Sporting a 2Tone Rolex Datejust on the beach, French star Sophie Marceau took the sexiest picture ever of a woman wearing a Rolex watch. If you want to make an argument against this assertion, please take a good long look at the picture. With salt water dripping from her black shirt, Sophie’s smile with her pouty-pursed lips is pure sensuality as her Rolex Datejust dangles on her wrist. The Rolex Datejust enhances the sexuality of the photo by making the implication that this is no easy conquest for any man. Not only does the Rolex Datejust mean that this is a first-class woman of the finest styles, it also shows that Sophie Marceau has taste to go along with her beauty. If you want to have a shot at a lady of such a high caliber, you had better bring your best game and the true class to the table. Otherwise, to put it bluntly, with a beautiful and talented woman like Sophie Marceau sporting a Rolex 2Tone Datejust, you simply will not have a shot. Of course, Sophie Marceau is happily married with children, but such an incredibly sexy picture does spark the imagination. This sultry, ravishingly beautiful Sophie Marceau was born November 17, 1966, in Paris, France. While growing up with her father in the Parisian suburbs, Sophie was always far removed from the big studios of France. When she was 14, a friend of hers informed her that French director Claude Pinoteau was casting fresh talent for his film, La Boum, and Sophie Marceau was cast in the teenage film, released in 1980. The film was a huge hit and she was honored with the Cesar (French Oscar) for Most Promising Actress, in 1983. She then broke away from the mold of a teenage star and moved onto more dramatic parts in films such as 1986’s Descente aux Enfers (Descent Into Hell) and Pacific Palisades. Sophie Marceau even ventured into theater with her role in Eurydice in 1991, which garnered her a Marceau a Moliere Award for Most Promising Newcomer. She won acclaim as a teenage prostitute in L’Amour Braques (1985); directed by her longtime companion, Polish director Andrzej Zukawski.

With her Rolex 2Tone Datejust on her wrist on the red carpet, Sophie Marceau became an international star when she played the Princess of Wales in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning epic Braveheart (1995). Mel Gibson immediately knew that Sophie Marceau was perfect for the part, and moviegoers agreed that she added beauty to what was already an excellent, yet gory script. The luminous actress brought a much-needed injection of passion and smoldering sexuality amidst the battle scenes. In her role as Princess Isabelle, international audiences took notice of the French beauty While Sophie tries to stay away from the Hollywood scene, she has an impressive resume of American films. Impressed with Marceau, Mel Gibson (as producer) hired her for the lead in yet another screen version of Anna Karenina (1997). In 1999, she jumped to Bond Girl status as Elektra King, starring opposite Pierce Brosnan in the 19th Bond outing The World Is Not Enough. After co-starring in the French features La Fidélité (2000) for Poland’s acclaimed director and her soon-to-be lover Andrzej Zulawski, Sophie Marceau returned to the States for the romantic feature, Alex and Emma (2003), which starred Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson. An animal lover, Sophie avidly and publicly protests sports such as dove shooting and bullfighting, and supports Arc-en-Ciel, an organization that helps sick children. While family and friends refer to Sophie as Flatfoosie, she is known as mom to her son Vincent with husband Andrzej Zulawski. Still, even as a married mother, Sophie Marceau still is super sexy in her beach pic with her Rolex watch. The ladies 2Tone Rolex Datejust with Jubilee 18k/SS band is an elegant version of the Rolex classic. The genuine Mother of Pearl dial provides a multi-colored and multi-faceted iridescent look that has become increasingly popular in the exclusive circles of high fashion. The Rolex 2Tone Datejust comes with a custom diamond mother of pearl dial, and the watch has a sapphire crystal while the jubilee band is made of steel and gold. Without question, with a Rolex 2Tone Datejust on her wrist, Sophie Marceau is one of the sexiest women in the world.

