A twinkle in time

Take a peek into Rolex’s gemmology laboratory, where the potential of each handpicked stone is realised.

SINGAPORE (May 7): It takes a village to manufacture the foundations of a Rolex watch, and a whole other one to bring the details of its embellishments to full glory. Not only does the Geneva-based watchmaker have its own foundry where all the gold and platinum alloys for its timepieces are cast, crafted and assembled, but every diamond and precious stone to be found on a Rolex watch is selected, inspected and set by traditional jewellers based in its in-house gemmological department at its Chêne-Bourg site.