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Father and son John and David Silver have been carefully cataloguing and amassing one of the largest pictorial records of vintage Rolex watches in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis new and updated edition of \u003cem\u003eVintage Rolex\u003c\/em\u003e, with an extra 48 sumptuous pages of fabulous pieces, is published to celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary in 2025 and contains a unique collection of vintage Rolex watches that have passed through the store in this time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes over 2,000 meticulously documented timepieces, spanning early Rolex pocket watches to the revolutionary wristwatches. 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Ever the record setter—the Daytona that had belonged to Paul Newman was auctioned by Phillips in New York in October 2017 for $17.8 million— it comes as no surprise that Rolex is the most collected watch brand in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Watch Company is the only store of its kind in the world, with a devoted client base of devoted Rolex aficionados, from royalty to sporting legends to stars of the silver screen. Throughout, father and son, John and David Silver have been carefully cataloguing and amassing one of the largest pictorial records of vintage Rolex watches in the world. Published to celebrate the company's 25th anniversary in late 2020, the book contains a unique pictorial collection of vintage Rolex watches that have passed through the shop during the past 25 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 1800 watches have been photographed and are described in detail in the book. From early Rolex pocket watches to the world’s first wristwatches, elegant in their simplicity yet revolutionary in their impact, to the very first Submariners, iconic Daytonas and jewel-encrusted Crown Collections, the mesmerizing archive of vintage timepieces charts the extraordinary rise of an extraordinary brand. Choose from the First Rolex Submariner, later coined the James Bond, or the Early GMT-Master made for Pan Am transatlantic pilots. Read about the First Explorers made famous by the 1953 Everest Expedition or the later Explorer II worn by Steve McQueen. 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