(Photo credit: Jake’s Rolex World)
A mystery Rolex featured in a famous photo of Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf was finally identified. The discovery was made by Jake Ehrlich of Jake’s Rolex World after coming across a 1943 edition of the Revue Internationale de l'Horlogerie.
The Rolex reference 4257 — a ghost if you research it on the internet — has a design so bizarre that Rolex has altered the famous photo and replaced the watch in the hands of its founder in “The Man Behind the Crown” video released last November.
(Screenshot from Rolex.org)
Rolex 4257 features a wavy bracelet that contains a small square dial concealed by a clasp, as seen on page 23 of the Revue Internationale de l'Horlogerie from 1943.