At 11.30am on 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary hacked his way through the final snow slope to the summit of Everest, the wind tearing at his down suit, the air thin enough to make every step a battle.

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Rolex evoked the wonders of the galaxy with its Space-Dweller watch of 1963, followed it up four years later with the Sea-Dweller extreme dive watch and then set about catering for the international ...

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