Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Rolex Explorer. The Explorer ...

This year, the Watches & Wonders Geneva trade show is once again an online event — only this time, it includes brands such as Rolex, Tudor, Patek Philippe and more. Check back here often for our ...

Swiss luxury watchmaker Rolex has debuted a new iteration of one of its most famous timepieces: the Explorer II, which was first introduced in 1971 as a special object designed for explorers traveling ...

Did we expect more? Progress at Rolex comes in either giant leaps or in barely perceptible steps – and usually the latter. And so it is this year. Today’s news from the giant of Swiss watchmaking, ...

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A wave of affordable GMT watches from brands like Jack Mason, Shinola, and Timex is targeting the style and functionality of the Rolex Explorer II at a fraction of the cost. These models combine Rolex ...

Every Rolex tells a story. This is true when it comes to Roger Federer, who has endorsed ultra-luxury Rolex watches since 2006. Earlier this week, the top Swiss watch maker released the new Rolex ...

Join master watchmaker, Wilson Masache of Grand Central Watch, as he takes a fire-damaged Rolex Explorer II and brings it back to life. This vintage Rolex’s 3185 movement had completely seized as a ...

You can wear a piece of history with the new Rolex Explorer. This watch was originally developed to survive Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s climb to the top of Mt. Everest, and it has graced ...

Usually when we talk about vintage watches, we're referring to watches from before the mid-1980s, when such technologies as quick-set date mechanisms, fade-resistant paints, and sapphire crystals came ...

Time for the return of two-tone. The new Rolesor (the Rolex name for the combination of the dual 18-karat yellow gold and Oystersteel alloys) Ref. 124273 may be heralding a return to the blend of ...