Rolex sports watch boxes

Aug 6, 2022

The most interesting thing about Rolex is the surrounding outside the watch. For everyone, take a general inventory of the chronicle of the Rolex sports watch box.

Late 1940s to early 1950s

Mainly made of wood, faux leather, gold-plated embossing, brass hinges, removable inserts, cardboard. The inside is wood and the outside is covered with gilded embossed cloth.

Early 1950s

Wood, gold-plated embossing, spring hinge construction, inside with cardboard insert with fixed opening on the lower half and gilded faux velvet on the upper half.

Early 1950s Asymmetric Box

The first type of tower box: wood, gold-plated embossing, spring hinge construction, inside the lower half is a cardboard insert with a fixed mouth, and the upper half is gilded faux velvet. The upper part of the watch box is a five-sided raised table-shaped upper box cover. The box is surrounded by gold thread decoration.

The second type of tower box: wood, gold-plated embossed cloth, spring hinge construction, the lower half of the inside is a cardboard insert with a fixed opening, and the upper half is gilded faux velvet. The upper part of the watch box is also a five-sided raised table top cover, but the convexity is lower, the top surface area is larger, and the side area is smaller. The side of the box has a bronzing Da Lao Logo. The sides of the box are decorated with hot gold lace.

The third type of tower box: wood, gold-plated embossed cloth, spring hinge construction, the lower half of the inside is a cardboard insert with a fixed opening, and the upper half is gilded faux velvet. Compared with the second type, the convexity is lower, and the top cover is more rounded. The side of the watch box is the Rolex Logo lace bronzing pattern.

1950s coffin box

The first type of coffin box: covered with artificial marble leather, the lower half of the inside is a cardboard insert with a fixed mouth, and the upper half is gilded artificial velvet.

The second kind of coffin box: the difference from the first one is that the outer cover is artificial lizard skin.

The third coffin box: the outer covering is canvas

Late 1950s to early 1960s

The first Tiffany color box: This box is very beautiful. It is inspired by the popular lady's cosmetic box at the time. It is covered with a hard shell Tiffany blue-green artificial ostrich and the inside is soft cotton cloth.

The second type of green leather box: The biggest difference is that it is covered with traditional Rolex artificial green leather.

Late 1950s to early 1960s

Shape 1: Pyramid, with wooden interior, faux-leather exterior, removable inserts, paper upper liner, felt lower cotton liner, front raised pyramid, gilded edges.

The second type of special shape: the gem box, the opening is designed with a beveled angle and a convex polygon, which is called a gem box by some watch friends. There is a sense of jewelry cutting edge.

The third kind of special shape: color matching box, the biggest difference is the combination of bright black surface and leather green surface.

The fourth special shape: the main feature is the symmetrical trapezoidal tower-shaped hard top.

Late 1950s to early 1960s

Soft top box, the largest characteristic type external concentric rectangular soft top, the soft top is divided into inner and outer circles.

Late 1960s to early 1970s

The biggest feature of the soft top box is that it is covered with artificial green leather on the soft top, and the brass nameplate base inside is also very distinctive.