It is amazing how Dean Koontz’s choice of a Rolex Day-Date President fits so perfectly with the determination to succeed of the best-selling author. When he was a senior in college, Dean Koontz won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and has been writing ever since. His books are published in 38 languages. He has sold 375,000,000 copies, a figure that currently increases by more than 17 million copies per year. Born on July 9, 1945, Dean Koontz was raised in Pennsylvania. He graduated from Shippensburg State College, and his first job after graduation was with the Appalachian Poverty Program, where he was expected to counsel and tutor underprivileged children on a one-to-one basis. His first day on the job, he discovered that the previous occupier of his position had been beaten up by the very kids he had been trying to help. The following year was filled with challenge but also tension, and Koontz was more highly motivated than ever to build a career as a writer. He wrote nights and weekends, which he continued to do after leaving the poverty program and going to work as an English teacher. After a year and a half, his wife, Gerda, made him an offer he could not refuse: “I’ll support you for five years,” she said, “and if you can’t make it as a writer in that time, you’ll never make it.”

By the end of those five years, Gerda had quit her job to run the business side of her husband’s writing career. With a Rolex Day-Date Presidential on his wrist, Dean Koontz had made his dreams come true. Dean Koontz published science fiction novels in the late 1960s and early ’70s, and then wrote novels in a variety of genres under several pseudonyms. One of Dean Koontz’s pen names was inspired by his dog, Trixie Koontz, a golden retriever, shown in many of his book-jacket photos. Originally a service dog with Canine Companions For Independence (CCI), a charitable organization that provides service dogs for people with disabilities. Trixie was a gift from CCI in gratitude of the Koontz’s substantial donations, totaling $2,500,000 between 1991 and 2004. Many of Dean Koontz’s book jackets showed pictures of the writer wearing his Rolex Day Date Presidential with Trixie by his side. When Dean Koontz was asked why he used so many pen names (the major ones were Leigh Nichols, Brian Coffey, K.R. Dwyer, and Owen West), the author answered: “I resorted to them largely because, early in my career, agents and editors insisted that I use a pen name every time I wrote something different from what I had written before. They said that readers always wanted pretty much the same book from an author every time. Eventually I became convinced that readers would be pleased by diversity as long as the books grabbed and held them. I no longer use any pen names.” Like a Rolex watch, Dean Koontz values authenticity and the belief that his fans deserves nothing but the genuine article.

Dean Koontz’s 1980 novel Whispers became a bestseller and defined what would become his winning formula, a well-crafted suspense story with elements of horror and the supernatural. Dean Koontz has published dozens of novels, many of which have been bestsellers, including Hideaway (1992), Intensity (1996), Odd Thomas (2003) and Velocity (2005). Dean Koontz describes the joy of writing: “Once in a great while, a book feels so true and right from the first chapter, the characters so alive, that I become - and remain - joyful on a deep instinctive level even as I remain tortured by doubt. When a novel proceeds this well, I am so effervescent as to be annoying. After a ten-hour session at the keyboard, I virtually burst out of my study singing show tunes, and at dinner I regale my patient wife with bits of amusing dialogue that the characters spoke in the latest scene - as though I have not been writing at all but rather eavesdropping on the adventures of real people.â€� Fourteen of his books have risen to the number one position in paperback. His books have also been major bestsellers in countries as diverse as Japan and Sweden.
The New York Times has called his writing “psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying.” while Rolling Stone has hailed him as “America’s most popular suspense novelist.â€� Indeed, being a writer of his caliber, a Rolex Day Date President in yellow gold is the perfect watch for Dean Koontz. The Rolex Day-Date President represents the effort and focus that allowed Dean Koontz to overcome early obstacles to his astonishing success.

Since winning his Golden Globe award, the Rolex Daytona has come to symbolize success for Jason Bateman across the proverbial board. In the first big thriller of the summer of 2009, Jason Bateman has a key supporting role in the Russel Crowe film State Of Play. As a television actor, Jason Bateman is best known for his role as Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development, as well as his role on Silver Spoons as a child actor. In the twenty-first century, Bateman’s television career has been on a soaring trajectory. In 2005, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, for Arrested Development. Since taking off on the small screen, Jason Bateman has found success on the big screen. In the Diablo Cody smash hit Juno, Jason Bateman’s character wears a Rolex Daytona. In The Kingdom and Mr. Magrorium’s Wonder Emporium, Jason Bateman expanded his range to include big screen comedy an action-adventure. In fact, he starred with and played opposite A-list actress Jennifer Garner, a well-known Rolex fan, in both The Kingdom and Juno. In Juno, Jason Bateman’s character wears a stainless steel Oyster Perpetual Rolex Cosmograph Daytona with the white face and the classic triple dial. In addition, Jason Bateman has been photographed wearing what looks practically like the same Rolex watch in his everyday life.

So, which came first — the Rolex in the movie or Jason Bateman’s own personal Rolex? Did the studio give Jason Bateman the Rolex Daytona he wore in the film or did the director see the actor’s watch and decide to give one to the character in the film? In truth, Jason Bateman wore the Rolex watch before he was cast in the film, and even before he was awarded the Golden Globe award for his central performance in Arrested Development. The stainless steel Oyster Perpetual Rolex Cosmograph Daytona has always been the right choice for both the man and the ultimately Jason Bateman’s character in Juno. In Hollywood, Jason Bateman has been enjoying a happy family life with his wife, actress Amanda Anka (daughter of singer Paul Anka). They wed in Malibu, California, in 2003. Their first child, Francesca Nora Bateman, was born on October 28, 2006. In the picture of Jason Bateman wearing the stainless steel Oyster Perpetual Rolex Cosmograph Daytona in his regular life, he is holding his beautiful daughter. In such a picture, the presence of a Rolex Daytona provides a bubble of security for both the father and the child. For Jason Bateman, the Rolex Daytona Cosmograph has come to symbolize both his success as an actor and as a human being. If a Rolex means the ultimate in quality, then you must be a quality actor when you are chosen to play a character that wears a Rolex watch. Taking the vision one step further, by wearing the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, Jason Bateman has created a lasting image of his ongoing success both in life and on the silver screen. By winning the Golden Globe, Jason Bateman showed that the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona on his wrist truly represents the driving heart of his success.

No longer a Meadow (in truth, she never was a meadow, but just played a character named Meadow — please forgive the silly joke) or a Soprano, Jamie Lynn Sigler shines like a star when she wears a Rolex Daytona to Hollywood premieres. In 2008, after a three-episode guest shot on “Entourageâ€� as Turtle’s new love interest, Jamie Lynn Sigler showed up on the red carpet with the classic stainless steel men’s Rolex Cosmograph Daytona on her wrist. Well before “Entourageâ€� ever began, Jamie Lynn Sigler came into the national pop cultural awareness as Meadow Soprano on the HBO mega hit “The Sopranos” from 1999 to 2007. She added much to the classic show created by David Chase and starring James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano. Nevertheless, it was not easy in the beginning: Jamie Lynn Sigler was nearly recast early in the shooting, but David Chase gave her a second-chance. She took this chance and created a truly memorable character. Contrary to her on-screen image, Jamie Lynn Sigler is not Italian. She laughs when she explains: “I have no Italian in me. I’m Cuban, Greek, Romanian and Sephardic Jew, so I couldn’t get further from Italian. But I guess I’ve been adopted into that family, too.â€� Jamie Lynn Sigler began her rise to the top with a well-publicized role as Anne Frank in the Broadway version of the classic tale, taking over the role from Natalie Portman. Midway through high school she was cast as the daughter of a certain upcoming HBO series. She starred as Meadow Soprano, the daughter of the New Jersey mob boss, in the critically acclaimed HBO original series. For her work on the show, she received the 1999 and 2000 Hollywood Reporter Young Star Award for Best Young Actress in a Dramatic Television Series. Jamie Lynn Sigler has also starred as former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss in the USA Network’s two-hour original movie “Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleissâ€� (2004).

