A wealth of gold at Rolex

When presenting the year's new releases, Rolex typically does so by picking a theme that resonates with the brand and its history As the brand explains, the sea is one of its natural environments: "Rolex has shared special ties with the world of sailing since the 1950s, when it began to forge partnerships with the world's most prestigious yacht clubs and first started to support pioneering sailors in their quests to explore new routes and attempt new records Often navigating single-handed, these modern-day mariners set out spurred on by dreams and ambition, demonstrating incredible resolve in facing the ever-changing and often perilous conditions at sea.

Rolex watches have crossed parallels and meridians on the wrists of intrepid skippers and ardent yachting enthusiasts." Rolex has gone out of its way to develop watches with the functionalities these intrepid sailors need Thus began the grand era of the marine chronometer, a task that would occupy some of the greatest minds in watchmaking of the eighteenth century and, as Rolex reminds us, beyond: "Until the beginning of the twentieth century, large clock chronometers were the only instruments capable of providing the required accuracy on the high seas Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex, set about changing this.

Convinced that the wristwatch represented the future of the watchmaking industry, he was intent on proving that this small timepiece could rival the precision of the best marine clocks." Four years after this distinction, Kew Observatory in the United Kingdom issued a certificate for another Rolex wristwatch Like all Rolex watches, this Yacht-Master has Superlative Chronometer certification for its precision of -2/+2 seconds per day Another of the new Yacht-Master's features, shared with all the year's releases, is the omnipresence of gold; white gold in this instance while the Sea-Dweller - the "Watch of the deep", also powered by calibre 3235 - comes in yellow Rolesor. Source