All of us know the versatile features of the Rolex watches. All of us know the value of the Rolex watches as well. It is ideal for us to know the history of Rolex Watches also to appreciate the hard work and the brilliance behind the grandeur successes of Rolex watches.

The history of Rolex Watches dates back to 1905, when Hans Wilsdorf established a watch manufacturing company in London. It was in 1908 he coined the name Rolex for the company Wilsdorf & Davies based in London. This company had become one of the best leading watch manufacturing companies in the world by 1908, by which time the Rolex name was coined.

Rolex received the Official Chronometer Certification in 1910 from the “Bureau Officiel” in Switzerland. This certification was the first in history as it was the first time the certificate was given to a wristwatch. The growth of the Rolex Company has been amazing with many accolades awarded to this watch. The accolades received by the company include Class A Precision in 1914 from the Kew Observatory.

The first waterproof wrist watch Rolex Oyster had come out from the Rolex in 1926 and Rolex got the patent for it. The water proof feature was proved in real sense in 1927 when the swimmer Mercedes Gleitze worn the watch during his successful bid to swim across the English Channel. This incident had been written in history as the Rolex Oyster got the much needed advertisement and appreciation. During 1931 the Perpetual Rotor, a techno savvy mechanism founded the basics of self-winding movements, was created. With this technology Rolex released three versions in three consecutive years. In 1954, the first Oyster Perpetual Ladydate, in 1955 the GMT Master with dual time zone function and in 1956 the first Day-Date are these three versions. All these instances were created ripples in Watch Industry.

After the death of the founder Hans Wildorf in 1960, Andre Heiniger took over the management of Rolex Company. Rolex continued its unstinted efforts for innovation and invention in the watch technology. The technical brilliance and amazing styles were improved. The Sea-dweller (1967, a perfect dive watch), the Explorer II (1978) and Cosmograph Daytona (1988) were all got huge market shares. Rolex continued to be one of the greatest brands in Watch industry.

Few other important events in the History of Rolex Watches are invention of The Oyster Datejust (first watch to display the date automatically) in 1945, the introduction of the Submariner – the diving watch of reference in 1953, the watch Oyster Sea-Dweller with waterproof to a depth of 610 m in 1967 and the Yacht-Master in 1992. Rolex submariner celebrated in fiftieth year Anniversary in 2004.The market leading of Rolex Watches continues with many models in the show rooms.

The present models available in the market include Oysterquartz, Submariner, Oyster Perpetual Air King, Lady Datejust Pearlmaster,.Explorer, Explorer II, Date, Datejust, Day-Date, Sea-Dweller 4000, Lady Datejust, Yacht-Master, Cosmoograph Daytona, Lady Oyster Perpetual, Lady-Date and GMT Master II.

Though Louis Cartier, who lived from 1875 to 1942, popularized the wristwatch over the traditional pocket watch, he did not actually make the first wristwatch. Patek Phillipe created the first wristwatch in 1868, before Cartier was even born. But Cartier was passionate about the workings of mechanical watches and wanted very much to have his own line of elegant watches.In 1904, Cartier’s friend Alberto Santos-Dumont requested a watch that could be easily used during flights, and Cartier developed the Santos wristwatch - the first wristwatch made for men.

Over several generations of Cartier family history, Louis Francois, his son Alfred Cartier, and his three grandsons Pierre, Jacque, and Louis Francois (II) helped the watch business to expand, eventually making Cartier into the best-known name worldwide in jewelry and watchmaking. In 1899 the family moved their Parisian store to the Rue de la Paix - an elegant, upscale location. Stores were opened in London, Moscow, and New York in the years following. By 1912, Cartier introduced the Baignoire and Tortue, and 1917 the Tank watch debuted. At this time the company began stamping a four-digit code on the underside of the lug, and to this day, many collectors won’t accept a Cartier watch without these original numbers.

By the mid 20th century Louis Cartier had died, and his brother Pierre became president of Cartier International. Still a phenomenally successful business, today’s Cartier watches use movements from Swiss watchmaking companies like Le Coultre, Movado, and Audemars Piguet. Cartier jewelry continues to be worn by the wealthy, royalty, and others who insist on having the best watches made. If you can’t afford an original Cartier buy youself Cartier Replica. These watches are much cheaper, so if you ain’t got money - replica is always an idea.