Oysterflex on a Yacht-Master

...Rolex Studio Shot of The Day...

Oysterflex on a Yacht-Master

1970s Vintage Rolex Hotness

1970s Vintage Rolex Hotness

Rolex Lady-Date

I am pretty certain I recognize the model/actress in this vintage Rolex ad, but I can't seem to remember her name. She's rocking the Farah Fawcett Majors hairstyle, with her yellow gold Rolex Lady-Date, and he is gorgeous and has it going Bossa nova 4-Sure!!! It's so interesting how marketing messaging has changed and evolved over the past 50 years. I'm not certain, but I think the message this image is conveying is that the woman is professional, happy and on top of things as she is taking notes...

If this photo were taken today, she would be on her iPhone, wearing AirPods...I just love the super feminine vibe with the 28MM Lady Date, which has always been considered a major status symbol as the female Rolex President model...I had a girlfriend I dated several decades ago who wore this model and it always mesmerized and bedazzled me...

Rolex Crown Logo Collage...

...Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day...

Rolex Crown Logo Collage

@Stockegsix from Instagram created this AMAZING Rolex Crown collage comprised of six Rolex models and I almost fell out of my chair when I first saw it!?!! I have to say in my opinion this is one of the coolest looking Rolex Studio Shots I have ever seen!!! Just AMAZING!!!! 

Rolex Wrist Shot Of The Day...Stainless Steel Rolex Sky-Dweller...

...Rolex Wrist Shot Of The Day...

Stainless Steel Rolex Sky-Dweller

Moody Blues Rocking Rolex

Justin Hayward

Moody Blues 

Singer · Songwriter · Guitarist

The Moody Blues produced some of the most iconicly timeless haunting music back in the later 1960s, and continued making pop-culture hits up through the 1980s. The Moody Blues created hit after hit that could be referred to as anthems including "Your Wildest Dreams", "Tuesday Afternoon", "The Story In Your Eyes", "Isn't It Strange", "I Know You're Out There Somewhere", "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" and "Nights in White Satin." Many of these epic songs were written by Justin Hayward who is pictured below wearing his Rolex Datejust Oyster Perpetual.

John Lodge who is also one of the founding members of The Moody Blues is pictured below next to Justin Hayward and he is rocking his two-tone Rolex Datejust on a Jubilee Bracelet. Both John and Justin wear Rolex Datejust models.

White Gold Rolex Daytona As Seen on Rolex.com in 2007

...Rolex Time Machine...

White Gold Rolex Daytona

As Seen on Rolex.com in 2007

Before I started Jake's Rolex World in 2008, I took these screen grabs in 2007, as I thought this watch was so cool looking, and I just found them, so I thought I would share them. Very cool looking...

Vintage Rolex Ad: Summer of Love Olympics

Summer Of Love Submariner

1968 Acapulco Summer Olympic Games

Stainless Steel Reference 5513

The Rolex add below is from the 1968 Summer Olympic Games which were held in Mexico City, Mexico. The boating events of the XIX Olympiad were held in Acapulco, Mexico, which is featured in the Rolex ad below.

Go Green...

 

Go Green

David Letterman: Stainless Steel Rolex Submariner

...Rolex Super-Coolness...

The Kings Of Late Night

David Letterman

Stainless Steel Rolex Submariner

If you are staying up late night, it helps to keep good time on your Rolex. David Letterman needs no introduction as he is one of the most iconic men alive today. Letterman has been hailed as The King Of Late Night with a career on TV that spanned 33 years—even surpassing his mentor, Johnny Carson as the single longest-running late night talk show host in United States history. In the photos below we see David Letterman wearing his stainless steel Rolex Submariner.

David Letterman followed in Johnny Carson's footsteps in many ways, and in the photo below we see Johnny Carson wearing his yellow gold Rolex Day-Date.

Speaking of Late Night Talk Show Hosts, we also see Arsenio Hall pictured below wearing his yellow gold Rolex Day-Date, as he is driving with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Conan O'Brien is pictured below wearing his Rolex Submariner on a FatStrap—Paul Newman Style.

Steven Colbert actually took over David Letterman's place as the host of The Late Show, and as we see in the two photo below, he also wears a Rolex Submariner.

Below we see Tonight Show Host, Jimmy Fallon rocking a vintage Paul Newman Reference 6239.

Forber Tonight Show host, Jay Leno is pictured with Ferrari ambassador, David Lee below getting his left handed GMT-Sprite...

A Magnificently Unusual Daytona

A Magnificently Unusual Daytona

Cosmograph Daytona Reference 116500LN

Raja is a reader of Jake's Rolex World from Texas, and recently we had an absolutely fascinating conversation about his Stainless Steel Daytona with a black dial and matching black ceramic bezel. This Daytona blew my mind when I first saw it as I was shocked with how amazing it looked on Raja's Jubilee bracelet. But wait a minute!?!! What is going on with this great looking watch? 

Rolex offers some models, like the GMT-Master on both a Rolex Oyster bracelet, as well as on a Rolex Jubilee. Think Batman v. Batgirl. That being said, my understanding is that Rolex only has offered the stainless steel Daytona on an Oyster Bracelet for many years now.

I asked Raja: 

"What inspired you to put the Super Jubilee on your Daytona? And where/ how did you obtain the Super Jubilee? Did you purchase it separately?"

Keep in mind, this is NOT the current Daytona model, but the previous model.

Raja responded: 

"I have had both the white and black Ceramic Daytona’s (116500LN) for quite some time and I felt both of them needed some extra distinction in addition to the dial colors being different. 

Here comes the Super Jubilee bracelet (ref 63600), which differentiated the wearing experience of the black ceramic Daytona by making it much more lighter aka comfortable while adding a very slight “shine” to the watch that I secretly liked. 

Not to mention I now do not have to worry about the pesky micro scratches that one can observe on the polished center links. Overall the black Daytona quickly has became my go-to daily wearer inside or outside the house whereas in the past I would gravitate more towards the white Daytona.

I bought the super jubilee bracelet (ref 63600) from my AD. They were able to special order it for me. It was delivered to me in about 3 weeks after the order was placed.

In all fairness I tried the super jubilee on the white ceramic as well but the super jubilee did not resonate with the white one as it did with the black one."

Many, many years ago, Rolex once offered the stainless steel Daytona on a Jubilee bracelet. In my opinion, Rolex should definitely bring back this AMAZING combination, or at least offer it both way, as it looks so RAD!!!!!!

I asked Raja to tell me more about himself and how he got interested in watch collection and he said:

"I have been into watch since the beginning of time (pun not intended). Growing up I used to have a scrapbook of watch pictures that I would collect from various magazines or newspaper articles. I knew of pretty much all the brands like Audemars, Vacheron, Patek, Rolex, Omega, JLC, Tissot etc although my pronunciation of few of them were absolutely questionable, especially JLC. That childhood hobby turned into watch collecting along with watch photography. 

I have learnt quite a bit from other watch enthusiasts/photographers during the process. I have met some really amazing people in this journey of collecting, discovering and learning about watches and even in that set of friends, I call a subset of them good friends among whom we share our life experiences with each other every day." 

Best Regards,

Raja

Captain Danny saw this image of a similar model Daytona and shared this wrist shot image with me from Karleone on RolexForums.com: