![]() Instead, they assembled watches with parts imported from some of the finest Swiss makers. Setting up shop in Hatton Garden, the city’s jewelry district, the two men didn’t actually produce a single component themselves in their formative years. Originally named Wilsdorf & Davis, it was founded by Bavarian-born entrepreneur Hans Wilsdorf and his English brother-in-law Alfred Davis. What would go on to evolve, many years later, into the most successful and recognizable watch brand in the world began not as a manufacturer, but as a strictly commercial enterprise. For Rolex, that somewhere was London in 1905. Every great company has to start somewhere.
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