[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]The history of Rolex is inextricably linked to the visionary spirit of Hans Wilsdorf, its founder. In\u00a01905, at the age of\u00a024, Hans Wilsdorf founded a company in London specialising in the distribution of timepieces. He began to\u00a0dream of a watch worn on the wrist. Wristwatches were not very precise at the time, but Hans Wilsdorf foresaw that they could become not only elegant, but also reliable. To convince the public of the reliability of his resolutely innovative timepieces, he equipped them with small, very\u00a0precise movements manufactured by a Swiss watchmaking company in\u00a0Bienne.<\/p>\n
THE QUEST\u00a0FOR CHRONOMETRIC PRECISION<\/p>\n
1910 – Rolex first concentrated on the quality of the movements. The relentless quest for chronometric precision rapidly led\u00a0to success. In 1910, a Rolex watch was the first wristwatch in the world to receive the Swiss Certificate of\u00a0Chronometric Precision, granted by the Official Watch Rating Centre in Bienne.<\/p>\n
1914 – Four years later, in 1914, Kew Observatory in Great Britain awarded a Rolex wristwatch a class \u201cA\u201d precision certificate, a distinction which until that point in time had been reserved exclusively for marine chronometers. From that date forward, the Rolex wristwatch was synonymous with precision.<\/p>\n
1919 – Rolex moved to Geneva, a city renowned internationally for watchmaking. Montres Rolex S.A. was registered in Geneva in 1920.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The history of Rolex is inextricably linked to the visionary spirit of Hans Wilsdorf, its founder. In\u00a01905, at the age of\u00a024, Hans Wilsdorf founded a company in London specialising in the distribution of timepieces. He began to\u00a0dream of a watch worn on the wrist. Wristwatches were not very precise at the time, but Hans Wilsdorf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"The history of Rolex is inextricably linked to the visionary spirit of Hans Wilsdorf, its founder. In\u00a01905, at the age of\u00a024, Hans Wilsdorf founded a company in London specialising in the distribution of timepieces. He began to\u00a0dream of a watch worn on the wrist. Wristwatches were not very precise at the time, but Hans Wilsdorf foresaw that they could become not only elegant, but also reliable. To convince the public of the reliability of his resolutely innovative timepieces, he equipped them with small, very\u00a0precise movements manufactured by a Swiss watchmaking company in\u00a0Bienne.\r\n\r\nTHE QUEST\u00a0FOR CHRONOMETRIC PRECISION\r\n\r\n1910 - Rolex first concentrated on the quality of the movements. The relentless quest for chronometric precision rapidly led\u00a0to success. In 1910, a Rolex watch was the first wristwatch in the world to receive the Swiss Certificate of\u00a0Chronometric Precision, granted by the Official Watch Rating Centre in Bienne.\r\n\r\n1914 - Four years later, in 1914, Kew Observatory in Great Britain awarded a Rolex wristwatch a class \u201cA\u201d precision certificate, a distinction which until that point in time had been reserved exclusively for marine chronometers. From that date forward, the Rolex wristwatch was synonymous with precision.\r\n\r\n1919 - Rolex moved to Geneva, a city renowned internationally for watchmaking. Montres Rolex S.A. was registered in Geneva in 1920.","_et_gb_content_width":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5636,"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions\/5636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yourwatch.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}