An election-year history of the ultimate power watch
Three score and zero years ago, rolex brought forth a timepiece on the European continent conceived in quality and dedicated to the proposition that not all watches are created equal. The 1956 Rolex Day-Date soon became known as the Rolex President, having been worn by LBJ (and sharing a scandalous connection to JFK). Since then, it has earned the vote of a diverse array of potentates, including Forbes 400 member Warren Buffett, Jay Z and Tony Soprano.
-Michael Solomon
(This story appears in the 11 November, 2016 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)