• Hans Wilsdorf was born in 1881 in the small village of Kulmbach, in northern Bavaria, March 22, 1881.

1900 • Hans Wilsdorf turned settled in La Chaux De-fen, who is an office clerk, in charge of English letters, in order to observe the exporting country.

• 1903, he left the work of a well-known watch imports held in London.

1905 • Hans Wilsdorf and the joint venture to set up the wholesale watch business, Wilsdorf and Davis.

In the Bill, he signed a contract, AEGLER, so that his company’s distribution rights AEGLER watches in England.

• 1908, he created his own brand, Rolex (referred to as the French phrase “watches exquise”).

1910 • To deal with just a tool that watches, AEGLER has its formal inspection table watches testing services, the Bill and double check the movement in the Kew Observatory in England.

1914 • Let’s son Aegler their company changed its name to the Rolex watch company AEGLER Ltd.

Funded the cost of major war, the British Government’s decision on the 33% import duty. Wilsdorf to transfer their import and export business around the world to Bill.

Wilsdorf set up in 1920 • montre Rolex company in Geneva January 17, who shall be the sole owner and director.

Since then, the movement is in the Bill. Assembly, testing and marketing in Geneva.

• in 1926 to improve the water resistance of watches, Wilsdorf registered patent cases, screw-type winding crown.

1927 • 10 17, Wilsdorf tied a new Rolex Oyster to wrist former typist Mercedes Gleitze cross-channel swimming, she completed the 15hrs. 15mins. 

    
   
1931 • The Emir of talented technicians borer, Wilsdorf to introduce an automatic winder permanent rotor, Rolex permanent. He reserved the exclusive right, and prohibits the use of automatic movement of any competitor in the next 15.

   
   
Rolex introduced in 1945 • DATEJUST, automatically the first time the date of waterproof watches the audience.

1953 • Start SUBMARINER, the first diving watch, water-resistant to 100 meters.

Conqueror of Everest, which is chaired by Sir John Hunt, is equipped with a timer PERPETUAL oysters.

• 1954 launch of the GMT master.

• 1956 to date, the first weeks of the wrist of the letter shows that the 25 languages.

• Hans Wilsdorf died in 1960 in Geneva, July 6.

He left his successor prosperity and businesses millions of dollars worth of turnover, one of the largest consumer of gold production in Switzerland.

Rolex Oyster, in special circumstances connected to the reinforcement of the deep, Professor Kader, and Trieste, reaching a depth of 10, 916 meters, the Pacific has not been damaged.

1971 • underwater sea records -2000 years DWELLER 2000 feet (610 meters).

   
   
1980 • New underwater record of sea-DWELLER 4000 – 4000 feet (1220 square meters) in the sea.

• in 2000 the introduction of new, completely within the time Daytona / dollars, (its original use of the highest state of Movement).

2001 • New Notre Dame DATEJUST of gold and platinum.

2003 • 50 anniversary of the SUBMARINER, to commemorate 50 years of release issued by Greenpeace called lunette 16610LV.

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