Decoding vintage Rolex is such a dark art, it seems like the subject for a class in a Harry Potter book. There’s no vitriol more hateful than that which surrounds the posting of a mid-20th century ...

About a century ago, Rolex rolled out the world's first waterproof watch, the Rolex Oyster. To market it, Mercedes Gleitz wore one during her 10-hour swim across the English Channel in 1927. When the ...

The vintage 9-carat gold Rolex at the center of this restoration was purchased non-working by someone who wants it restored, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Silver handles a pair of vintage Rolex Daytonas with contrasting faces “We’re lucky in that we don’t attract the smash ’n’ ...

The Rolex Datejust is one of the most iconic and, arguably, greatest watches of all time. It’s not just a single watch, either, with vintage examples from its decades-long history offering interesting ...

You can travel the world over and you may never find another store like The Vintage Watch Company. The father and son team of John and David Silver founded the store in 1995. They say it contains the ...

“We realized that when we put a watch on the website, within minutes it sells,” says Altieri in a video on the Wind Vintage site. “It doesn’t give everyone an equal opportunity to buy the watch, so ...

When we set out to research this story, we thought we’d keep the list to around 10 women. We are well connected to the international watch collecting community—including Rolex in particular—and so we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover upmarket jewelry, timepieces & ethical, sustainable jewelry. This article is more than 4 years old. The 1989 Rolex Oyster ...

Two vintage Rolex watches that ordinarily would be worth around $15,000 to $20,000 on the second-hand market are likely to command 10 to 100 times that value according to watch experts. The reason?