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We’ve talked about modding before here at the Everest Journal. Modding has long been a staple of the Seiko community (a whole subculture plus a micro-industry has grown around modifying Seiko watches). And of course, whether Rolex lovers admit it...
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Ok, after that title, I’m going to make a full disclosure right here, right now. I’m not sure we’re going to get to the truth about Rolex and Smiths and who wore what to the top of Mt. Everest...
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With names like that, and since they’ve both been at the top of the game in their respective categories for their entire existence, is it any wonder these two companies got together? Seems destined, doesn’t it? And really… what tool...
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Every Rolex that’s signed ‘Rolex’ (the Cellinis don’t count here) carries the moniker ‘Oyster Perpetual’ these days. Even if they’re not specifically the Oyster Perpetual models. So what does Oyster mean anyway? And where did it come from? Well, the...
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When they hear “Rolex,” watch geeks don’t necessarily think “racing.” And when they hear “Daytona,” they usually think “Rolex,” before they think of the high-banked race track in Florida. But Rolex is well connected with racing. In fact, the brand...
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If I told you about a watch selling at auction that brought 83 times its pre-auction estimate, would you think I’m crazy? If I asked you to name it, could you? (No fair peaking at the archives here on Everest...
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To many of us who call ourselves mechanical watch aficionados, the quartz crisis is the stuff of legend and hearsay. It happened so long ago it couldn’t have really been real, could it? After all, we still have quartz watches....
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