by Steve Porter | Jul 1, 2022 | Interesting
Rolex was founded in 1905 by a German, Hans Wilsdorf, and an Englishman, Alfred Davis. Initially based in London, the company moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1919, where they manufacture watches to this day. Fast forward to the second world war. Switzerland continued...
by Steve Porter | May 31, 2022 | Interesting
There can be no watchmaker less in need of an introduction than Rolex. Founded in 1905, in London, by a 24-year-old Hans Wilsdorf and brother-in-law Alfred Davis, the company was first known as Wilsdorf and Davis. They originally imported movements, housed them in...