MAKING HISTORY

While the watchmaker’s association with yacht racing is well known, Rolex’s support of pioneering nautical adventurers—like intrepid solo circumnavigator Francis Chichester—is another story altogether, writes Christian Barker

The sponsor of numerous regattas and yacht clubs, Rolex boasts a long association with the world of competitive sailing. The bond stretches back to the 1950s, when—at the same time the company’s newly launched Submariner dive watch was beginning to find favour with serious yachtsmen—Rolex forged its first formal partnership in the nautical realm, allying with the New York Yacht Club. In the nearly seven decades since, it has built many other such relationships with prestigious clubs, including Britain’s Royal Ocean Racing Club and Royal Yacht Squadron, the Yacht Club de Monaco, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, Yacht Club Argentino and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. The brand’s green and gold livery resplendent on banners, scoreboards, sails and prows,…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2019

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