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The most interesting thing I know about Rolex is probably one of the least known fact about this great company. Probably because this company has a very secretive culture.Do you know this church? It is the English Church of the Holy Trinity, in Geneva and it has a clock that has been ticking for 148 years. Each Wednesday morning, a representative from Rolex comes to wind it.Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex, was a member of the congregation of the church and decided to take care of the winding of the church’s clock since the 1940’s. It was his personal wish and this will continue forever.How cool is that?

I think it could have been bcoz of the patronage to Telugu given by Nayaka rulers. Nayaka rulers’ mother tongue was Telugu, so they always favoured Telugu Carnatic music. And thus composers made more Telugu compositions than that of Tamil.Nevertheless, Tamil language has 100s of soul melting historic Carnatic compositions. Number doesn’t matter. Quality matters. Just like the holy Trinity of Telugu, we have holy trinity of Tamil.Arunchala KavirayarMuthu ThandavarMarimuthu Pillai

Excluding the up and comers, let me present you the “other” Holy Trinity:In my opinion there are three brands which are overlooked and deserve to be up there. Some even say Audemars Piguet shouldn’t be in there as they have ridden the Royal Oak wave for too long. I disagree, but I think if you’d extend the Holy trinity you’d extend them with:A. Lange & SöhneJaeger-LeCoultreBreguetLet’s have a look as of why:A. Lange & SöhneAsk any watch collector what their ideal grail watch is, and chances are they will say it’s a “Lange”. The company based in Glashütte ceased operation in 1948 after the occupation through the Soviet Union but got revived in 1990 by the great-grandson of the Adolph Lange, the original founder.While some say the Holy Trinity members should have an unbroken time of production, I disagree. I think the amount of innovation combined with beautiful design and commercial appeal do play a role here.Look at some of the Lange movements:It’s not only beautiful to look at, it’s also excellently engineered. They easily play in the same league as the other Holy Trinity members!Jaeger-LeCoultreJLC has been around for quite some time and what a lot of people don’t know, have been producing movements for both Patek and Audemars Piguet as well!So technically they were already part of the Holy Trinity without anyone adding them into there.Look at this caliber:This is the JLC Caliber 920, which was the base for both the Royal Oak from Audemars Piguet (arguably the most important watch in the newer watch history). Variations of it have been used by Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin.They are the kings of ultra-thin movements. How are they not in the Holy Trinity?And last but not least:BreguetWhile Breguet has invented the Tourbillon:A lot of people don’t know that Breguet actually holds several records in terms of innovation (and keeps innovating), such as the first wristwatch, ever:And the first perpetual calendar on a wristwatch:In my book that would easily qualify them to partake in the new Holy Trinity, or rather if we’d extend the Holy Trinity, they would be part of it!I run Watch Newsletter where I source and curate interesting luxury watch deals around the web, sign up if you’re interested in getting good deals on excellent watches.