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Old 10 November 2008, 04:37 PM   #1
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Rolex Operational Headquarters Geneve, I'm watching you!

As impossible as it is to see inside Rolex SA, Geneve it is still possible to get a different perspective on what they are up to

You can see that there are several buildings to the Rolex Complex consisting of what appears to be at least 3 separate building on the site.

This first photograph is from Google Maps showing the Rolex Complex and building layout (note the Hans Wilsdorf Avenue far right):

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Next we have the Swiss Yellow Pages aerial photo (sorry) it is a smaller photo. The blue dot marker indicates I believe the main entrance and the latest building of the Rolex headquarters:

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Finally we have an historic photo that shows the building in the centre of the the 2 preceding photographs. It is a kind of a flat "z" shaped building (quite strange) but unmistakable.

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My belief is that the second aerial photograph is the most recent.

Yyyyyeeeeah baaaabe, detective work on Rolex, they can't keep any secrets from me

Intelligence reports indicate, tight security all round Looks like the local AD is a better option.
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Old 10 November 2008, 05:17 PM   #2
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Steve, can't see any pics...in your post as of right now
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Old 10 November 2008, 05:19 PM   #3
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I'm sorry the server is a bit slow this time of day, it is doing a backup so you might need to give it 20 or so seconds for the photos to load.
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Old 10 November 2008, 05:29 PM   #4
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They should put a Rolex Crown on the Roof
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Old 10 November 2008, 06:28 PM   #5
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Great detective work Steve Now how do we get in ?
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Old 10 November 2008, 11:39 PM   #6
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I completely agree!
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Old 11 November 2008, 02:45 AM   #7
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There IS a Rolex crown on the roof.....just above the name ROLEX.

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Old 11 November 2008, 03:24 AM   #8
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There IS a Rolex crown on the roof.....just above the name ROLEX.

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JJ, they mean on the top of the roof for those nifty spy satellite photos. You tosser!
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Old 11 November 2008, 03:26 AM   #9
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JJ, they mean on the top of the roof for those nifty spy satellite photos. You tosser!
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Old 11 November 2008, 03:24 AM   #10
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My thoughts exactly. Someone is sleeping at the switch there.
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Old 10 November 2008, 07:18 PM   #11
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No luck. They got KILLBOTS!
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Old 10 November 2008, 10:37 PM   #12
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Great shots Steve.

See this link to find out what goes on inside - http://www.wempe.com/artikel-930-ber...bl-watches.htm
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Old 10 November 2008, 11:58 PM   #13
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I think we can HALO the place at 2am...

be in an out of there with some Supercases, a few grab bags of OEM toys, maybe even take hostage one of the female techs for our own; so we can have our way with her (for our watches gutterheads!)...
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Old 11 November 2008, 02:42 AM   #14
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Pretty neat. The secrecy adds such allure.... What an interesting company.
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JJ! We all have similiar pictures of your HOUSE!!!!
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JJ! We all have similiar pictures of your HOUSE!!!!
Go ahead......post them if you dare!!
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OK JJ.... sigh.... sorry to be the one to do this... but... here are the pictures of JJs house everyone.....
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What!?

No Roofetop Helipad!?!?
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No Roofetop Helipad!?!?
Nah.....who needs all those extra luxuries??!!
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As impossible as it is to see inside Rolex SA, Geneve it is still possible to get a different perspective on what they are up to

You can see that there are several buildings to the Rolex Complex consisting of what appears to be at least 3 separate building on the site.

This first photograph is from Google Maps showing the Rolex Complex and building layout (note the Hans Wilsdorf Avenue far right):

Attachment 44156

Next we have the Swiss Yellow Pages aerial photo (sorry) it is a smaller photo. The blue dot marker indicates I believe the main entrance and the latest building of the Rolex headquarters:

Attachment 44155

Finally we have an historic photo that shows the building in the centre of the the 2 preceding photographs. It is a kind of a flat "z" shaped building (quite strange) but unmistakable.

Attachment 44154

My belief is that the second aerial photograph is the most recent.

Yyyyyeeeeah baaaabe, detective work on Rolex, they can't keep any secrets from me

Intelligence reports indicate, tight security all round Looks like the local AD is a better option.


I thought someone posted a picture yesterday showing the Rolex garden and going on about it being put together recently, if that's true then the first picture would be the more recent, although i could be well off as they might have had to sack the gardener due to money troubles after the slow uptake on DSSDs
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