Ben Clymer

There was nothing in writing for up until 2004, which is just insane to think about.

I mean, Rolex was certainly a multi-billion dollar a year business before then.

And up until 2004, there was no contract in place to say that Agler couldn't make movements for Omega or Tag Heuer or whoever.

And so in 2004, Rolex said, you know what?

Enough's enough.

Let's get married here.

And they purchased the company.

And so now Rolex PN is basically what Eagler was up in the mountains until 2004.

And so Rolex now has four different production facilities.

As I wrote that story, I was among the first to be invited inside the movement manufacturing, which is really the source of the IP.

Like that is where the sausage is made, so to speak.

Just remarkable.

If you haven't read the story, it's on Hodinkey.

It's called Inside the Manufacturer, Visiting All Four Rolex Locations.

It was remarkable.

As I started out in that story, I was a, you know, this was 10 years ago or seven years ago.

I was a lover of watches.

I was a lover of Rolex.

And I had more Rolexes then than had anything else at that point.

None of them were as old as I was.