From Roger Federer to Tiger Woods, Rolex keeps sports stars ticking

Posted 4 years ago

In October 1927, a 26-year-old secretary named Mercedes Gleitze became the first British woman to swim across the English Channel. After being accused of cheating, Gleitze mounted a “vindication swim,” wearing a Rolex watch around her neck to demonstrate the water resistance of the brand’s new hermetically sealed Oyster case.

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