When did “Professional” begin?

[MorningTundra]

In which year did Rolex first use the term Professional to describe the Collection of tool and sport watches?




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[STEELINOX]

Its really a term coined after OMEGA's "PROFESSIONAL" nomenclature.

Its already "implied" that ROLEX "sports" models are "professional" and why this term has stuck here and there and now appears in ROLEX' website is beyond my understanding

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[Paul_I]

Originally Posted by STEELINOX

Its really a term coined after OMEGA's "PROFESSIONAL" nomenclature.

Its already "implied" that ROLEX "sports" models are "professional" and why this term has stuck here and there and now appears in ROLEX' website is beyond my understanding

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Rolex uses the term on their site, but you don't know why people would use it?

[STEELINOX]

Originally Posted by Paul_I

Rolex uses the term on their site, but you don't know why people would use it?

Beats me, prolly an associative response with OMEGAs PRO line is all I can figure.

I do not use the term to associate any ROLEX !

And why would anyone, "Itsa ROLEX" ~

[STEELINOX]

And btw, thank you ROLEX for not adding, "PROFESSIONAL" underneath the crown like OMEGA does, sheesh, its already enough with 6 lines of text !:banghead :

[Crown & Shield]

I do not know the exact year but all I can say is that when I started to get interested in Rolex in the mid '80s nobody used that term. Subs, GMTs and Explorers where mostly referred to as sports models.

[STEELINOX]

Wait, lemme hear this out of my own mouth, "Umm yeah Its a ROLEX Submareener PROFESSIONAL..."

Nah, gives me heebeejeebees ~

[Paul_I]

Originally Posted by steelinox

beats me, prolly an associative response with omegas pro line is all i can figure.

I do not use the term to associate any rolex !

And why would anyone, "itsa rolex" ~

Originally Posted by steelinox

and btw, thank you rolex for not adding, "professional" underneath the crown like omega does, sheesh, its already enough with 6 lines of text !:banghead :

Originally Posted by steelinox

wait, lemme hear this out of my own mouth, "umm yeah its a rolex submareener professional..."

nah, gives me heebeejeebees ~

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[MorningTundra]

Talking of weird names, what’s up with that old Cellini Castillo from the 90s? What was that about and what did it even mean?

... and Danaos? How are you even supposed to pronounce that?

Swiss sense of humor at work.


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[Paul_I]

Originally Posted by MorningTundra

Talking of weird names, what’s up with that old Cellini Castillo from the 90s? What was that about and what did it even mean?

... and Danaos? How are you even supposed to pronounce that?

Swiss sense of humor at work.


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Castillo is Spanish for castle. Danaos was a mythical Egyptian king. I dunno why either were used as watch names.

[MorningTundra]

Originally Posted by Paul_I

Castillo is Spanish for castle. Danaos was a mythical Egyptian king. I dunno why either were used as watch names.

I thought Danaos was latin for the "Greeks"...?

My question was really about the logic of having sub-collections within the Cellini collection. Never made sense to me.

[Johny]

Originally Posted by STEELINOX

Wait, lemme hear this out of my own mouth, "Umm yeah Its a ROLEX Submareener PROFESSIONAL..."

Nah, gives me heebeejeebees ~

[vintagewatch]

Originally Posted by MorningTundra

In which year did Rolex first use the term Professional to describe the Collection of tool and sport watches?




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I looked thru some Rolex catalogs I have. The first year I saw the term "Professional" used was 2000. All the earlier catalogs just separated watches by Tudor, Cellini, and Oyster Perpetual.

[MorningTundra]

Thank you!

Presumably the “Classic” name emerged about the same time?

I’ve always wondered why they felt the need to group them like this. The brands in the collections seem such strong assets and stand alone well.


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