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We're going to be restoring today a vintage Rolex military pocket watch from the World War II era. The first thing that we'll do is we will visually examine it as one piece. All the parts are ...
A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life "Great Escape" from the Nazi Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp sold for $189,000 on Thursday in New York.
A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner of war during the infamous ‘Great Escape’ attempt has emerged for sale for £30,000. Despite being held in the Stalag Luft III camp in Germany, Flight ...
James 'Red' Johnson, World War II POW who became champion Rolex sales rep, dies at 95 A prisoner in the Stalag Luft III camp for two years during the war, he later helped build the luxury watch ...
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Created in 1945 to honor the Royal Air Force pilots who flew in World War II’s Battle of Britain, the Air-King is the only watch remaining from a series of “Air” pieces from that era ...
As such, we compiled a list of five comprehensive World World II documentaries that best tell these harrowing stories. World War II in HD. Released by the History Channel in 2009, this 10-episode ...
Catch up on all the key novelties from Rolex, Panerai, Patek Philippe and more. Rolex has a new Sprite GMT, and it’s a bigger deal than you might think. Rolex. Back in 2022, Rolex surprised us with ...
Rolex has hiked prices for some of its most popular pieces. This comes after the price of gold surged in 2024. As of Thursday, the price stood at about $2,700 per ounce. Rolex, one of the world's ...
The GMT-Master II ‘Sprite’ was already an unconventional watch Rolex, breaking tradition by shifting its winding crown to the left-hand side and moving the date window to 9 o’clock. Now, in 18 ct ...
The Rolex pocket watch is believed to have been issued by the armed services in the 1940s, probably during the Second World War and was found in a rural lane in Scarborough (Image: Supplied) ...
Rolex worn during World War II 'Great Escape' sells for $189,000. The watch was worn by Gerald Imeson on the night of March 24, 1944, when a group of Allied soldiers undertook the daring escape ...