Declassified records describe Hans Wilsdorf as “most objectionable” and allege he may have used his position to spread ...

British intelligence once suspected Hans Wilsdorf, Rolex founder, of Nazi ties. Secret files reveal MI5's concerns during ...

Newly declassified MI5 files reveal that Hans Wilsdorf, the German-born founder of Rolex, was once suspected of strong Nazi ...

Rolex said it was well aware of the file in the National Archives and had constituted a team of historians for further ...

The papers, stamped by British security service MI5 and dating between 1941 and 1943, describe Wilsdorf as "most ...

Hans Wilsdorf, Rolex’s founder, was allegedly a Nazi sympathiser and MI5 espionage suspect during WWII, according to newly ...

MI5 suspected that the German founder of Rolex was a Nazi spy, the Telegraph can reveal. Formerly classified documents at the ...

Rolex discretion is legendary and has hardly changed over the years. Hans Wilsdorf, who founded the company in 1905, gave a single public interview in 1959 – a few months before his death.

Last year, Rolex grabbed headlines when it unveiled its Perpetual 1908 dress watch collection, named in honor of the year Hans Wilsdorf founded the iconic Swiss company.

Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of the renowned watch brand, Rolex, was an alleged Nazi spy, having strong sympathies for Adolf Hitler's regime, a report in The Telegraph has claimed.