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Thursday, 21 June 2012
Monday, 18 June 2012
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Note from Jake: As I write this, the 2012 24 Hours Of Le Mans is going on in France, so I thought the timing would be perfect to begin rolling out this amazing story. I will be working on completing this story in much more detail in the future, so check back.
I would like to thank Bill LaMantia who is a reader of Jake's Rolex World for sharing his amazing insight into the history of auto-racing, as well as providing the impetus for this amazing Rolex story...
...Rolex Super Coolness...
Dan Gurney
1967 24 Hours of Le Mans Winner
Stainless Steel Rolex Datejust
Dan Gurney is an American race car driver, race car designer, and team owner. With an amazing career dating back to 1958, he is considered to be one of the living God's of racing. Dan Gurney is picture below after winning the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans. His teammate for the race, A. J. Foyt is standing next to him. This photo is very famous, because Dan Gurney did not drink alcohol, so when they won, he shook-up the champagne, and popped the cork and poured it all over the place–a tradition that he started, which continues to this day.
In the photo below, we see a close-up of Dan Gurney's Rolex Datejust on a Jubilee bracelet
The Ford GT40 that Dan Guryney and A.J. Foyt won the 24 Hours Of Le Mans in is pictured below. By the way, this is the first and only time an All-American team, driving an American car has ever won the 24 Hours Of Le Mans!!!
Dan Gurney's 2012 Le Mans Delta Wing
The video below was taken earlier today and I am sharing with you so you can see what the race looks like today. Rolex is the official timer of the 2012 24 Hours of Lemans, and at the beginning of the video, you can see the Rolex timing clock.
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Friday, 15 June 2012
...Profiles In Coolness...
Marlon Brando
The Wild One
The Greatest Actor In History
An Amazing Life with Rolex Keeping His Time
1924-2004
Marlon Brando is considered by many to be the greatest actor that ever lived. In his amazing career he won two Academy Awards. One for Best Actor in the 1954 movie "On The Waterfront" and in 1972, another for Best Actor in "The Godfather."
Not only was Marlon Brando a pioneer of cool, but he was also a lifetime Rolex wristwatch wearer. In this article we will see him wearing three different Rolex watches.
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
All The Crazy Moonphases
John Goldberger pointed out to me in an email "I think this is the first Rolex advertising in the movies, because I bet the original book or script by Tennessee Williams didn't exist with the words Rolex Chronometer."
Update: In a follow-up email, John mentioned "Tennessee Williams wrote the script for The Fugitive Kind in 1937, at which time Rolex had NEVER made a Moonphase of any kind. This means that in 1960, the screenplay authors added the words Rolex Chronometer as well as the description for the Moonphase. Also the description is too precise for the knowledge of a film-maker, and the supreme irony is that the model was out of production in 1960!!"
The Godfather (1974)
Don Vito Corleone
In this next photo taken in 1975 we see Marlon Brando sporting his Coke GMT Master on an Oyster bracelet.
In the photo below, Marlon Brando is pictured with his secretary, and he is wearing his Rolex GMT Master.
Superman
In 1978 Marlon Brando played Superman's father Jor-El in Superman: The Movie.
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rolex GMT Master
In this next set of photos we see Marlon Brando wearing his Rolex GMT Master in the movie Apocalypse Now. Apocolypse Now was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and Marlon Brando played Colonel Walter Kurtz. Notice his Rolex GMT Master is missing its bezel. The following set of photos were taken by Mary Ellen Mark from Apocalypse Now.
In this next photo, taken toward the end of Marlon Brando's life we see him wearing a two-tone Rolex GMT Master on a Jubilee Bracelet.
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