Saturday, February 28, 2009

Popular Rolex Watches Which Will Shock The World

By Dale Sparks

When you ask people about the things in their Most-Wanted List, it is likely that Rolex would be in the Top Five. Not just the Swiss-precision technology that is reputed to be among the best in Watch manufacture that is attracting people, but its sheer timeless appeal and its status symbol indicating attributes proved very hard to resist.

Over the last century Rolex has toppled competitions by its breakthrough features (e.g. self-winding, first water-resistant watch, anti-magnet) and innovative designs that balances style and class that instill its status as the number one Watch entity in the world. Rolex has three watch lines with each showcasing the beauty and technology that has come with the name Rolex.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual

This masterpiece of horological engineering has become the world's most sought after wrist watch. Introduced in 1926, the Rolex Oyster was the first airtight, dustproof, and waterproof watch. The Perpetual Rotor, a self winding mechanism, followed soon after, in 1931. Since then the Oyster Perpetual has survived all conditions from 35,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean to a 500-degree oven to the summit of Mount Everest to outer space, without losing a single beat.

Rolex Oyster Professional

For the sporty folks who are in adventure whether in high-altitudes, underwater, or in places not normally visited by people, the Rolex professional series of watches are the sportiest of their offerings, with the legendary Submariner and notoriously hard-to-get all-stainless steel Daytona. This is a perfect companion for sea-farers, underwater divers, mountain-climbers, and people who prefers activities under extreme conditions.

Rolex Oyster Cellini

Rolex equipped this special model with a movement that contained anti-magnetic alloys and was also encased with an iron shield known as the Faraday cage or Faraday shield (named after physicist Michael Faraday). This shield provided a protective wall against the external static electrical fields. Thus, it was the first perfect anti-magnetic watch with a magnetic intensity rating of 1000 oersted. This made Rolex name the model "Milgauss" derived from the French word mille, which means one thousand and gauss that means the unit of magnetic flux density. - 16651

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