Description
Rolex: The Impossible Collection – First Edition
For more than a century, Rolex stands apart as the most coveted and most legendary brand of watches in the world. A Rolex connotes many things: the quintessence of the luxury timepiece, a tool of power for movers and shakers, the symbol of passage into adulthood. New labels pop up, styles come and go, but the brand at the top never changes. Ever the record setter—the Daytona that had belonged to Paul Newman was auctioned by Phillips in New York in October 2017 for $17.8 million—it comes as no surprise that Rolex is the most collected watch label in the world. This first edition volume includes never-before-seen images of the world’s rarest timepieces.
Selected by specialist Fabienne Reybaud, each of the exceptional Rolex watch models in this beautiful handcrafted volume showcase the most valuable and technically innovative models the luxury watchmaker has produced, including watches never seen in print before: From the first wristwatch dating to the early 1900s and the first Oyster Perpetual from 1931, to an Explorer worn during Sir Edmund Hillary’s expedition to the summit of Mt. Everest in 1953 and the Submariner worn by actor George Lazenby in the James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, they are sure to astonish collectors the world over.
This rare oversized collector’s book has been sold out for nearly a decade! Ours is ‘new old stock’ and still in its original packing boxes with only the slightest of leather degradation at the spine from age (not use).
- 194 pages
- 200 illustrations
- English language
- Released in September 2018 and sold out by 2019
- W 15.5 x L 18.5 x D 3″ / 39 x 47 x 8cm
- Handcrafted in a luxury clamshell case with metal plaque
- ISBN: 9781614287209
- 20 lbs / 9kgs
