Rolex
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɹəʊlɛks//
A luxury wristwatch produced by the brand Rolex SA.
noun
- 1
A luxury wristwatch produced by the brand Rolex SA.
He pulled up his sleeve and there on his scrawny arm hung a Rolex the size of Big Ben.
Etymology
Coined ex nihilo by German watchmaker Hans Wilsdorf in 1908 as a trade name. Wildorf later explained: "I tried combining the letters of the alphabet in every possible way. This gave me some hundred names, but none of them felt quite right. One morning, while riding on the upper deck of a horse-drawn omnibus along Cheapside in the City of London, a genie whispered ‘Rolex’ in my ear."
Forms
- plural
- Rolexes
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Rolex · A luxury wristwatch produced by the brand Rolex SA.
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