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Rolex watch in original packaging. Rolex SA (/ ˈ r oʊ l ɛ k s /) is a Swiss watch brand and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland. [2] Founded in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis by German businessman Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis in London, the company registered Rolex as the brand name of its watches in 1908 and became Rolex Watch Co. Ltd. in 1915.
The business was founded by Thomas Cooke as the Northern Goldsmiths Company in Blackett Street in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1892. [1] [2] [3]After selling marine chronometers to the Admiralty during the First World War, [4] the company became the UK’s first appointed stockist of Rolex watches in 1919.
The company was founded in the mid-1990s by Bob Thompson in North Carolina as a local seller of various watch brands and models. [4] [5] Thompson retired in 2010 and sold the business to Paul Altieri for $8,000. [6] Altieri relaunched the website, with a focus on reselling Rolex watches.
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Hans Wilsdorf was born in Kulmbach, Bavaria, [2] to Protestant parents, Anna and Johan Daniel Ferdinand Wilsdorf and was the second son of a family of three children.. The photo above shows Hans Wilsdorf (front row right) standing in front of his father, with his mother sitting down between his sister and brother.
Bucherer Ltd. (also Bucherer Group) is a multibrand watch and jewellery retailer based in Switzerland with over 100 stores worldwide.It was founded in 1888 by Carl F. Bucherer, who also became the namesake of a luxury Swiss watch brand.