Rolex Tidbits

[bklm1234]

was reading history of Rolex, here're some tidbits about Rolex, pretty impressive:

- founded by the German Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law, Alfred Davis (don't know if he's German though) in England in 1905, Wilsdorf & Davis was the original name

- moved out of England in 1912 to Switzerland

- Rolex was officially registered as company name in Nov 15, 1915

- innovations

- 1st waterproof watch case

- 1st wristwatch w/ a date on the dial

- 1st watch to show 2 time zones

- 1st watchmaker to earn chronometer certification for a wristwatch

- holds the record for most certified chronometer movements in wristwatch category

- 1st company to create a truly waterproof watch

- made a special watch that went as deep as 11,000 meters in the water