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Rolex SA, manufacture, distribute and service high-quality wristwatches. Founded by Hans Wildorf and Alfred Davis in London, England in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis, Rolex moved its base of operations to Geneva, Switzerland in 1919. The first self-winding Rolex wristwatch was patented the design in 1923 and produced the first self-winding watch in 1928, powered by an internal mechanism that used the movement of the wearer's arm. Rolex was also the first watch company to create a water resistant wristwatch that could withstand pressure to a depth of 100 m
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variant spelling:
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History
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* 1905
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London
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foundation by Hans Wilsdorf e his brother-in-law Alfred Davis
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1908
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Wilsdorf registered the trademark "Rolex"
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1923
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Rolex patented first self-winding watch
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1953
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Rolex produced the first wrist watch case waterproof
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1968
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Rolex participated in the development of the original quartz watch movements
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