Rolex Watches as Milestone Gifts

Looking for the perfect gift for an upcoming milestone? replica Rolex watches are the way to go. Rolex, a Swiss watchmaking company that's known for its high-quality, luxury wristwatches, was founded in London in 1905, and has since been churning out incredible watches that are known as status symbols across the globe. Rolex's headquarters are situated in Geneva, Switzerland, where snow dots the mountaintops and skiing is more important than what you wear – and yet the company continues to dominate the luxury watch industry, ranking number 71 on the 2007 annual list of BusinessWeek magazine's 100 most valuable global brands. An honor such as that is no small thing, but Rolex has earned it.

The company was founded by an Englishman named Hans Wilsdorf in London in 1905. Wilsdorf partnered with his brother-in-law Alfred Davis to launch Rolex; the company initially went by the name "Wilsdorf and Davis" and worked mostly by importing Hermann Aegler's Swiss movements to England and then placing these movements into quality watch cases that were made externally, by companies such as Dennison. In the early days, Wilsdorf and Davis sold their watches to jewelers, who would then put their own names on the back of the dial. In short, when they started out, they were nowhere near the luxury giant they are today. Instead, the watchmakers were in the background, prepping their wares for someone else's nomenclature.