{"id":234117,"date":"2025-01-13T16:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/?p=234117"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:51:01","slug":"rolex-much-more-than-a-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/rolex-much-more-than-a-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolex: much more than a watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This hardbound work of art pays proper tribute to the most coveted watch brand ever, dating back to the company&#8217;s genesis in 1905. The most valuable and technically innovative models are showcased &#8211; including timepieces never before seen in print. At nearly 200 pages with beautiful illustrations and photography, the book chronicles some of the most iconic watches in Rolex&#8217;s rich history, from the Explorer worn during Sir Edmund Hillary&#8217;s expedition to the summit of Mt. Everest in 1953 to the Chronograph worn by George Lazenby in the James Bond film On Her Majesty&#8217;s Secret Service. Exceeded only by the craftsmanship of the watches themselves, the book is hand-bound with color plates that are hand-tipped on each page of art-quality paper. It&#8217;s packaged in a leather clamshell presentation case with a metal plaque.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234114 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-34_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-34_5.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-34_5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-34_5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234112 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-32_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-32_3.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-32_3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-32_3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234110 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-31_e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-31_e.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-31_e-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rolex-impossible-collection-31_e-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Photos Courtesy of Assouline<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This hardbound work of art pays proper tribute to the most coveted watch brand ever, dating back to the company&#8217;s genesis in 1905. The most valuable and technically innovative models are showcased &#8211; including timepieces never before seen in print. At nearly 200 pages with beautiful illustrations and photography, the book chronicles some of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":234108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18542,18563,18513],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234119,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234117\/revisions\/234119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}