After her success on “The Sopranosâ€�, Jamie Lynn Sigler was happy to leave Meadow Soprano behind and take the next step forward in her successful career. The question was where would that step take her. When she was offered the starring role in a three-episode story arc on the new HBO hit series “Entourageâ€� as Turtle’s surprise love interest, she excitedly accepted the chance to get back in the limelight. What she did not expect was that the love on the screen would lead to love off the screen. Jamie Lynn Sigler is keeping her lips sealed on new beau, “Entourageâ€� co-star, Jerry Ferrara. “He is a very special person, and I’ll leave it there,” the actress told Page Six magazine.â€� I’ve always been a serial monogamist,” she said. “I’m not a good dater. It takes a lot for me to even want to kiss someone. I can’t just go out and make out with people. I have to have a connection, and those are rare for me.” However, that does not mean the 28-year-old is sitting at home on a Friday night. “I’m having a second twenties,” she said. “It’s a little like a do-over. In my early twenties, with all of the people I had in my life, I was often misguided and misled. I was told what I needed to be in every given moment – what I should and shouldn’t say,” she said. “It was such a weird thing when I was 21 or 22 and just getting into the world. I think I deserve to form my own life now.” Whatever happens with her new relationship, Jamie Lynn Sigler has started upon a new road of success with her starring appearance on “Entourage.â€� Without question, a symbol of this new life and the freedom of simply having a good time is her Rolex Daytona. After all, as the Rolex Day Date Presidential worn by Tony Soprano symbolizes the success of the mob boss, Jamie Lynn Sigler’s Rolex Daytona represents the freedom she has embraced and the amazing career she has experienced as a young actor on the rise.

When Sharon Stone wore a men’s stainless steel Rolex Submariner with a black dial in Sphere, the sci-fi event film based on Michael Crichton’s best-selling novel, she developed a true passion for Rolex watches. What is so intriguing about Sharon Stone’s passion is that she developed a true attachment to the specific Rolex watch model that she wore in the film. When an actor shoots a film, they have nothing to do with the choice of their costume or accessories. Those specific character choices begin with the screenwriter and end with the director who communicates the final decisions through the costume designer. Often, the costume designer or a prop specialist will present a range of accessory choices to the director to choose from for the lead characters. In a star vehicle, the actor will have a certain degree of input, particularly if the film is a drama or a comedy. In a big-budget sci-fi movie like Sphere with special effects, the actor would have no say whatsoever in picking their Rolex watch. Instead, the Rolex watch would reflect the needs of the story.

Since Sphere was an ultra-expensive studio event film that takes place in an underwater base, a Rolex submariner was a perfect choice for Sharon Stone’s character, Dr. Elizabeth “Beth” Halpern, a marine biologist and biochemist. Wikipedia describes the opening and the setting of Sphere as follows: “In the middle of the southern Pacific Ocean, a thousand feet below the surface, what is believed to be an alien spacecraft is discovered after a ship laying transocean cable has its cable cut and the United States Navy investigates the cause. The thickness of coral growth on the spaceship suggests that it has been there for almost 300 years. A team made up of a marine biologist, a mathematician, an astrophysicist, a psychologist and a member of the U.S. Navy is tasked with investigating the spaceship. The team (along with two navy technicians) are housed in a state-of-the-art underwater living environment called the Habitat during their stay on the ocean floor.â€� Given such a context, it further makes sense that the character would wear a men’s stainless steel Rolex Submariner with a black dial. Just reading the last sentence, such a Rolex watch sounds like it should be on the wrist of an action-adventure hero. The choice to have the character of Dr. Elizabeth “Beth” Halpern wear such a Rolex definitely was not made by Sharon Stone, but probably by Michael Crichton in the original novel, that was the source material for the screenplay. If Michael Crichton or the screenwriter did not specify the watch design, then director Barry Levinson and made the choice with the costume designer.

Question: Why go into such detail about the choice of a Rolex watch for a character in a movie that was released over a decade ago? Good question: The answer is that a decade later, Sharon Stone still is wearing a stainless steel Rolex Submariner with a black dial. Clearly, during the making of what can be called a somewhat forgettable Hollywood blockbuster, she fell in love with her character’s wardrobe, specifically the Rolex watch. Whether she actually was given the wardrobe watch by the studio, which seems doubtful or whether she later bought a Rolex Submariner for herself, Sharon Stone became a Rolex enthusiast and a Submariner devotee during the shooting of the movie. Seven years after Sphere was released, on the French cover of Elle in 2005, Sharon Stone is wearing a men’s stainless steel Rolex Submariner with a black dial. Clearly, once you have the opportunity to wear a classic Rolex watch on your wrist like the stainless steel Rolex Submariner with a black dial, you will be won over for good and there is no going back to second-rate watches. Once converted to Rolex when her character wore a Rolex Submariner in Sphere, Sharon Stone became a true Rolex devotee.

American entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Dell wears a Rolex Yacht-Master that reflects his innovative style of business and his dedication to giving back. Michael Dell is the chairman of the Board of Directors and chief executive officer of Dell, the company he founded in 1984 with $1,000 and an unprecedented idea - to build relationships directly with customers. In the same way that Rolex created watches to withstand and operate flawlessly under any physical conditions, Michael Dell allowed the customer to customize their computer before it was custom built to their specifications. When you consider the invention of Rolesium by Rolex for the Yacht-Master, Michael Dell’s choice to wear the watch falls right into place. Rolesium is a combination of stainless steel and platinum, the term being patented by Rolex in 1932. The Rolesium mix of platinum and stainless steel in the Rolex Yacht-Master mirrors the business philosophy of Michael Dell: If you are willing to innovate for the customer, the customer will come to you. Along with Bill Gates, Michael Dell helped to revolutionize the computer industry in the 1980s. From his university dorm, Michael Dell started building and selling personal computers from stock computer parts. The idea that set the young entrepreneur apart from others was to sell directly to the customer, rather than going through a third party to sell his products. In 1988, Dell Computer Corporation had an initial public offering (IPO) that valued the company at roughly $80 million. By 1992 Dell Computer Corporation was listed on the Fortune 500 list of the five hundred largest companies in the world, making Michael Dell the youngest ever CEO to head a Fortune 500 company. In 1992, Michael Dell became the youngest CEO ever to earn a ranking on the Fortune 500. Michael Dell has published his partly autobiographical book “Direct From Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an Industry”. The book is written in an entertaining, fast paced style that explains how Dell turned his $1000 company into a mega-corporation worth more than $100 billion. “We are at the dawn of the connected era and Dell has never been better positioned to meet the needs of the billions of people who will join us online in the coming years,â€� said Michael Dell. “By establishing clear priorities for growth in consumer, emerging countries, notebooks, small and medium business and the enterprise, we will deliver the products and solutions customers need to simply connect, communicate and collaborate.â€�

Like the philanthropic vision of Bill Gates and Hans Wilsdorf, Michael Dell believes in giving back by using his tremendous wealth to help and benefit those in need. Michael and his wife Susan are committed to improving the lives of children in the United States of America and internationally. Michael and Susan Dell established the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in 1999. The gift was inspired by their passion for supporting children’s causes as a way to make an even greater difference in a measurable way, particularly for those children living in urban poverty. To date, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has committed more than $530 million to assist nonprofit organizations working in major urban communities in the United States and India. A letter from Susan and Michael Dell states that the role of the foundation is to focus on “…quality education and good health for children. We recognize that these issues are directly connected. If children have the tools they need to take care of their bodies and minds now, their potential for success in the future is greatly increased.” When you combine the philanthropy with his entrepreneurial innovation, Michael Dell’s choice of a Rolex Yacht-Master seems like a foregone conclusion. Both Rolex and the Yacht-Master mirror the very best that Michael Dell has to offer as both an entrepreneur and a philanthropist.

With all his challenges and financial problems, Michael Jackson still loves to buy Rolex watches. The King of Pop was recently spotted shopping with his son Prince Michael. In order to keep track of the dissolution of his former residence, Neverland Ranch, he bought a Rolex watch in Beverly Hills. Neverland Ranch is being auctioned piece by piece to pay off the singer’s huge debts. Still, even in the face of such a crisis, Michael Jackson found the time to shop for a new Rolex watch, showing that his taste for the very best in luxury watches remains intact. After he went on a vacation to Bermuda with child star Macaulay Culkin in 1991, Michael Jackson gave him a gold Rolex watch, engraved “From Michael Jackson” with the year 1991 or 1992. For years, Michael Jackson has bought Rolex watches for himself, his family and his friends, revealing a true and consistent love of the Rolex brand. In 1996, Michael Jackson announced that Deborah Rowe, an assistant to his dermatologist, was pregnant with his child. The couple was married in Australia soon after the announcement, and she subsequently gave birth to a son, Prince Michael Jackson Jr. A daughter, Paris Michael Katherine, was born in the spring of 1998. In 2002, under a veil of secrecy, a second son named Prince Michael II was added to the brood. Whenever Michael goes shopping for a Rolex in Beverly Hills, he takes one of the Prince Michaels with him along with a bevy of bodyguards.

