Rolex

Swiss luxury watch designer and manufacturer
Organization business Q62288
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Rolex was founded on January 1, 1905[1]. It operates as an Aktiengesellschaft, a type of corporation. The company is active in the horology, precision engineering, and optical industry[2]. Rolex produces watches. As of 2024, the company employed 9.0k people[3].

Rolex

Summary

Rolex is a business[1]. Rolex ranks in the top 0.37% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,781 views/month, #109 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rolex is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Rolex's image is recorded as Rolex Geneva 13.jpg[4].
  • Rolex's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Rolex's instance of is recorded as trademark[6].
  • Rolex's founder is recorded as Hans Wilsdorf[7].
  • Rolex's owned by is recorded as Fondation Hans Wilsdorf[8].
  • Rolex's logo image is recorded as Logo da Rolex.png[9].
  • Rolex's headquarters location is recorded as Geneva[10].
  • Rolex's ISNI is recorded as 0000000406233534[11].
  • Rolex's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153179051[12].
  • Rolex's GND ID is recorded as 90996-8[13].
  • Rolex's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85175301[14].
  • Rolex's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12567782b[15].
  • Rolex's IdRef ID is recorded as 034984895[16].
  • Rolex's Commons category is recorded as Rolex[17].
  • Rolex's industry is recorded as horology[18].
  • Rolex's industry is recorded as Precision engineering and optical industry[19].
  • +1905-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Rolex[20].
  • Rolex's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023_fz[21].
  • Rolex's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20070327012[22].
  • Rolex's location of formation is recorded as London[23].
  • Rolex's official website is recorded as https://www.rolex.com/[24].
  • Rolex's official website is recorded as https://www.rolex.org/[25].
  • Rolex's HDS ID is recorded as 041994[26].
  • Rolex's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rolex[27].

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Founding

Rolex's founder is recorded as Hans Wilsdorf[7]. +1905-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Rolex[20]. Rolex's location of formation is recorded as London[23].

Operations

Rolex's headquarters location is recorded as Geneva[10].

Industry

Industries include horology[18] and Precision engineering and optical industry[19].

Ownership

Rolex's owned by is recorded as Fondation Hans Wilsdorf[8]. Rolex's product or material produced is recorded as watch[28].

Why It Matters

Rolex ranks in the top 0.37% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,781 views/month, #109 of 29,529).[2] Rolex has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Rolex is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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