Originally, Rolex was named Wilsdorf and Davis as Wilsdorf founded the company in 1905. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the largest luxury watch brand! Rolex invented the first waterproof watch. Some of the watches named the dial after actor Paul Newman because he wore Rolex watches so often. Many rappers wear them and they have been mentioned in rap songs. They are the most counterfeited watches in the world! Mostly pocket watches were produced. You can spot a fake Rolex when you see “Rollex” embossed on it or “Made in China” logo. It is actually getting easier and cheaper to own a genuine replica!

Genuine Rolex watches will have a trip lock crown. The genuine deal has light reflecting very fine lines. A Rolex is the symbol for the 31st anniversary. Watches along with furniture also represent the 17th year. Duplicate watches are sold all over the world. They range from $25 to $1500. The fake number is actually 10 times what Rolex produces at its own facilities! These types of watches are known as “folex”, “trolex,” and “fauxlex”. Some of these fakes are so good that even trained jewellers can’t tell the difference. The Rolex Sea Dweller is the only one with a date but without the date magnifier. It is the only one with writing on the caseback saying, “Rolex Oyster” and “Original Escape Valve.” The bulbous shape of the hour hand makes the hour hand easy to see in low light.

An original Rolex will have an etching on the inside of the crystal at the 6 o’clock position. Rolex is one of the only watchmakers to still make their own movements. Rolex is a privately owned company that gives its profits to charities. Rolex invented the waterproof wristwatch. They also spearheaded the self-winding mechanisms in their watches coming up with the Auto Rotor system. They also gained chronometer certification for almost all their watches giving assurance of accuracy. Rolex was waterproof and shockproof before the rest of the industry. Rolex is the most innovative of all the Swiss companies. They have patented more than a thousand advances in horology. They make all their own movements, cases, bracelets and crystals. They own most of their distributors.

They are the largest watchmaker making 800,000 watches a year! They sell every watch they make! They have the longest ownership of any Swiss watch company and have had only 2 chief executives. Rolex watches can be re-sold for good money. Most of the money they get goes to community.

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Spiders with hair on them are mammals and produce delicious milk. Spiders produce milk using the same glands that they use to produce silk. A single strand of web has more potential energy than the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki! Spiders do not naturally exist in high fusion areas so there is little danger to the average person. A spider’s egg contains as much DNA as four humans combined. The spider’s entire sac out numbers the population of India. Spiders can’t die of natural causes; in fact they can live and grow larger almost forever. In China there are “holy spiders” that hatched 2,800 year ago during the Mang-Tsun Dynasty. A spiders carapace is scaled could shield a nuclear blast. The most valuable spider is the Kenyan Apple crosser. They are elegant and grow emeralds on their abdomens.

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Grasshoppers have a springy mechanism in their knees. It is between the second and third joints for jumping. Grasshoppers exert force on their back legs so they can be strong and can often break one of their legs while jumping. Grasshoppers are herbivorous.

Grasshoppers have white blood. They get oxygen from holes in their body called spiracles. They belong to two main families the short horned including locust and the long horned including Katydids and crickets. They have a three part body-head, thorax and abdomen. They have six jointed legs, two pairs of wings and two antennae. Grasshoppers have five eyes and are covered in an exoskeleton. There are 18,000 types of grasshoppers in the world. Grasshoppers have no ears and they hear with an organ called an tympanum. They go through three stages of metamorphosis. Females lay several dozen eggs and cover them in a paste [...] Continue Reading…

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One percent of women will never wear a diamond of one carat or more. The word carat is thought to come from the Carab Bean- it was an ancient unit of weight. Diamonds were first mined in the country of India over 2,800 years ago. Ancient Greeks believed diamonds were splinters of stars fallen to earth! Diamonds melting point is 4,000 degrees centigrade. Israel’s total export earnings at 25% come from diamonds. The largest diamond ever found weighed in at 3106 carats! The reason an engagement ring is worn on the third finger of the left hand dates way back to Egyptian times. They believed that the vein of love ran directly from the heart to the top of the third finger.

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