Rolex
Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊlɛks/
The English word “Rolex” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A luxury wristwatch produced by the brand Rolex SA.
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."
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