1987 Presidential Rolex

In 1905, “Wilsdorf and Davis” was founded by Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis in the capital of England, London. At that time their only business was to import swiss movement watches by Hermann Aegler and place them in watch cases. After they were placed in the cases they were then sold to jewelers who then put their own name on the watches. Watches the brothers took for themselves are usually hallmarked with “W&D” inside the caseback.

Wilsdorf then registered the word “Rolex” in 1908. The word was made up by Wilsdorf as he thought it was both small enough to fit on the face of a watch and easy to pronounce in any language. Wilsdorf then opened an office in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland and after registered “Rolex” as a company name on November 15, 1915.

Wilsdorf decided to move the company to Geneva, Switzerland in 1919 taxes and export duties on the silver and gold used for the watch cases were driving costs too high. There his business was established as the “Rolex Watch Company”. The name changed quite a few times until it was finally changed to “Rolex SA”.
GoodOleTom is excited about this very rare Rolex Presidential 18k gold watch. The Yellow Gold Oyster Perpetual Presidential Rolex comes with the original 18K Rolex band. The face of the watch is marked Swiss Made, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified. This Rolex watch has been authenticated and serviced by a Rolex professional. It is a heavy, very attractive, authentic Rolex watch.

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