burden, especially for […]

Part of the appeal of early Rolex Submariners is that they transported people back to a different era when watches of this type were purchased and worn as tools by specific professions. For example, exploring the world, traveling, wearing a Submariner, and going to places humans have never been before. We can still feel this […]

The watch mirror is an essential part of the watch’s appearance. It isolates water vapor and dust and protects the hands, dial, and movement. But in the 16th century, when clocks were invented, there was no watch mirror. Instead, it was covered with a cover or exposed. Later, watchmakers used transparent silicate glass as watch […]