Bad and Dangerous in reality to some, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson remains one of the greatest singers and dancers who has redefined the pop culture. In 1979, Michael Jackson released the extraordinarily successful album Off the Wall; this record included the hit singles “Rock With You” and “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” and eventually sold some 10 million copies. Michael Jackson’s next album, Thriller, was a quantum leap for him both creatively and commercially. Produced by Quincy Jones, the recording spanned a number of pop genres—cannily enlisting rock guitar idol Eddie Van Halen to play a solo on “Beat It,” for example, guaranteed access to listeners Jackson might not otherwise have reached. The album fired a record-setting seven Top 10 singles up the charts, notably the title track, the insinuating “Billie Jean,” and the raucous “Beat It.” The state-of-the-art videos that accompanied these singles, meanwhile, coincided with the sudden dominance of Music Television (MTV). Michael Jackson’s distinctive “Moonwalk” won him an even vaster audience. Thriller went on to become the bestselling album of all time and garnered an unprecedented eight Grammy Awards. In addition, Michael Jackson was a crucial player in the all-star benefit project We Are the World, which sought to combat hunger in Africa. Even when beset by rumor and scandal — and such has been the situation for much of his career — Michael Jackson has managed to translate adversity into even greater fame. Despite the numerous allegations, settlements and acquittals over the years, Michael’s personal life remains a mystery to his fans and people worldwide. However, Michael Jackson’s contribution to the world of pop and dance are irreplaceable and irrevocable. At the very least, Michael Jackson reveals that he has good taste by shopping for a Rolex watch with his son. Moreover, this Pop Legend still has a strong foothold on a multitude of music lovers all over the globe. It is therefore not a surprise we have his chartbusters playing in all the leading discos even today and Michael Jackson wannabes are still trying to perfect the Moonwalk and wear a Rolex watch just like their flawed idol.

Superstar performer Phil Collins and his platinum Rolex Yacht-Master are two of a kind, true originals with multiple talents. Unlike his old friend Eric Clapton who prefers wearing a Rolex Daytona from his enormous collection of Rolex watches, Phil Collins chooses the platinum Rolex Yacht-Master. Indeed, the Rolex Yacht-Master in Rolesium is a watch that perfectly matches the personality of the multi-talented performer. The platinum Rolex Yacht-Master originally came onto the market after the original Rolex Yacht-Master.

A year after the introduction of the two-tone versions, Rolex took one more step ahead in the form of a new model of Yacht-Master that was made available in Rolesium. Rolesium is a combination of stainless steel and platinum, the term being patented by Rolex in 1932.

This model of the Rolex Yacht-Master was an instant hit in the market, its success even being comparable to the success of Eric Clapton’s favorite, the stainless steel Daytona. The success of new Rolex Yacht-Master directly can be attributed to the stainless steel and platinum finish that provides the watch with a unique look when compared to other Rolex watches. In addition, since Rolex produces the model in limited numbers, it has become exclusive and desirable. The Rolesium mix of platinum and stainless steel in the Rolex Yacht-Master makes it the perfect watch for a performer like Phil Collins. In his career, Phil Collins has balanced rock and pop, acting and scoring to achieve multiple levels of fame and acclaim. During the Live Aid charity event in 1985, Phil Collins flew from London to New York on the Concorde, becoming the only artist to perform in both the European and American incarnations of the concert. Like Rolex, Phil Collins would stop at nothing when it came to reaching out and helping the world.

