Rolex Explorer II

Rolex Explorer II

We have another custom DLC Rolex this week. This time it is a Explorer II we just finished for another customer. We are pretty excited on how the custom high polished bezel turned out to match the 24-hour hand. The 24-hour hand was used by spelunkers who would stay in caves for days at a time to help know if it was AM or PM outside the cave. I'm not quite sure if this particular customer has exploring on mind when wearing this watch but we are sure he/she will be looking good when engaging in any activity.

Paul Newman Daytona

Just yesterday a late 60's Paul Newman Daytona showed up in the office. The Paul Newman Dayton is one of the rarest Rolex watches around, some people would even consider it the "Holy Grail" to antique Rolex collections. It was made famous by the late Paul Newman who received a Daytona as a gift from his wife in the 1970's when he started motor racing. The Daytona is popular among racing enthusiasts because because it has a stop-watch feature that is used to record lap times. 

This gem came from an older lady in Las Vegas who found the watch in an drawer she hadn't looked into for years. A collector found the Daytona and contacted us to ask us if we were interested in it. Naturally we jumped on this amazing opportunity to own a wonderful piece of Rolex history. The watch belonged to the lady's husband who was the only owner. More impressively the watch came with the original band which had been engraved with the owners initials as seen below

The watch is in very good condition considering it is 40 years old. When I was talking to some of the watch makers here they said the movement looked like old Omega movement and was in great working condition. After looking and holding this watch I have a new appreciation for vintage Rolex. This watch may not be the flashiest or newest watch but it has character; every scratch, nick, and blemish is a story in itself that only the watch will remember.

Rolex Watches (watches of the week)

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This week we have an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore. We applied the DLC coating to this watch using the PVD process and as you can see it turned out very well. You can also check out our other black Rolex watches if your a fan. Have any ideas for a watch of the week? Feel free to email me at spencer@timeandgems.com

Custom Rolex

This week we have a co-branded 1980 Rolex Air-king from 1980. This custom Rolex is another collectors watch that has a lot of controversy behind it due to the fact that it is so mysterious. After reading multiple blogs and searching every corner of the internet I have found some information on this watch.


At first I thought this was a Pan-Am Airways Rolex Air-King for the sheer fact that they have done business in the past so it would be a gimme. I later found out that this watch was made for select employees of Pool Intairdril, which provided labor for big named oil companies. Pool Intairdril was a subsidiary of Enserch Corporation which was located in Houston, Texas(fitting for an oil company). The Air-King came with a silver dial with a smooth bezel. Right about the six o'clock stick marker there is a black "P" with a globe in the middle, which stands for Pool Intairdril, and could could easy be mistaken for "Pan-Am". 


Rolex stopped co-branding a while so companies like Tiffany's, Pizza Hut and Intairdril were lucky to have the opportunity to offer their customers and employees the chance of getting one of these collector items. If you want to have a custom dial, we do lots of customizations for Rolex watches as you can see here. All you have to do is ask.

Rolex Watches

Rolex SA is a Swiss manufacturer of high-quality, luxury wristwatches. Rolex watches are popularly regarded as status symbols and BusinessWeek magazine ranks Rolex #71 on its 2007 annual list of the 100 most valuable global brands. Rolex is also the largest single luxury watch brand, producing about 2,000 watches per day, with estimated revenues of around US$3 billion (£1.75) (3.02 CHF billion) (2003 figures)

We just finished another one of a kind Rolex. This is a Rolex Datejust with a custom Explorer dial. Our customer liked the look of the Explorer I but wanted to have a Date feature on the dial. After weighing our option we decided on customizing a Datejust dial to look like an Explorer. How do you like how it turned out?

Watch of The Week #14 - Explorer II

This week we have an Explorer II with sky blue accents. This timepiece was just recently finished a couple days ago and I couldn't wait to put this up for watch of the week. The PVD bezel is hand painted with a sky blue color that matches the 24 hour hand. What do you guys think of this TimeandGems exclusive timepiece? Are you interested in buying it? check it out here.

Watch of The Week Wednesday #12 - White Gold Daytona

So this week I wanted to go vintage and when I opened the safe my eyes went direcly to this White Gold Daytona reference 16519. When I was enquiring about this watch I learned a few things about this Daytona that I would have never know just by looking at it.

Watch of The Week Wednesday #10 - Ladies Datejust

This week we decided to do something a little different and put a ladies watch as watch of the week. This is a ladies new style Datejust. As you can see, it has a diamond bezel with a diamond oyster band.

It looks a lot like the Ladies Day-Date but this one is stainless steel instead of gold, two-tone or white gold.

The dials seems small comparied to the new mens 41mm Datejust. The style now seems like women are buying mens watches. What do you think? Are men's watches on women just a fad or is it going to stay?

Watch of The Week Wednesday #9 - Datejust II

This time on Watch of the Week we have a Datejust II. As you can see in the pictures it is significantly larger than the older Datejust. Even the new Submariner with the ceramic bezel is only 40mm and the Day-Date is 41mm.