#9: The Forever Piece
While diamonds last forever, a Rolex certainly yields many more returns. Here, three things to know about the cult watchmaker, whose iconic timepieces do more than just last a lifetime.
1. Painstakingly made by hand, all of the Swiss manufacturer’s watches take approximately a year to craft.
2. Each watch is tested in a sensitive air-pressure chamber to determine faults, while a medical-grade optical sensor detects condensation or water infiltration.
3. Waterproof to a depth of 100 metres, Rolex’s timepieces remain a cult following among revered explorers, like Dr. Sylvia Earle, and director James Cameron, who descended into the Mariana Trench in 2012 with a Rolex Deepsea Challenge (waterproof to 12,000 meters).
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Oyster Perpetual Explorer watch, Rolex
Discover more about Rolex at the ‘A Watch Born to Explore’ exhibition at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, Centre Court, from 13 to 23 February 2020.