Sir John reported: “Rolex Oyster watches […] performed splendidly, and we have indeed come to look upon [them] as an important part of high-climbing equipment.”
Mount Everest
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
On 29 May 1953, at 11.30 a.m., Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, members of a British expedition equipped with Oyster Perpetual watches and led by Sir John Hunt, were the first climbers to reach the 8,848-metre (29,029 feet) summit of Mount Everest.