Excellence in cinema and excellence in watch making may not sound like the best of partners but what the two have in common is their commitment to empower themselves with a knowledge and a practice that will always keep them on the road to perfection. Rolex has a tradition of greatness that it has cultivated over a century and it has come this far because it has never belittled its expertise when it was in its formative years. Rolex makes no exception when it comes to its clients because for Rolex anybody and everybody who has a passion for watches is a Rolex enthusiast. Ralph Fiennes hasn’t been in cinema for a very long time but in this very short period Fiennes has made a place for himself in British and international cinema. Fiennes’ good looks coupled with his histrionic brilliance has contributed to his being cast for some of the best films that the world of cinema has had to offer.

Fiennes began his acting career with an educational degree in drama from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Ralph began his foray on stage with Open Air Theatre till he became a regular in the Royal Shakespeare Company. Fiennes’ sensational debut was in Wuthering Heights as the dark hero Heathcliff. Ralph received much critical acclaim for the film and garnered good reviews for his brooding performance. In 1993, Ralph was cast in the very controversial Peter Greenway film The Baby of Macon, Ralph was cast alongside Julia Ormond in the film. Ralph’s performance in the film brought him to the notice of Steven Spielberg who cast him as the Nazi Concentration Camp commandant in Schindler’s List. Ralph was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film. Fiennes also won that year’s Best Supporting Actor BAFTA for his role in the film.

His next phenomenal performance was in the critically acclaimed drama The English Patient. Ralph got a second Oscar nomination for the film. Fiennes has worked in thrillers like Red Dragon, as well as a biblical epic The Prince of Egypt. Ralph also acted in The Avengers, and played the suave politician cum romantic man in Maid in Manhattan. Fiennes was cast as the sinister Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and has reprised the role in the prequels. Fiennes who acted in The Constant Gardener alongside Rachel Weisz and the crew of the film set up the Constant Gardener Trust to work together in alleviating the decrepit condition of the slums the crew worked in. Ralph also served as the special guest in the Belgradian film festival FEST. He is also slated to act in this year’s The Hurt Locker. Fiennes is also an UNICEF UK ambassador.

The Cosmograph Daytona is the perfect watch if you have to measure elapsed time on your watch. The Rolex calculates average speed most perfectly with a sweep second hand. The Cosmograph Daytona is also incorporated with a minute and hour totalisators that allows you to keep a watch on time like no other watch can. Its accuracy comes from the graduated tachometer bezel that has speed markers engraved on it. The Cosmograph Daytona also has screw down push buttons that you press to measure time as and when you want to. The superlative certified chronometer has a 40 mm, white dial and is made in steel finish. The superior bezel of the watch is engraved and regulated for immediate read off of speeds. The bracelet of the watch is an Oysterlock featuring Oysterclasp with Easylink. The self wound watch is also waterproof to 100 metres and is crystallized in sapphire. Ralph Fiennes and the Cosmograph Daytona have proved to be celebrities par excellence with their performance time and again.

You’d expect a beautiful woman to play coy and let delicacy be her signature style. The Rolex Cellini Danaos is a watch that could be beautiful but playing subtle is hardly its choice of behaviour. Kristin Scott Thomas is renowned as an actress who has bended the definitions of beautiful and her stark boldness in the kind of cinema she does and the way she carries herself. The Rolex Cellini Danaos in its own sphere with its capabilities has managed to hold on to its own.

Born in Redruth, Cornwall Kristin was raised in Dorset and was educated in private schools. On graduating, Scott Thomas moved to Hampstead and while working in a departmental store, she began training as a drama teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Facing a lot of discouragement regarding her prospects in acting, Scott

Thomas left for France. She learnt acting in Paris and started her acting career opposite Prince in Under The Cherry Moon. She had initially been chosen for a minor role in the film but her forceful reading for the lead actress during the auditions made the producers think otherwise. In 1988 Kristin played the formidable Lady Brenda Last in A Handful of Dust and delivered one of her finest performances. She received the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the film. What followed from here was a series of stellar performances in films and television, both French and British. In 1992 she played Fiona in Bitter Moon with a co-star with whom she was going to deliver another hit a couple of years later, Hugh Grant. 1994 was the year the film Four Weddings and a Funeral released and propelled Scott’s career onto the next level in stardom. She was Fiona,the ex-girlfriend of the character Hugh Grant was playing in the film, Fiona still harboured strong feelings for her man but her character was without vengeance. Scott Thomas won the BAFTA and Evening Standard Award for Best Actress as Fiona in 1994.

Kristin played Matty Crompton in Angels and Insects and received the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress in 1995. Her role in a film that she signed on to play an unfaithful wife swept the awards for her that year. Playing the seductive and bold Katherine Clifton in The English Patient got her nominated for an Oscar, BAFTA, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actor’s Guild Awards. She received the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress that year and her portrayal is etched in cinematic memory. She got another round of BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for the French film I’ve Loved You So Long in 2007.

She has played Sylvia McCordle in Gosford Park, another memorable performance. Kristin was Lady Elizabeth Boleyn in last year’s film The Other Boleyn Girl; this was Kristin’s first corset film. Kristin is also actively involved with theatre acting in the London production of Chekov’s The Seagull, for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2008. Her other performances on stage include the Three Sisters and as Elma in As You Desire Me both playing at the Playhouse Theatre in London.Kristin was honoured with the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen’s Birthday Honour’s list and was also awarded the Legion d’honneur by the French government in 2005.

The Ladies’ Rolex Danaos in Pink and White Gold in 18ct, has a black dial with Arabic numerals and brown leather strap. The quartz movement run watch has bold and clean lines. The bezel either qualifies as a rounded square or a square shaped circle, and the visual effect that the Rolex Cellini Danaos offers is crisp and brave. The Rolex Cellini Danaos and Kristin Scott Thomas in their own ways have what it takes to paint the town red, boldly and beautifully.