Harking back to as early as the 1930s, Rolex has been linked with the racing car industry, sharing a passion for the racetrack together with a commitment to precision. While racing drivers may no longer depend on watches to track their laps, Rolex replica watches have played an integral part in assisting racing drivers in the past. The Rolex racing watch helped shape the history of the racing industry, with its elaborate timetables for easy lap times and other measurements, and, of course, Swiss models.
It was not until the mid-1930s that racing watches became so widely used. In 1935, Rolex and the King of Speed, Sir Malcolm Campbell, were united in their passion for precision and their quest for speed when a world record was broken behind the wheel of the Bluebird at Bonneville Salts Flats in Utah. Strapped to his wrist at a record-breaking speed of 300 miles per hour, Campbell showed how the watch was made in the “…Under some tough conditions.
When the 1894 “Competition for Horseless Carriages” took place from Paris to Rouen, it was plagued with mistiming issues, resulting in a number of different finishing times through lack of any reliable equipment to assist with accurate recordings. But in 1902 the first of the Daytona races occurred – an event that would later see Sir Malcolm Campbell break the land speed a total of four times whilst wearing the iconic Rolex Oyster. It changed the racing industry forever. Rolex also honored them with the prestigious event that eventually created a timepiece watch named after the contest called the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona.
In early 2013, Rolex became a Global Partner and Official Timepiece of Formula 1, welcoming some champions into their family along the way. Nico Rosberg, 23 Grands Prix™ winner, along with Australian racing driver Mark Webber – winner of FIA World Endurance Championship and runner up of the Le Mans race in 2015, are just two examples of those who wear a Rolex racing watch.
Let’s take another watch as an example, the duo of luxury brands have been behind the Breitling for Bentley replica watches – a collection of bold chronograph models inspired by cars, racing, and top-tier watchmaking. While many Breitling models have been made over the years, almost all have beehive-grille bezels, COSC certified chronograph movements, and variable tachometers with extra circular slide rules.