![AN HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND VERY EARLY WATERPROOF ROLEX OYSTER WRISTWATCH WORN BY MERCEDES GLEITZE DURING HER CELEBRATED VINDICATION CHANNEL SWIM, 21st OCTOBER 1927 Model: Oyster Precision, No.34075, 1926. AN HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND VERY EARLY WATERPROOF ROLEX OYSTER WRISTWATCH WORN BY MERCEDES GLEITZE DURING HER CELEBRATED VINDICATION CHANNEL SWIM, 21st OCTOBER 1927 Model: Oyster Precision, No.34075, 1926.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2000/CSK/2000_CSK_08802_0714_000(012426).jpg?mode=max)
AN HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND VERY EARLY WATERPROOF ROLEX OYSTER WRISTWATCH WORN BY MERCEDES GLEITZE DURING HER CELEBRATED VINDICATION CHANNEL SWIM, 21st OCTOBER 1927 Model: Oyster Precision, No.34075, 1926.
![ROLEX on Twitter: "Our history of partnerships began in 1927, when Mercedes Gleitze helped to prove the resistance to water of the Rolex Oyster. Since then, we have partnered with those driven, ROLEX on Twitter: "Our history of partnerships began in 1927, when Mercedes Gleitze helped to prove the resistance to water of the Rolex Oyster. Since then, we have partnered with those driven,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ee50hwpWkAEbQb3.jpg)
ROLEX on Twitter: "Our history of partnerships began in 1927, when Mercedes Gleitze helped to prove the resistance to water of the Rolex Oyster. Since then, we have partnered with those driven,
ROLEX - 1927- In 1927, equipped with an Oyster, a young Englishwoman, Mercedes Gleitze, swam across the English channel. After more than 10 hours, the watch emerged from the water in perfect working order. | Facebook
![Caitlin Davies on Twitter: "Mercedes Gleitze, 1st British woman to swim Channel, read of her triumphant Thames swims http://t.co/BcuEUpxm8e http://t.co/H1lLaPtenj" / Twitter Caitlin Davies on Twitter: "Mercedes Gleitze, 1st British woman to swim Channel, read of her triumphant Thames swims http://t.co/BcuEUpxm8e http://t.co/H1lLaPtenj" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bsg5137IMAAv2iL.jpg)
Caitlin Davies on Twitter: "Mercedes Gleitze, 1st British woman to swim Channel, read of her triumphant Thames swims http://t.co/BcuEUpxm8e http://t.co/H1lLaPtenj" / Twitter
![Throwback Thursday: Rolex Oyster the Original Sports Watch - Luxury Watch Trends 2018 - Baselworld SIHH Watch News Throwback Thursday: Rolex Oyster the Original Sports Watch - Luxury Watch Trends 2018 - Baselworld SIHH Watch News](http://www.hautetime.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/10_First-Oyster_cushion-shaped_1926.jpg)