Rolex

Park & Bond Vintage Buying Guide: Rolex

January 3, 2012Style13 comments11074 Views
If you're in the market to buy a vintage Rolex, online men's retailer Park & Bond has the solution with this new how-to guide. Starting off with a history of Rolex itself, P&B gives the tips to buying five classic vintage Rolex models: the Submariner, Daytona, GMT-Master,...

Bamford Watch Department Rolex Daytona

November 11, 2011Style5 comments7041 Views
Bamford Watch Department, a watchmaker known for taking already elegantly-crafted steel timepieces and personalizing them to your own tastes, releases yet another Rolex for customization. This time around the British watch label presents a race-car driver's favorite, the Rolex...

Bamford Watch Department Rolex Milgauss “Black Rose”

October 28, 2011Style18 comments6769 Views
Bamford Watch Department, a watchmaker that is known for its personalized timepieces, has released this new customized version of the Rolex Milgauss "Black Rose." To followup on past colorways of the Milgauss, this black edition is featured with contrasting purple hands on the...

Bamford Watch Department Rolex Explorer 2

October 18, 2011Style14 comments716 Views
With the recent release of the Rolex Explorer 1, Bamford Watch Department now has the Rolex Explorer 2 available for full personalization. The company is known for their crafting of one-off timepieces from luxurious watch models, in a similar vein to NIKEiD, albeit for high-end...

James Bond’s Rolex 5513 Submariner on Auction

October 17, 2011Style4 comments260 Views
Here's your chance to be just like James Bond. Christie's will be auctioning off a genuine Rolex 5513 Submariner, as worn by Roger Moore in 1973's Live and Let Die. Notable film buffs will be quick to ask if it features the Hyper Intensified Magnetic Field Generator & Buzz...

Bamford Watch Department Rolex Explorer I

October 4, 2011Style10 comments620 Views
The Bamford Watch Department has now added the Rolex Explorer I available as a customizable watch. Bamford Watch Department is known for taking luxurious models of watches and creating personalized, one-off timepieces for their customers, in a similar vein to NIKEiD albeit for...

Rolex HTE 39mm & 42mm Watches

September 22, 2011Style8 comments416 Views
Famed explorers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to ever reach the summit of Mt. Everest, completing the daunting task in 1953.  Rolex's HTE series has since celebrated their achievements with a collection of rugged, yet sophisticated sports...

HODINKEE: Eric Ku, Vintage Rolex Super Dealer

September 12, 2011Style2 comments165 Views
HODINKEE’s blog brings us a special interview with Eric Hu, founder of vintage Rolex company 10Past10 in San Francisco. The company originated in 2006, when Hu decided to drop his tech career to hunt for vintage Rolex watches all over the world. The UC Berkley grad discusses...

Hillary Tenzing Explorer Custom Rolex Explorer Collection

June 23, 2011Style19 comments245 Views
Despite being an unaffiliated Rolex project, Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing Norgay unveil their intricately customized collection of Rolex Explorers. The sons of famed mountaineers Sir Edmund and Tenzing - the first humans to have toppled Mt. Everest - have compiled a...

Dr. Romanelli & George Bamford: A Tale of Two Customizers

April 28, 2011Features8 comments233 Views
United by their knack for customization and re-appropriation, it only makes sense that Dr. Romanelli and George Bamford of BAMFORD WATCH DEPARTMENT are the midst of working together on an upcoming project. We took a particular curiosity in this shared interest involving...

Slam Jam 20th Anniversary Custom Rolex Submariner

April 22, 2011Style18 comments234 Views
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Italian streetwear pioneer Slam Jam has collaborated with Rolex on this special, limited edition version of the classic Submariner 14060 model. With a grey-colored dial, the watch features the Slam Jam logo just below the Rolex one and...

NHIZ x Bamford Watch Department Rolex Deepsea Custom

April 14, 2011Style36 comments930 Views
Bamford Watch Department, a company specializing in bespoke and customized Rolex watches, has teamed up with NHIZ (a collaboration between NEIGHBORHOOD and IZZUE) to design a custom version of the Rolex Deepsea model. Using the original design, they've updated it with an...

Project X Designs “STEALTH” Series

March 27, 2011Style31 comments234 Views
Project X Designs introduces a couple of new custom designs via its STEALTH series. Offering two takes on the staple Rolex Submariner, the watches are customized with subtle styling details and functional enhancements to create an exclusive, enigmatic and understated lineup....

Rolex 216670 Orange Hand Explorer II

March 23, 2011Style51 comments505 Views
Marking the 40th anniversary of its original Explorer II, quintessential luxury watchmaker Rolex unveils its 216670, also known as the orange hand Explorer II. Key features for this latest installment includes an enlarged 42mm case housing the new Rolex caliber 3187,...

Bamford Watch Department Custom Rolex Daytona/Milgauss

January 13, 2011Style7 comments309 Views
Since 2004, British watch label Bamford Watch Department has produced state of the art customized watches, tirelessly collaborating with a number of high profile labels including Japanese labels SOPHNET. and mastermind JAPAN. This time round, Bamford has chosen to update two...