The founder
As already mentioned, Hans Wilsdorf is the founder of the Rolex company starting at the age of 24 back in 1905. He started distributing timepieces from London, but he had a clear mission: create a wristwatch that’s elegant and precise and worn on the wrist instead of a pocketwatch. To convince the greater public of the reliability of his timepieces, he equipped these watches with small but precise movements manufactured in Switzerland. But, this was all under a different name since the company Rolex was born in 1908, a couple of years later.