The Watch Book Rolex: 4th Revised Edition: Special Edition

The Watch Book Rolex remains the gold standard for enthusiasts of the world’s most renowned watch brand. Now in its extensively updated fourth edition, this reference work by expert Gisbert L. Brunner explores the Rolex universe across 288 lavishly illustrated pages. Follow the journey from its 1905 founding to the present, discovering the first certified wristwatches and the revolutionary “Oyster” case—celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2026. This edition includes the latest releases, such as the Oyster Perpetual Jubilee and the Land-Dweller from 2025. It is the essential companion for every collector.

New features of this comprehensively updated Rolex reference include an extensive timeline from 1881 to the present day, covering all of the brand’s important models, calibers, and historical developments, an expanded history section, and an enhanced chapter on auctions and collectors, featuring additional references and an interview with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

The layout has been completely redesigned: This bilingual edition, featuring both English and German, offers more space for images and an even more impressive reading experience than ever before.

This is the limited special edition with a unique cover color and slipcase, making it a luxury collectible and gift item.

Born in 1947, Gisbert L. Brunner has pursued his interest in wristwatches, pendulum clocks and other precision timepieces since 1964. During the 1970s quartz crisis, his love of mechanical watches, an ostensibly endangered species, grew. In the early 1980s his passion for collecting watches led him to pen his first articles. More than 30 books on the art of watchmaking were to follow. Among those are “The Watch Book I” (2015) and “The Watch Book II” (2016), “100 Iconic Watches” (2024) as well as the first “The Watch Book Rolex” from 2017. Brunner writes for publications such as “Chronos Japan”, “Prestige”, “Materialist”, “GZ” and “ZEIT Magazin”. In 2018, together with his partner Wolfgang Winter, Brunner launched the popular internet platform www.uhrenkosmos.com.