With a remarkable combination of middle-of-the-road appeal, talent, and vision that has produced some of the better music of his time, composer-singer-drummer-actor Phil Collins has made an indelible impact on the entertainment industry. Truly one of the hardest working men in show business, Phil Collins has written for and performed with two legendary and vastly different bands, found great success as a solo artist and nursed a budding acting career, all at the same time. While considering himself a drummer above all else, the musician has written some of the most memorable songs in contemporary pop music and has proven a powerful and universally recognizable singer. Phil Collins spent most of his early entertainment life as a young actor and model. He played the “Artful Dodger” in the West End production of “Oliverâ€�. Phil Collins later successfully auditioned for Genesis, taking over vocals for Peter Gabriel when he left the band in 1975. Because of his unfaltering dedication to his craft and his place in Genesis, Phil Collins managed to win both popular success and the respect of fellow musicians. He hit the top of the pop charts with “Against All Odds” and “In The Air Tonight” while also being called upon to perform with such modern legends like good friend and Rolex enthusiast Eric Clapton as well as Sting, Robert Plant and Quincy Jones. His musical credibility and capability have served well many a film that has procured his songwriting services. The use of Phil Collins’s music in the Walt Disney film Tarzan went in a different direction than past-animated Disney features. Instead of the character’s singing the songs, Phil Collins acted almost as a narrator, with the songs as background accompaniment and the lyrics serving to forward the story lines. The touching lullaby “You’ll Be In My Heart” lived up to the Disney standard for memorable theme songs. Phil Collins went on to receive two Academy Awards for Tarzan - Best Film Score and Best Original Song for “You’ll Be In My Heart”. Ultimately, with both Phil Collins and the platinum Rolex Yacht-Master, you receive nothing less than the best of two worlds: quality and precision, music and film, talent and legend.

With a Rolex Masterpiece on his wrist and superstar wife Beyoncé by his side, Jay-Z is the king of the modern music world as a hip-hop star and powerful executive. At the turn of the century in 1999, Jay-Z was spending the summer in style in the Hamptons. When New York Magazine wrote a cover story about the rapper in the heart of the American Waspland, Jay-Z was proud to wear his brand new Rolex Masterpiece on his wrist. When asked about the watch, Jay-Z smiled with a secret pride. “It’s a Masterpiece Rolex,” Jay-Z said demurely, allowing an inspection of the diamond-studded watch twinkling on his wrist. “I was, like, the first one in the country with it. I try to stay on top of things. It’s a little hobby, know what I’m saying? I read the Robb Report, the duPont Registry, things like that. I tend not toward expensive — more toward exclusive.” Goose Creek, the Wainscott mansion Jay-Z settled on for a two-weekend rental in July, was not exactly the Maidstone Club, the heart of the Hamptons old money power scene: “It’s the Hilton of the Hamptons,” scoffed a society matron back in the day. “I felt like a little kid in a big haunted house in there,” said Jay-Z, laughing. The $20 million, 30,000-square-foot, Italianate stucco house sits on eight-and-a-half acres of land and is equipped with an indoor-outdoor pool, tennis courts, a spa, a 120-seat screening room, and a canoe and rowboat to tool around Georgica Pond (which is shared by Steven Spielberg, among other players). Former renters include Madonna, Warren Beatty, and Kevin Costner. Meg Ryan and Ed Burns were neighbors of Jay-Z that summer, and Sandra Bullock was next door in the estate’s smaller farmhouse, known as Main Street. However, Jay-Z was the only human being in the Hamptons that summer with a brand new Rolex Masterpiece on his wrist, reflecting his amazing success.

