Which Rolex has the 'best' History?

[Judge]

Originally Posted by Portland

Has to be the Rolex diver line. Sub, SeaDweller, and DeepSea.

I tend to agree, the sub is more of a tag along though once the technology of the SeaDweller took hold.

[Enyaw1]

Sorry Rolex but it’s Tudor that has the military history.

https://www.tudorwatch.com/en/inside...litary-watches

[gabbysplace]

This thread demonstrates that Rolex has many mythical watches from the Explorer to the President and all the others in between. I think it all depends on which story resonates with you most. For me it's the GMT Master.

[Robf52]

Originally Posted by Explorer1nyc

He was the sherpa. The history/facts of who wore what or which watch was carried or worn - this is all stuff we can't confirm.

A Smith watch & a Rolex OP were w/ them - that's what we know. what was on the wrists of those men at the summit - up for dispute.

As far as why the Explorer has "history" - it was built for expeditions such as the Everest climb. it was built to withstand extreme temperatures and built to take hard knocks.

The original Explorers - I forget original ref, but let's include the 1016 here - were actually used by Explorers. The same way the sub is known as the first Bond watch (on film), the Explorer is known as the watch Ian Flemming wore and many say he had Bond wear the same watch in the books, which, i can say, having read the books, it's never addressed as an Explorer, but the description is close enough.

It's essentially considered the first Bond watch (in books).

The Explorer was designed for tough situations - you could say history was built into it. Many famous expeditions and explorers wore an Explorer (the web can back this up).

The OP's weren't really used in these expeditions, nor were the Datejusts.

The gmt was a candidate to go to the moon, but lost out to the Speedmaster, prob mostly due to the crystal which, if it shattered in zero gravity, well, floating shards of glass is no good.

However, the gmt did eventually make it to the moon, which in my opinion gives the gmt serious history props.

It's my understanding that it was the pre-Daytona 6238 that NASA tested and which lost out to Omega.

[doramas]

The best story is your own

[MoosicPa]

Originally Posted by McLovin

The King Midas — Elvis

John Wayne also....

[Krash]

Submariner but most Rolex models have great history behind them. So it’s subjective.


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[Apheaven]

Originally Posted by Watch Explorer

Which Rolex model has the best history in your opinion?

There are historic facts regarding models and many are groundbreaking, but It can also be a little subjective for you personally, say if you value James Bond or Jacque Cousteau connection more than James Cameron, Winston Churchill, Edmund Hilary, Ian Fleming, Mercedes Gleitze, science etc..

The one you wear


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[Toivonen]

Sea Dweller

[skybronco]

That year you tried to eat as many Coney dogs you could with your TT GMT on

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[alphadweller]

The one with the best history is the one I'll be attaching great memories to.

[alphadweller]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

OP for Everest and the basis of all the other current models. You might say that the other models are sexier but absolutely none is more significant.

OK, maybe the Oyster is as significant at the watch that swam the English Channel!!!

http://www.consumingcultures.net/201...d-of-the-week/

Very cool. Prices are in British pounds, 5.15 pounds only for the silver model. That would be dirt cheap in today's money, about 950 pounds. How things have changed.