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1907 Rolex Chronograph, The Earliest Known Rolex
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Simply awesome this watch, signed W&D, measured 44mm. The silver case is signed:
Import mark London
Year mark M for 1907
Its a stunning looking watch and clearly very big, its running well ad keeping time. Take a good look at the watch and the case markings.
There is very little detailed re the early watch cases and watches made by Rolex, here is some of their history:
Alfred Davis and his brother-in-law Hans Wilsdorf founded the watch company Wilsdorf and Davis, the company that would eventually become Rolex SA, in London, England in 1905. Wilsdorf and Davis' main commercial activity at the time involved importing Hermann Aegler's Swiss movements to England and placing them in high-quality watch cases made by Dennison and others. These early wristwatches were sold to jewelers, who then put their own names on the dial. The earliest watches from Wilsdorf and Davis were usually hallmarked "W&D" inside the caseback.
In 1908 Wilsdorf registered the trademark "Rolex" and opened an office in La Chaus de Fonds, Switzerland. The company name "Rolex" was registered on 15 November 1915. The book The Best of Time: Rolex Wristwatches: An Unauthorized History by Jeffrey P. Hess and James Dowling says that the name was just made up. One story, never confirmed by Wilsdorf, recounts that the name came from the French phrase horlogerie exquise, meaning "exquisite clockwork" or as a contraction of "horological excellence".
Please note I am open to sensible offers on all my watches. If you would like to make me an offer please click above and enter the watch title in your email then mail me your best offer.
Simply awesome this watch, signed W&D, measured 44mm. The silver case is signed:
Import mark London
Year mark M for 1907
Its a stunning looking watch and clearly very big, its running well ad keeping time. Take a good look at the watch and the case markings.
There is very little detailed re the early watch cases and watches made by Rolex, here is some of their history:
Alfred Davis and his brother-in-law Hans Wilsdorf founded the watch company Wilsdorf and Davis, the company that would eventually become Rolex SA, in London, England in 1905. Wilsdorf and Davis' main commercial activity at the time involved importing Hermann Aegler's Swiss movements to England and placing them in high-quality watch cases made by Dennison and others. These early wristwatches were sold to jewelers, who then put their own names on the dial. The earliest watches from Wilsdorf and Davis were usually hallmarked "W&D" inside the caseback.
In 1908 Wilsdorf registered the trademark "Rolex" and opened an office in La Chaus de Fonds, Switzerland. The company name "Rolex" was registered on 15 November 1915. The book The Best of Time: Rolex Wristwatches: An Unauthorized History by Jeffrey P. Hess and James Dowling says that the name was just made up. One story, never confirmed by Wilsdorf, recounts that the name came from the French phrase horlogerie exquise, meaning "exquisite clockwork" or as a contraction of "horological excellence".