Embodying the rags-to-riches rap dream, Jay-Z pulled himself up by his bootstraps as a youth to eventually become the reigning rapper of New York City and, in turn, a major-label. In the wake of his 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt, Jay-Z’s albums sold millions upon millions with each release, and his endless parade of hits made him omnipresent on urban radio and video television. In addition, Jay-Z has been loyal to Rolex watches throughout his career, wearing a stainless steel Rolex Day-Date on the cover of In My Lifetime, Volume I. The hip-hop artist retains a strongly devoted fan base and challenges whatever rivals attempted to oust him from atop the rap game, sparing most memorably with Nas. Jay-Z and his Roc-a-Fella associates greatly influenced the industry and established many of the trends that pervaded during the late ’90s and early 2000s. He collaborated with the hottest rappers in the industry, everyone from East Coast contemporaries like the Notorious B.I.G. (”Brooklyn’s Finest”) and DMX (”Cash, Money, Hoes”), to the best rappers from the South like Ludacris and the West Coast like Snoop Dogg. Later, Jay-Z accepted an offer to assume the role of president at Def Jam Records. The seminal rap label was struggling and needed someone to guide it through a rocky transitional phase. Jay-Z embraced the challenge and took over the company began Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin roughly 20 years earlier. Considerable fanfare met the presidential inauguration, as Jay-Z became one of the few African-American major-label executives in the business, and he became one of the few rappers to transition into that side of the business. Numerous rappers owned or operated their own boutique labels, but none had ever risen to such major-label heights. In addition, the rapper-turned-president did not take his job lightly, either, at least judging by his initial year in office. Within months of assuming his position, he fostered a string of newfound, including Rihanna and Young Jeezy. In 2005 Jay-Z came out of retirement for the I Declare War concert in New York City. The ambitious show featured a parade of high-profile guest stars, including P. Diddy and Kanye West. With this longstanding beef squashed, Jay-Z announced he was coming out of retirement for good. He made it official when Kingdom Come hit the shelves in late 2006. Since then, Jay-Z has rocked the music world with a Rolex Masterpiece on his wrist as both a hip-hop star and a visionary music executive.

Hollywood comedy star and musician Jack Black, who broke out into stardom in the hit film, The School of Rock, wears a Rolex Daytona with a big smile on his face. With the stainless steel Rolex Daytona on his wrist, Jack Black has been photographed biking around Los Angeles. Born in Santa Monica, California, Jack Black attended the University of California at Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he was a member of Tim Robbins’s acting troupe and it was through this collaboration that led to his 1992 film debut Bob Roberts. Although he was just a background voice in his first film, Jack Black’s breakthrough performance The School of Rock led to his work as a leading Hollywood star. Directed by independent film amateur Richard Linklater, The School of Rock saw him as a failed rocker who, in need of cash, impersonates his roommate and takes a job as a relief teacher in a posh private school. Believing utterly that rock and roll will save your life, he proceeds to preach the power of metal and turns his young charges into a crack band. It is an acceptable substitute for academic and classical work, he reasons, as rock “will test your head and your mind and your brain, too”. The School of Rock was a big hit, taking four times its budget at the box-office. Jack Black was nominated for a Golden Globe award and he won a MTV Movie Award as Best Actor in a Comedy for The School of Rock. Jack Black’s acting career took off, although his success continued to come primarily when he starred as a bumbling, cocky, but internally self-conscious outsider in comedy films. Jack Black is a member of the Frat Pack, a group of comedians who have appeared together in several Hollywood films, and includes Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Steve Carrell and Ben Stiller.

Beyond his fame as a movie star, Jack Black’s rock-comedy band Tenacious D has given him an ever-growing cult following. With his friend Kyle Gass, he makes up one half of the heavy metal music duo. Taking the name Tenacious D from basketball announcer Marv Albert’s description of a tight defense, they band debuted at Al’s Bar in downtown LA in 1994. Beyond their two recorded albums, they managed to star, direct and produce a feature film about the band in 2006. Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny follows the duo through their pivotal formation period and their efforts to steal the magical pick of the title from a rock and roll museum. Beyond the self-titled feature film, Tenacious D has filmed an HBO comedy series, a one hour plus documentary, a full length live concert shot in 2007 at the sold-out Moore Theater in Seattle, a classic performance on the 2006 MTV Movie Awards, and an unforgettable performance of “The Metal” on Saturday Night Live. Jack Black and Kyle Gass also made an assault on the DVD charts with Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks, which would include the HBO series, several short (and quite revolting) films, live footage, and Spike Jones’ video for Wonderboy. With the success of Tenacious D, Jack Black found himself following the advice of his 9th Grade drama teacher Debbie Devine who had told him to not only act, but to write, direct and produce as well. Success in his back pocket, Jack Black cleaned up his act across the board and bought a Rolex Daytona. With the Rolex Daytona on his wrist, Jack Black reveals how stardom has transformed him from a comic fall guy into a major Hollywood star.