Quora answers – What is so good and special about Rolex and its watches"
What Mercedes Benz is to luxury cars Rolex is to a luxury watch. You know you have to get one when you have made it. But what makes this Swiss watch the darling of collectors, repeat and first-time buyers alike. Franz Rivoira answers.
There are many, many things about Rolex watches which make them ?special?, and make us say that without Rolex, the world of horology as we know it today would have been very different.
Rolex has been instrumental not only in developing new trends and concepts in watches per se, but also, in launching new concepts of watch use into the community, as well as revolutionizing the way watches are made, by embracing the concept of bringing industrial production into watchmaking.
There have been very few companies as disruptive as Rolex – ever – and we should remember that the company of the Crown is just a tad over a hundred years old or so. Comparing it with Vacheron or Blancpain, which go back to the mid-1750s, it is a baby in history and tradition. Yet it has surpassed them in size and scope, becoming possibly the most important watchmaker overall in the world. Regarding the evolution of the horology technique, Rolex has been a pioneer in several main fields:
– development of the centrally mounted automatic movement
– development of the waterproof case
– development of anti-magnetic alloys and devices to improve accuracy
Just these areas would amply testimony its importance. The automatic watches we are using...
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