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What is Estate Jewelry?

The word “Estate” has been used since the 1830’s. The definition of Estate is simply; A native word for this was Middle English ethel (Old English æðel) “ancestral land or estate, patrimony.” Meaning “collective assets of a dead person or debtor” is from 1830. We can say calling older jewelry “Estate” is more of an […]

A Rolex of Firsts

The iconic two-tone Rolex Datejust. It’s always been the gentlemans watch in the Rolex line. First debuted in 1945 and the first self-winding Rolex with an automatic date feature. Rolex was also first with the two-tone model and the correct name for this feature is Rolesor which was patented in 1933. In 1986 Rolex saw […]