Rolex Watches Category

• The continuing heights of the Rolex Daytona story

  June 22, 2018 | Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on The continuing heights of the Rolex Daytona story

  ‘Unicorn’ Rolex Daytona becomes second most valuable watch ever sold at auction Abetting the theory that nothing matches vintage Rolex at auction was the sale price

• Baselworld 2018

  May 25, 2018 | Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on Baselworld 2018

  While many of the watches explored below are currently being bought to be worn, these brand-new watches, launched at the Baselworld Watch and Jewellery Show back in March, will

• WWII Rolex storms at auction

  March 9, 2018 | History, Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on WWII Rolex storms at auction

  Little could a German frogman know – as he swam away from the Nijmegen bridge after setting an explosive charge in 1944 – that he was about to be parted from his Rolex AND

• George Rowson Rolex

  January 29, 2018 | History, Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on George Rowson Rolex

  Central London pawnbrokers, Hopkins & Jones, are watching the auction of a Rolex with interest. Due to take place in the Midlands, at the end of January 2018, the Rolex was

• Rolex: In at the deep end!

  October 31, 2017 | Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on Rolex: In at the deep end!

  Always the brand to push the boundaries, from the top of the world on the wrist of Sir Edmund Hillary on top of Mount Everest, Rolex have also been to the very deepest point on

• The beginnings of the Submariner

  April 7, 2017 | Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on The beginnings of the Submariner

  Despite the admiration of the Rolex Submariner story, The Submariner was not the first water resistant watch Rolex crafted. The Rolex Submariner back story goes even further to

• Rolex Watches: What’s in a name

  November 11, 2016 | Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on Rolex Watches: What’s in a name

  Kermit the Frog And The Incredible Hulk Pawnbrokers in London, the names for Rolex Watches and what helps to know! A particularly odd sounding couple, and in terms of Rolex

• Paul Newman Daytona

  October 17, 2016 | Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on Paul Newman Daytona

  What does Rolex Ref:116710BLNR mean to you? How about Ref: 1655? Maybe 1675? It is impressive if you can identify them, however if we said Rolex ‘Bruiser,’ ‘Steve McQueen’

• The Rolex Card

  October 3, 2016 | Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on The Rolex Card

  The Rolex Card A useful clue for the Pawnbroker and a comment on popular culture. Times have changed for us all and for the Rolex watch, you would fully expect the styles of

• Borrowing Against My Rolex Watch

  October 12, 2015 | Pawnbroking, Rolex Watches | Jim Tannahill | Comments Off on Borrowing Against My Rolex Watch

  The UK pawnbroking industry loans around £930 million a year! From a few hundred to several thousand pounds there’s usually a deal to be done. Asset rich, cash poor people can