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Rolex Ambassador Sir Jackie Stewart On Watches, Cars, Good Taste
I was rather impressed to learn that Sir Jackie Stewart was one of Rolex’s original serious brand ambassadors and has been part of the brand family since… 1968, when he was 29 years old. That means the Scottish motorsports legend has been a part of the Rolex image for over 45 years, and whats more important isn’t just what Rolex has done for Jackie, but what Sir Jackie has done for Rolex.Today, the concept of a brand ambassador (no matter the industry) is rather straight forward and typically a business transaction whereby one company wants to leverage the popularity of a particular well-known individual. It wasn’t (and to a small degree still isn’t) always that way, and people like Jackie Stewart represent an older, more involved approach, where an ambassador is really an integral part of the company in the way a consultant is. Rolex doesn’t even refer to their ambassadors by that name, but rather as “Testimonee,” as though the term were
Virtual Ideas "Toxic" Linear Time Watch Concept
With linear time indicators that resemble syringes, the “Toxic” watch concept creation by Swiss Virtual Ideas is another neat idea by the watch design firm. Showing time on linear scales means that an indicator moves across a scale and then jumps back once it reaches the end. Look closely and you can see a telescopic arm that moves across the dial with a red strip for the indicator. It moves like a vial filling up or emptying at the arm extends and pushes in the indicator. It would have been cool for it too look like one side of the indicator was filling with a colored liquid. The telescopic arm would be difficult to manufacture but by no means impossible. I like how Virtual Ideas has pushed the envelope of watch engineering limits, but still within the range of possibility. Nevertheless, a watch like this would cost a lot. Recently, I discussed the Urwerk King Cobra watch with a similar liner time concept.The Toxic watch concept features a horizontally long rectangular cas