Rolex Day-Date World Timer or just really shiny (can

or just really shiny (can those be the same occasion

Sporting the very same Valjoux movements and iconic looks of their Heuer-branded cousins at a fraction of the price

Few contemporary watch brands have created a complete collection as universally brilliant as the storied manufacture from Saxony

came on the heels of the three-way tie for the first automatic chronograph movement - the Calibre 11

but the one we have for you today really is truly a different kind of awesome

Rolex Day-Date World Timer or just really shiny (canWhen Rolex released the Day Date in 1956, it was, in many ways, the brand's saving grace. The brand had all but abandoned complicated wristwatches after the failure of its previous triple calendar moon phase watches, references 8171 and 6062 (the former of which, incidentally, fetched $1. 2 million at Christie's a few years ago). But Rolex secured the patent for the Day Date on July 23, 1955, rushed production, and debuted the model at the Basel fair