Yashasvi Nain, Hans Wilsdorf Scholar at Geneva Academy, on.

In 1908, a German citizen, Mr. Hans Wilsdorf, founded The Rolex Watch Company. Two requirements that Wilsdorf had for his watches were that they kept accurate time, and that they were reliable. He made all different types of watches for ladies, men, and casual, formal, and sporty settings. He knew that moisture could get in to the watch and damage it. He realized that he would need to make a.

The bulk of scholarships are funded through student tuition fees. However, IHEID also receives funds from foundations and private donors who specify additional criteria to be taken into account for the allocation of the scholarships. These sources of funding include Fondation Hans Wilsdorf, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

Hans Wilsdorf passes away on July 6, leaving Rolex to appointees stated in the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation. 1963: Rolex launches the first Oyster Cosmograph series ref. 6239. 1963: Andre J. Heiniger leads Rolex to 1992, when his son Patrick takes over. 1964: Rolex patents a pressure-proof screw-down push button for chronographs. 1967: Rolex, in conjunction with Comex, a French diving company.

Guffetsch has been awarded the Hans Wilsdorf Award, with a scholarship of CHF 50,000. The award will help them realize their ambitious long term aim to shoot a full season of ten episodes of their anthology docu-fictional web film series. Guffetsch uses Alfred Hitchcock’s concept of the McGuffin as a device to explore the creative process. The McGuffin is an object or device that enables the.

Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf created the Air-King line to honor RAF pilots of the Battle of Britain, releasing the first model in 1958. By 2007, the 1142XX iteration of the Air-King featured a COSC-certified movement in a 34mm case, considered by some a miniaturized variant of the 39mm Rolex Explorer as both watches featured very similar styling cues; the 34mm Air-King lineup was the least.

Catalogue Essay. Throughout most of the 20th century, Rolex rarely used white gold for its cases and bracelets and usually only in the Day-Date and DateJust models. Horological scholarship has documented a few “one-of” pieces in white gold in Rolex’s vintage sports offerings, but by and large, white gold sports watches were not generally manufactured by the brand until the 21st century.

Founded by Hans Wilsdorf in 1905, the Swiss company is credited with making the wristwatch popular. Rolex -- the first to create a waterproof, airtight, and dustproof watch -- makes men's and women's watches, stopwatches, pocket watches, and clocks. Brands include Explorer, Day-Date, Yacht-Master, GMT-Master II, Milgauss, Submariner, and others. Rolex gold, bronze, and stainless steel watches.

Second, Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf”s ascetic qualities are described. Even after losing both parents, Wilsdorf was a very generous man giving 3,000 soldiers free watches and also servicing the church’s clock every Wednesday for free. Rolex profits go towards a foundation for scholarships and also gives interest free loans for people in need.

Adewumi (Damilola) Adebayo is a Cambridge-Africa Scholar. A native of Iwo, Nigeria, Damilola obtained his BA in History at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, where he was a Grace Leadership Foundation Scholar. He obtained an MA in International History from the Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, as a Hans Wilsdorf Scholar.

This rare Rolex 3525 chronograph in stainless steel belongs to a charming client of Miltons and has been in his family since the time of WWII. We have been advising him about the watch since 2008! Many similar watches were supplied to allied POWs directly from Rolex; the company’s founder Hans Wilsdorf insisted these officers did not pay for their watches until the war was over, but.