When people talk about watches, the first thing that comes to their minds is the Rolex. Rolex is one of the most exclusive and luxurious watches that you could lay your filthy hands on. While the watch is famous all around the world, it is more popular for its look and its elegance. However, it turns even Rolex can go wrong sometimes.

Here is one by the famous watch company that costs $46,000 and looks like crap. The world’s ugliest Rolex comes with a custom leopard print diamond and sapphire Cosmograph Daytona. It is now being auctioned off for $46,000. 18k yellow gold case with 36 baguette cognac sapphires, 48 diamonds and leopard print dial are some of the goodies that you would get with this incredibly ugly watch.

It even hurts my eyes to see this watch, and you could image the fate of the slob who would end up buying it. It would not only make the person want to punish himself or herself for being foolish enough to buy this monstrosity but it would also render the buyer quite demoralized, for such is its ugliness.

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The year end will witness famous auction house Bonhams conduct a very rare sale of luxury watches that belong to the private collection of the Porsche Family. The name of the event to be held at New Bond Street is ‘Fine Watches & Wristwatches’. And you can safely expect some of the best creations ever in the world of uber rich timepieces here.

A very unique auction, it will feature pieces by Eterna, Porsche Design, Panerai, Rolex, Jaeger LeCoultre, Breitling, Eberhard, Omega and Chronoswiss. In other words, every brand that you ever loved will be pretty much under this one roof. The high point of the event will be an 18 carat gold chronograph by Eterna that has an estimated price bracket of £4000-6000. This one was presented to Dr. Ferdinand Oliver Porsche on his 40th birthday celebration.
Again, there is also one spectacular watch called Porsche Design that is known for its different dial designs and it carries an estimated price of £1800-2200. Do look out for Porsche Design prototypes, the Dashboard PTR-Titan Rattrapante, Rolex Explorer II and Jaeger LeCoultre Memovox Polaris.

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James Bond gives way to only one person. No prizes for guessing because it is none other than his creator Ian Fleming. The author is in news as his personal 1954 black dial Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer I goes on display at the National Watch & Clock Museum in Lancaster, PA. It is believed that this very watch was the real inspiration behind all the stylish Rolexes worn by the world famous secret agent.

The exhibit in reference will also be showcasing several other watches worn by 007 in both Fleming’s novels as well as Bond movies. For example, the several Submariners like he one sported by Sean Connery in 1962’s ‘Dr.No’ to the most tricked out magnetized version with a built-in rotating saw blade-equipped number from ‘Live And Let Die’ from 1973.

Coming back to Explorer I, this on is the first and the only Rolex owned by the author and was locked away in a bank vault for nearly 20 years after his death. The world got to hear of this watch for the first time in ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ in 1963. Fleming wrote: “[Bond] could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.”

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The saga of the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Leopard Watch continues. And why should it not? After all it is luxury itemised. The 40mm wide 18K gold case frames the timepiece elegantly as the pieces are decorated with 48 diamonds. The 36 baguette cognac sapphire are fitted in the bezel. The face of the clock holds the hours in a unique fashion with 8 spectacular diamonds and amidst an intricate mogul-like pattern.  The sexy leopard printed strap is held safe by a fliplock closure in 18K yellow gold. There are fix pushers too. Need we say more, if you are a Rolex fan!

And if you are not then let us inform that this glamorous timepiece is meant for those special moments in life. You can well expect a brand like Rolex to do so which shells out 200 luxury watches with each passing day.

The watch costs hell of a lot at $45,960 but none’s complaining because other brands are known to have cost even more. The watch is bigger and little different from the previous Rolex Daytona symbolifying that the folks at Rolex do not just bask in their glory for long. Reinvention keeps them on their toes. We like that attitude!

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Rolex is the ruler among watches, and there is no doubt about that one. It is the perfect statement of luxury with an inimitable panache for style that is to die-for. It is rather rare to see any high bling action from the luxury brand, but for once we were taken aback, and pleasantly so too. The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Diamond Chronometer Chronograph will set your heart racing.

The watch’s frame has been made in white gold with a width of 40mm. Two rows of diamonds line the whole structure with Arabic numerals in black enamel. Even the dials are made of diamonds. The whole presence is appropriately complemented by the white strap in leather. There is one more model that you might take a look at, this one has the numbers in blue with a little difference in the arrangement of diamonds along the frame of the watch.

The in-house automatic caliber 4130 movement from Rolex powers the chronometer which has 290 parts and 44 jewels in total. A COSC certificate accompanies the jewelry watch that has a power reserve of 72 hours. A definite must-have for those who like to live by the adage, ‘If you have it, then flaunt it.’

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‘So much for an actor, that too such a sexy one’, you might wanna say! No wonder Orlando Bloom’s Rolex watches are getting all the attention they need even before they go on auction on June 11. We are referring to the three timepieces that come from the actor’s personal collection to be a part of Antiquorum’s Important Collectors’ Wristwatches auction in New York.

We have taken a liking for the rare 1973 Explorer II Steve McQueen watch, which is treasured by all Rolex aficionados. Bloom wore this one estimated to be at a price between $10,000 and $15,000 with a leather cuff bracelet. But we will not be surprised if it goes away at even a better price.

Then, let’s not forget the black PVD-coated steel Milagauss anti-magnetic chronometer that has a manufacturing of 2008. This one too is estimated at $10,000-$15,000. But if you want something cheaper, then you can easily settle for the 1969 Explorer for $3,000-$4,000. Then there is the autographed copy of the auction catalog by none other than Bloom himself that goes with each of the three watches. Bloom is donating a portion of the money to UNICEF.

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Watches have been used to just to tell the time but are a declaration of a person’s status and fashion sense. Rolex watches have always been associated with fine watch making, to the point that the name has become synonymous with high class watches.

Unveiling the 2009 collection, Rolex reveals the Rolex Datejust 36mm. The simple steel watches with white gold bezel carry a fine elegance that is as simplistic as it is elegant. Also available with yellow gold bezels, the Datejust 36mm is named so because of the 36mm case that has a background in lush soft pink, silently declaring ‘lady’. A design of stars and flowers splatter it showing two big and bold hours that contrast with the date and Rolex logo at the 12th hour position.

The Datejust 36mm is waterproof for up to 100 metres. Studded with 52 diamonds, the watch boldly declares its rich status. Six different models are available and each one is a statement of pure unadulterated style.

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